GSP
FROM MAY of 2022
Remember, these are personal stories, so please keep an open mind going in and know these are stories of people all over, even someone who could be sitting right next to you.
Be kind to all.
UKRAINE
4.6 million and counting have fled.
Ways to help:
This is a real-world situation of refugees fleeing, this is affecting a large amount of people and those who are in need of help.
https://razomforukraine.org
https://www.facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace/
https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/europe-central-asia/ukraine
https://www.care.org/
https://762project.org/en/
https://wck.org
https://redcross.org.ua/en/
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/03/19/millions-ukrainian-refugees-fleeing-where-they-going-ukraine-war/7034809001/
Columbus Area
Within the Columbus, OH area, there are 155,000 immigrants and growing - primarily from Bhutan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, and Mexico. Thus making up around 8% of the city's population.
Refugees, on the other hand, have grown to 24,000 - primarily from Somalia, Bhutan, and Nepal.
In recent years there has been an increase in the Afghan and Iraqi populations coming to Columbus. Columbus is ranked eighth nationally with the number of refugees taken in over the past ten years, contributing to Columbus' position of the14th largest city in the United States.
updates:
https://www.understandingwar.org/
https://www.criticalthreats.org/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-6050668
April 13th (last updated)
Resettlement Agencies (Central Ohio area)
Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
https://www.crisohio.org/
US Together
www.ustogether.us
Learn More (Columbus)
General Background Information
According to https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/refugees,
The definition of a refugee is someone who:
"Owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it."
According to https://www.iom.int/ ,
The definition of a migrant is someone who:
"The UN Migration Agency (IOM) defines a migrant as any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a State away from his/her habitual place of residence, regardless of (1) the person's legal status; (2) whether the movement is voluntary or involuntary; (3) what the causes for the movement are; or (4) what the length of the stay is."
More migrant Information: https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/special-reports/legal-immigration
