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More than 90% of refugees coming into New York settle in Upstate communities, including more than 16,000 refugees in Buffalo since 2002.
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Local organizations who work to welcome and resettle immigrants and refugees say the first few Afghan evacuees expected to come here have arrived. A coalition preparing to help accommodate and settle them offered an update Thursday on a campaign raising funds to support that effort.
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The five agencies that collaborate as the Western New York Refugee and Asylee Consortium are rolling out a new campaign to ensure Afghan evacuees on their way to the Buffalo area have the basic needs and additional services they’ll require upon arrival. And they’re putting they’re hopes on the community coming forward to help.
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Thousands of Afghans are fleeing the country to escape Taliban rule, and some are likely to end up in Buffalo.
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Local refugee agencies are preparing for more families to come to Western New York, as Washington, DC quadruples the immigration quota for the rest of the…
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Many families are struggling financially after losing work during the pandemic, including some recently-resettled refugees. A back-to-school supply and…
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Buffalo residents get to listen to something a little different on their runs and walks on Saturday–they can hear the stories of local refugees.In honor…
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With Western New York still in the grasp of the coronavirus pandemic, a newly-resettled refugee family is getting into the spirit of the City of Good…
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Buffalo's West Side is filled with people from everywhere, speaking languages from other countries and with an understanding of the world beyond most of…
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The matter is still being argued in litigation. But on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow the Trump administration to impose new rules on…