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REFUGEES
10968 Refugees arrive to Utica, NY from
Afghanistan (68), Vietnam,(1281) Bosnia (4448), Bulgaria 25), Cambodia (365), China (9), Congo (21), Cuba (63), Czechoslovakia (80), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (10), Former Soviet Union (2319), Haiti (89), Hungary (29), Iran (49), Iraq (166), Kosovo (77), Laos (266), Liberia (53), Libya (6), Myan Mar-Burma(247), Poland (146), Romania (28), Sierra Leone (20), Somalia (189), Sudan (124), Yugoslavia (5). -
294 Refugees arrived in 2005
Ethiopia 1, Former Soviet Union 23, Lithuania 5, Ukraine 22, Somalia 72, Sierra Leone 2, Sudan106. 6 refugees arrive from Afghanistan: The Sep 11 terrorist attacks on NY and the Pentagon prompted the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, which resulted in the exodus of 160000 new Afghan refugees into Pakistan. The new arrivals joined some 200000 Afghans who had sought refuge in Pakistan between mid 2000-2001 because of the ongoing conflict, human rights abuses, and drought in Afghanistan -
Burmese refugees
Burmese refugees fled their country for a fear of persecution by Burma’s military regime. Due to the continued brutality of the Burmese junta and the political stalemate, Burmese (especially Rohingya) are unable to return to Burma in the foreseeable future and face a threat of return to persecution, which qualified them to be considered as a potential resettlement population in the U.S. 131 refugees were settled in Utica, NY -
252 refugees arrived
Refugees in 2006 came from Somalia 8, Burma 141, Liberia 28, Uzbekistan 32, Ukraine 13, Former Soviet Union 28, Ethiopia 1, and Bosnia 1,The longtime war between Eritrea and Ethiopia led to the separation of Eritrea from Ethiopian in 1991 citizens of these countries were obliged to choose between Eritrea or Ethiopian citizenship .This war resulted in thousands of refugees seeking safety abroad. Many Ethiopian refugees saw resettlement to be the only durable solution for the foreseeble futur. -
598 refugees
15 refugees from the Former Soviet Union, Ukraine 18, Uzbekistan 13, Myan Mar- Burma 542, and Somalia 10. -
590 refugees arrive to Utica, NY in 2008.
Refugees came from Vietnam 5, Eritrea 4, Ukraine 16, Uzbekistan 2, Iran 3, Iraq 9, Liberia 3, Myan Mar-Burma 547, Somalia 1. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi fled their country after the outbreak of civil war in February 2006. Some families relocated to escape an escalation of general violence in their area; other fled targeted persecution including members of religious and ethnic minorities. -
341 refugees arrive to Utica, NY
Refugees came from Vietnam 2, Ukraine 2, Iraq 31, Myan Mar-Burma 266, Sudan 23. Bhutan 17.
Bhutan refugees are citizens of Nepalese origin who have been living in the camps since the early 1990’s when some 108,000 fled to Nepal after being evicted from their homes by the Bhutanese government, which had passes a law stripping them of their citizenship -
533 Refugees arrived to Utica,, NY
Vietnam 11, Congo (Zaire) 9, Former Soviet Union 10, Ukraine 4, Uzbekistan 4, Iraq 93, Myan Mar (Burma) 349, Somalia 13, Sudan 13. -
397 Refugees arrived to Utica, NY
Most of the refugees came from the Former Soviet Uniion 3, Ukraine 8, Iraq 14, Liberia 2, Myan Mar (Burma) 262, Sudan 8.
Sudanese (Non-Arabs) fled for fear of being killed after the genocide in Darfur region. Sudan government-backed Janjaweed militia have killed thousands and displaced millions of non-Arabs in the west of the country. USAID projects a death toll of 300,000 to 1 million from violence and starvation -
129 Refugees arrived to Utica, NY
129 refugees have resettled in Utica, NY in 2012. Most of them came from Bhutan 22, Somalia 7, Myan Mar (Burma) 92, Iraq 3, and the Former Soviet Union 2.
