My name is Abukar Abdirahim. After a violent civil war tore Somalia apart, my family migrated to nearby refugee camps in Kenya before finally settling down in America. I was very young at the time but I remember my family staying at different people's houses before we were
Learn how 1975's record-setting operation still shapes San Diego's refugee communities.When the Vietnam War ended in April 1975, there was a big problem: 130,000 Vietnamese people in Saigon who would be at risk to stay there. Over the course of 5 months in 1975,
Our inaugural refugee report is a first look at how refugees experience San Diego. It utilizes both qualitative and quantitative tools across a large segment of the community at varying stages of resettlement. Over 50 focus groups convened over 600 individuals speaking 18 languages, representing 13 countries. The report will