Whatcom approved as refugee resettlement site. Here's how to help
Sep. 24—Whatcom County has been approved as a resettlement site for Afghan refugees, according to an agency helping find new homes for people leaving their homeland as the U.S. military ends its 20-year war and the Taliban regains control of the government.
"Based on the application we submitted to (the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration) profiling Whatcom County and the level of community support we've already seen for this project, we are thrilled to report that official approval was granted in mid-September, making us one of the first new proposed World Relief sites to gain recognition," the Whatcom Refugee Resettlement Project stated in an email to The Bellingham Herald.
World Relief has proposed resettling up to 75 people in Whatcom County, and the first families could begin arriving early next year, the email said.
"Soon we will begin the work of recruiting, vetting and training volunteers who can walk alongside refugee families as they arrive and start their new lives," the email said.
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