Family that fled Afghanistan finds peace in Tucson | Local news

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In a previous interview, Connie Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lutheran Social Service of the Southwest, said refugee resettlement programs across the country worked with 95,000 refugees each year, but the numbers were lowered and the official cap was raised last year. set 18,000 but welcomed fewer than 12,000 people. Over the years, the resettlement programs have been terminated. Now the government is working on relationships with homes, employers, school districts and communities to reactivate all systems to work with this recent influx of Afghan refugees.

Once the refugees are resettled in the United States, an estimated 6,000-10,000 people per week will be taken across the country to resettlement programs in various states and 54,000 will be resettled.

For the Afghan refugees coming to Tucson, Barbari’s message is: “You can have a good life here. Obey the law. America is a good and safe place for you and your children.”

The Barbari family struggled and had a long, terrible journey to get here. It all began 35 years ago when they fled their home in Daykundi in central Afghanistan with a caravan of other families for fear of violence from Soviet troops and militant Islamist groups. The families moved to Iran for weeks with little food and water. They rested in Pakistan for days and bought more food and water to continue their journey. The thirst and hunger were worst, but the water, dried fruit, and bread had to stretch until they reached their final destination, which was over 1,600 miles from Daykundi, said Marzieh Barbari, who heard the stories.

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