The COVID-19 pandemic “has created new turmoil for refugees who have escaped war and persecution to resettle in the Chicago region,” writes Katlyn Smith in the Chicago Daily Herald.
Many refugees in Chicago are on the front lines of the pandemic, working as certified nursing assistants or helping manufacture medical supplies, Susan Sperry, regional director for World Relief in the Chicago area, told the Chicago Tribune.
“Jims Porter, spokesman for RefugeeOne, a refugee resettlement agency in Chicago, said the organization’s main concern has been collecting emergency funds for those losing their income. RefugeeOne staff members have been working to help refugees file for unemployment, he said, and have been checking in with each family once a week,” write Elvia Malagon and Nausheen Husain.
Refugee women make masks
Chicago’s WGN recently reported dozens of refugee women in Chicago “have been turning scraps of fabric into masks and gifting them to others, but with a common thread.”
All of the women making masks aregraduates of the RefugeeOne service in Chicago.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 