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Secondary Migration to Columbus Junction, Iowa

Christopher Coen wrote 1 week ago: Refugees from Myanmar who moved to Columbus Junction for jobs with Tyson Foods are the subject of an … more →

Tags: Chin, Columbus Junction, housing, Meatpacking Industry, Poultry Production, schools, Suicide, Burma, Employment

Public Housing residents in Chattanooga claim refugees “abandoned”, ask for full-time interpreter

Christopher Coen wrote 1 month ago: Residents of the Boynton Terrace public housing site in Chattanooga report ongoing problems that ref … more →

Tags: Burundian, community/cultural orientation, Chattanooga, Bridge Refugee and Sponsorship Services, Bridge Refugee and Sponsorship Services, language interpretation/translation, lack of, housing, Cultural Adjustment, elderly refugees

Chin refugees congregate in Indianapolis and Columbus3 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 6 months ago: Columbus, Ohio Indianapolis has become a major hub for Chin refugees from Myanmar. Now, Chin refugee … more →

Tags: schools, Chin, Indianapolis, refugee magnet city, language, Columbus, Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS), Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS), lai

ORR grant money to help refugees in Waterloo/Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Christopher Coen wrote 6 months ago: A year-and-a-half after refugees from Myanmar faced a serious lack of assistance in Waterloo after m … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, language, Meatpacking Industry, ORR, Poultry Production, USCRI, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Burma

At Threemile Canyon Farms 63 hour weeks at $10 an hour for tough, dirty, demanding jobs2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 7 months ago: Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman, Oreg. In Boardman, Oreg. refugees are working 63 hours each week … more →

Tags: Irc, Boise, employment/jobs for refugees, Eritrean, boardman, employment abuses, Dairy, International Rescue Committee, R.D. Offutt Company

Refugee secondary migration to Alabama to fill jobs locals reject3 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 8 months ago: Alabama Republican state Senator Scott Beason, a sponsor of a year-old law designed to drive out ill … more →

Tags: Legislation Issues, Poultry Production, Alabama, Refugees, Resettlement, Undocumented Workers, resettlment, Immigration Law, Albertville

Bombarding refugees with new information leads to poor home safety orientation1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 8 months ago: It seems that a lot of refugees arriving in Fort Morgan as secondary migrants from other states have … more →

Tags: housing, Safety, fort morgan, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain, home safety orientation, Refugees, Resettlement, Landlords, home orientation

Significant secondary migration of Myanmar refugees to Omaha

Christopher Coen wrote 10 months ago: For some reason refugees from Myanmar have been moving to Omaha after first being resettled in other … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Omaha, Lutheran Family Services (Omaha), Refugees, Resettlement, secondary migration

Karenni children in Marshalltown drown in Iowa River1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 10 months ago: Another drowning tragedy involving refugee children has occurred, this time in Marshalltown, Iowa. O … more →

Tags: Karenni, Meatpacking Industry, Children, drowning, Marshalltown, Refugees, Karenni, Resettlement, Myanmar

Refugees and diversity visa immigrants head to Cargill pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois

Christopher Coen wrote 10 months ago: Refugees and diversity visa immigrants fill the Cargill pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois. Lower wa … more →

Tags: Congolese, Illinois, Meatpacking Industry, Visa Lottery, beardstown, Cargill, diversity visa, meatpacking, Refugees

Myanmar refugees gravitating to Fort Morgan, Colo.

Christopher Coen wrote 11 months ago: Fort Morgan, Colo. Is still an active site of refugee secondary migration with refugees from Myanmar … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Meatpacking Industry, fort morgan, Refugees, Resettlement, Burma, Myanmar, meat packing, Cargill

Texas took 10 percent of the national refugee resettlement total in 2011

Christopher Coen wrote 11 months ago: A relatively strong economy and relatively cheaper housing is supposedly the reason that Texas has r … more →

Tags: Texas, Houston, Texas, Refugees, houston, Resettlement, secondary migration

Refugees seek chicken-processing jobs in Noel, MO

Christopher Coen wrote 11 months ago: The small Ozarks town of Noel in southern Missouri is the site of secondary and tertiary migration o … more →

Tags: Meatpacking Industry, Missouri, Poultry Production, Somali, Refugees, Resettlement, chicken processing, Meat Processing, Tyson

Akron sees influx of Nepali-Bhutanese refugees

Christopher Coen wrote 12 months ago: There is now a surge of Nepali-Bhutanese refugees resettling to Akron, Ohio. This happens when refug … more →

Tags: Nepali Bhutanese, akron, International Institute of Akron, Refugees, bhutanese, Nepalese, Resettlement, Nepali-Bhutanese, secondary migration

Secondary migration putting fiscal pressure on schools in Lynn, MA

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The mayor of Lynn, MA is putting out alerts about the fiscal pressure experienced by schools in her … more →

Tags: Boston, CAPACITY, Children, Funding, language, office of admissions, ORR, school for refugee children, schools

Parts Of Tennessee's Refugee Act and State Dept's Visit To State Stop Making Sense

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: David Robinson, acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration appar … more →

Tags: State Department, ORR, World Relief, Cooperative Agreement, Somali, Assistant Secretary of the PRM, Meatpacking Industry, public/private partnership, Tennessee

Perdue Farms Chicken Processing Plant Recruits Refugees From Greensboro NC

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The World Relief office in Greensboro has been coordinating with a Perdue Farms chicken processing p … more →

Tags: World Relief, Burma/Myanmar, Nepali Bhutanese, faith-based, Greensboro North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham, Poultry Production, chicken processing, Nepalese

Possible hate crime being investigated in Fort Morgan

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Vandals did damage to a row of cars and to several of the windows of an apartment building in Fort M … more →

Tags: Somali, Meatpacking Industry, Safety, fort morgan, Refugees, Resettlement, secondary migration, meat packing, Vandalism

Lewiston Mayor-elect Demagogued Somali Refugees, Claims He Was “Tired and Overly Emotional”

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Lewiston, Maine Mayor-elect Bob Macdonald ended the election campaign with comments on election nigh … more →

Tags: Somali, Lewiston, Refugees, Resettlement, Somalis, secondary migration, Bob Macdonald


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