Detroit, MI
New group will assist Afghan refugees in Detroit
A gaggle of Detroit company and neighborhood leaders is coming collectively to offer assist providers to refugees from Afghanistan and different nations as they resettle within the metropolis. The launch of the Detroit Refugee Community was introduced Wednesday by Samaritas, a statewide well being and human providers group that operates one among Michigan’s largest refugee resettlement applications. The formation of the DRN comes at a key time, as refugee resettlement businesses and nonprofits nationwide gear as much as assist Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion and conflict. They have already got been scrambling to assist tens of hundreds of Afghans searching for asylum after fleeing final 12 months’s Taliban takeover.