They are changing America by changing the people
This story is from the Los Angeles Times and adds state number 12* to our list of states that have scarce employment for the soon-to-be tens of thousands of Iraqis entering the US. All of these articles highlight a struggling Iraqi family, some are more grateful then others, and then goes on to explain the … Continue reading California joins the list of states that have no jobs for Iraqi refugees
We already have Virginia on our list of states* where Iraqis can’t find work, but here is yet another story of unemployed Iraqi refugees, this time from Northern Virginia. Al-Radhi is one of many Iraqi refugees who call Northern Virginia home. Vu Dang, regional director at the International Rescue Committee’s Suburban Resettlement Center, which helped … Continue reading No work in Northern Virginia for Iraqi refugees either
From the BBC today: The European Union says it is ready to accept up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship in Jordan and Syria. The agreement came at an EU meeting in Brussels on Thursday, where interior ministers received a new report on conditions at refugee camps. Germany said … Continue reading European Union to take 10,000 Iraqi refugees
We posted on the unhappy Iraqi refugees in Baltimore on Nov. 5th. Now, comes a new article with a correction. It wasn’t the International Rescue Committee that dropped the ball with this group of Iraqi professionals, but Lutheran Social Services. The family is a client of Lutheran Social Services (LSS), not the International Rescue Committee (IRC) … Continue reading Baltimore Iraqi Refugees, a correction and an update
Just to show that RRW hasn’t become Somali Watch, I’ll put up a couple of posts on other refugee issues this morning before I get back to a slew of Somali stories. Check out Radosh.net about the parody of the New York Times that was actually handed out in a couple of cities this week. … Continue reading NY Times parody includes editorial about Iraqi refugees