“Hijrah, a migration to Islamize a new land.”
Via CBS Denver:
More than 50,000 refugees from all over the world have called Colorado home over the past 35 years.
With the recent crisis showcasing how many people are fleeing Syria and other Middle East countries, Colorado is preparing to help its next round.
“We have a booming economy we have welcoming communities and we have broad based support through our social systems,” said Kit Taintor, the State Refugee Coordinator with the Colorado Refugee Services Program under the Department of Human Services. “We’ve seen populations from Vietnam, Bosnia, and Rwanda over the years. We’ve traditionally resettled some of the most vulnerable populations and that will include the Syrians as the crisis continues.”
The Federal Government screens and sets the amount of refugees that will be allowed legally into the country. The past few years has seen 70,000 refugees come to America. That number is estimated to rise to 75,000 from across the globe for 2016. Colorado traditionally takes two percent of the Nation’s refugees.
HT: GetAClue