Refugee Experiences of Relocation
This slide deck is from the first webinar in a series that explores how we can support the refugee family experience in the US. What families and young children experience prior to resettlement in the US is often misunderstood or misrepresented by the media. In this webinar, we heard from Pamoja Early Childhood Workforce Program and early childhood educators who have experienced resettlement. We learned about the assets these families bring to communities and the workforce, as well as what they want systems to know about their experiences.
Access the recording here.
Additional Resources:
- Fiscal Year 2020 Refugees and Asylees Annual Flow Report
- How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?
- Refugee Processing Center
- The United Nations Refugee Agency
- Child Migration
- Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Migrants
- Internally Displaced People
- Refugees and Asylees in the United States
- Life in Limbo – Inside the World’s 10 Largest Refugee Camps
- UNHCR: Ghana
- Refugee Data Finder
- U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted
- Sate-by-State Refugee Resettlement
- Colorado’s Refugee Population Explained in Four Charts
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