What is today known as International or World Refugee Day was first declared as African Refugee Day by the African Union. Africa hosts the most refugees in the world and in 2001 the African Union and UN agreed to have International Refugee Day coincide with the June 20th Africa Refugee Day. Minnesota is home to … Continue reading »
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Somali Woman’s Illness and A Family’s Quest for Healing
Joel Grostephan New America MediaST.CLOUD, Minn. — Samira Iman was missing for nearly two years. The 31-year-old Somali didn’t run away. She wasn’t kidnapped. She didn’t go to Africa to fight in Somalia’s decades-old civil war. She was living in St. Cloud, Minn., in a group home for the mentally ill. But Samira’s family lost … Continue reading »
Documentary on the Somali Refugee Experience
Getting Here from There: The Somali Refugee Experience When: Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, 5:00-9:00pm Where: Mondale Hall (Law Building), Room 25 University of Minnesota, 229 19th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 From the refugee camps of Dadaab, Kenya to Libya, Malta, and the European mainland, Somali refugees have faced and continue to face harrowing journeys as they … Continue reading »
African Immigrants to the Rescue?
by Nelima This is a rare immigration story. As the economy worsens, immigrants are increasingly seen as a burden and competition for welfare resources, but this story in Newsweek gave a much needed fresh angle of the impact of immigrants on the American economy. Here are some excerpts, but make sure you read the full article. … Continue reading »
