According to the California Department of Social Services, over 82,000 refugees have been resettled in San Diego, the top destination city of the top destination state nationwide. At a time with record-breaking levels of displacement globally, we have a critical opportunity in San Diego to be a world leader,
We're thrilled to share that the Refugee Symposium drew a crowd of 100 people to learn and connect around refugee reception and inclusion in San Diego, Japan, and Korea. Huge thanks to the Karen Organization of San Diego for making the event possible, and inviting PANA to co-host.
The Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security published this infographic on WhiteHouse.gov (original): The Screening Process for Refugee Entry Into the United States 1. Many refugee applicants identify themselves to the U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR. UNHCR, then: * Collects identifying documents * Performs initial assessment * Collects biodata: name,
[caption id align="alignnone" width="750"] Photo credit: Nelvin C. Cepeda [https://www.panasd.org/caption] The San Diego Union-Tribune covered PANA's co-hosting, alongside the Karen Organization of San Diego, of the April 5th, 2016 Refugee Symposium at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa
PANA research was included in an article and video segment by KPBS titled "California Counts: Mobilizing the state's refugee voters", published March 9, 2016 by Megan Burks.
Last night, community members turned out to Encinitas City Hall in support of the city council's consideration of seven recommendations around welcoming refugee and immigrant communities in Encinitas. The recommendations included exploration of Encinitas City officially joining the White House Task Force on New Americans' Building Welcoming
PANA was mentioned by Del Mar Times (Encinitas Advocate) in the article "Encinitas joins effort welcoming refugees, immigrants", published Feb 25, 2016 by Jared Whitlock.
PANA was covered by Seaside Courier in the article "Refugee crisis sparks formation of Encinitas City Council subcommittee", published on January 19, 2016 by Maggie Avants.
PANA's event was covered by San Diego Free Press in the article "San Diegans Say No To Hate, Refugees Welcome", published December 11, 2015 by Doug Porter.
[caption id align="alignnone" width="976"] Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/new-americans [https://www.panasd.org/caption] The Building Welcoming Communities Campaign (BWCC) is a recommendation from the White House, through the White House Task Force On New Americans. When a city or county
Source: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sdut-refugee-event-san-diego-2015dec10-story.html
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Source: KPBS