Afghanistan

DID YOU KNOW? (Source: unhcr.org and rescue.org)

• The second highest numbers of refugees in the world come from Afghanistan?
• The Afghan refugee crisis has been on-going for 40 years, making it one of the longest in the world?
• 24% of refugee students at Wake Tech are from Afghanistan?

Video: “Afghan Refugee Makes Tough Transition to U.S.”  https://youtu.be/eeQg6Qz1uII

To learn more about students from Afghanistan, check out this cultural guide: http://nebula.wsimg.com/5082307da74fb8f580961079c804eb4a?AccessKeyId=84F3730C68C97525471D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

Rohingya

(an ethnic minority group from Burma/Myanmar)

DID YOU KNOW? (from worldvision.org and unhcr.org)

• The Rohingya refugee crisis has been called “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world” by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?
• 98% of Rohingya refugee children are unable to access formal schooling?
• The largest refugee camp in the world, the Kutupalong settlement in Bangladesh, is comprised mainly of Rohingya refugees?
• The Rohingya are just one of many ethnic groups fleeing Myanmar? (for more information on other refugee groups from Myanmar, start here: www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/profiles/burmese/population-movements/index.html )
• Since the inception of the Refugee Outreach Literacy Project at Wake Tech, around a dozen Rohingya refugees have enrolled?

Video: “Spend a Day with Aansar” https://youtu.be/UReVPbhsfIw

To learn more about Rohingya students from Burma/Myanmar, check out this cultural guide: http://www.culturalorientation.net/learning/populations/burmese/resettlement-and-rohingya-irc

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

DID YOU KNOW?

• 34% of refugee students at Wake Tech are Congolese?
• More than 100 separate armed militant groups are fighting for control in the eastern part of the country.
• 73% of Congolese refugees are under the age of 25?

(Source: theborgenproject.org and mercycorps.org)

Videos: “Spend a day with Bertine”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyhkDlphy1s 
•  https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2018/12/5c1a7d974/child-refugee-mozambique-school-principal-united-states.html 

To learn more about students from the DRC, check out this cultural guide: http://nebula.wsimg.com/b21bff5ee0b87ae2e3f44148bef2a7c2?AccessKeyId=441C1D8B97B6CD9D2B2C&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

Syria

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

• 1 out of every 5 people in Syria is a refugee?
• More refugees come from Syria than any other country in the world? In fact, Syrian refugees make up 1/3 of the world’s 19.9 million refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
• The first Syrian refugees arrived to the U.S. in 2011 and North Carolina has welcomed just over 1,000 Syrian refugees since that time?

(Source: worldvision.org and Aljazeera.com)

Video: “What if Manhattan” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=75&v=Vc_VNvD9B3c        

To learn more about students from Syria, check out this cultural guide: http://nebula.wsimg.com/0d696ddfbe6a26fe2e8311ef120f36d5?AccessKeyId=441C1D8B97B6CD9D2B2C&disposition=0&alloworigin=1