Day 2 – (First Full Day) A couple members of our resettlement team ventured out this morning to pick up the 8 family members and take them to the social security office so they could all apply for social security numbers. It’s necessary to get these applications in as soon as possible. As it usually […]
Day 1 We showed up at the airport about 10 minutes prior to the arrival of our refugee families. It didn’t take long before we spotted several people carrying IOM bags proceding down the concourse. IOM – check. Ethnicity – check. Number of family members – ???. Yikes!? There are too many people! We agreed […]
Today I am beginning a resettlement case study. You are welcome to follow along and comment or question as needed. Tomorrow we will receive two Karenni families from Burma who have been living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Lutheran Social Services (LSS) has a large number of families arriving over the next few weeks […]
