Tag: Refugees

  • Sequestration Hits San Diego Refugee Resettlement Agencies

    Habibo, a Somali refugee, writes: “The first day I came to U.S.A. was hard for me. Leave my sister in Kenya. My friends. Airplane. Leaving them forever. Excited We came in San Diego and I was scared. The first day school was scary because I did not see white people before.” | Photo Credit: Habibo,…

  • San Diego Marks World Refugee Day

    A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has been staggering. | Photo Courtesy of the UN Refugee Agency By Susan Murphy People around the world are marking a somber World Refugee Day on Saturday as 45 million people globally are displaced from their…

  • Shadow Market for Taxi Permits Lucrative for Some, Hardship for Others

    Part 1: The Shadow Market (See Part 2 below) | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Amita Sharma Fred, who is short, 40ish and East African, makes a lot of money in the taxi business in San Diego. And it’s not just from driving a cab. He’s exploited what Mayor Bob Filner calls the “black market”…

  • ‘Rites of Passage’ Exhibit Features Artifacts From Local Refugees

    Some regions of Somalia celebrate the Shaash Saar, or scarf ceremony. Seven days after the wedding, a Somali bride will attend a big gathering of women who each bring a shaash and, one by one, place it on the bride’s head. | Photo Credit: San Diego Museum of Man By Carissa Casares and Maureen Cavanaugh…

  • San Diego’s Somali Population: Explained

    Habibo, a Somali refugee, writes: “The first day I came to U.S.A. was hard for me. Leave my sister in Kenya. My friends. Airplane. Leaving them forever. Excited We came in San Diego and I was scared. The first day school was scary because I did not see white people before.” | Photo Credit: Habibo,…