Refugees Uprooted Again..in the U.S.

Amanda Chan reports in the Arizona Republic:

ust months after coming from Tanzania, Africa, to start a new life in Phoenix, some Burundian refugees were forced to leave their homes again last week.

But this time, it wasn’t from an oppressive government or warring rebel groups.

It was from a damaging fire that burned 12 units in their apartment complex at 27th Avenue and Indian School.

The fire has left these Burundian refugees, a couple of refugees from Myanmar and a refugee Somalian family without their legal documents, money, cooking supplies, clothes and furniture.

Now, the 20 refugees are living in vacant apartments with little more than tiny cots to sleep on, food cards from the Red Cross and food boxes from St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance. Click herefor the rest of the story.

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