Plan to resettle 150 refugees in Georgia hits snag
Hopefully everyone has has an opportunity to listen to the audio of Asst Sec Anne Richards provided by Roger Nutt (the refugee discussions that were held in Spartanburg). If not … CLICK HERE for the link.
Now, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia is also raising concerns and having reservations about planned resettlement in their county.
Greg Bluestein and Jeremy Redmon at AJC.com report:
Mayor Nancy Denson is seeking to put the brakes on plans to resettle 150 refugees in Athens-Clarke County in the coming months, according to records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In a letter to Georgia officials this week, the Democratic mayor complained that the International Rescue Committee did not reach out to enough people in her community early enough about its plans. She also raised concerns that the refugees could strain public resources in Athens-Clarke County, which is home to about 120,000 residents.
The IRC has proposed resettling refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Myanmar and Syria in the region over the next fiscal year. Denson said she wants the IRC to delay its efforts and to “present a formal refugee integration plan” to local elected officials and others.
“Serving refugees will add a burden to local charitable and other public resources, including safety net services,” Denson wrote Monday to Michael Singleton, Georgia’s state refugee coordinator. “Refugee students may also place an inordinate service burden on the school district due to limited English proficiency by the students and their parents.”
A spokeswoman for Georgia’s Human Services Department said Wednesday that the state agency is working on a response to the mayor’s letter.
J.D. McCrary, the executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Atlanta, said in an email Wednesday that his organization “has been actively engaging in public outreach in the Athens-Clarke County area.”
If that outreach is similar to the outreach made in our area, it’s been sorely lacking. Without Roger Nutt’s audio, we’d likely not know very much more than we did before Richards’ recent visit to Spartanburg. Thanks Roger!
Read more about what’s happening in Georgia at the link above.
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Source: http://www.spartanburgteaparty.org/2015/09/07/plan-to-resettle-150-refugees-in-georgia-hits-snag/
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