PANA executive Ramla Sahid authored the following Op Ed, published in The San Diego Union-Tribune on October 10th, 2015. Refugees face many challenges in resettlement BY RAMLA SAHID These are perilous times for refugees and migrants around the world. Refugees are moving in droves away from areas of conflict in
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