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[ltr]Iraqis from war to a narrow life in America (photographer)[/ltr]
[ltr][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Washington-Iraq Press -25 April: Iraqi refugees inthe United States is facing an unstable living conditions to the unavailability of fixed abode, while many of them are forced to change their homes several times over a few months.
The newspaper "Boston Globe" and the US published a report on the suffering of Iraqi refugees in America who are struggling with memory and pain of war 13 years ago, and away from home, and the challenges of adapting to a new environment , government support is limited.
He says a refugee and his family made up of seven children and the parents, the newspaper : "I thought that America would be paradise .. Instead, my family moved from Lowell to Eumanstr until I got to this narrow room in Sawjs."
"That 's what made it difficult to find work and fixed my kids forced to move from a new school to another, since coming to Massachusetts by nearly two years .."
"This family of 4576 within the Iraqi refugees have settled in Massachusetts since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and many ofthem failed in his attempt to live and cope with difficult conditions , according to experts."
"The refugees receive federal and state financial aid is limited, such as refugees and others carry the burden of finding homes and work alone, and learn English as soon as they arrive , " the paper says.
According to the director of refugee and migrant health center in Boston , Dr. Sondra Crosby , who spoke to the newspaper 'shealth program, such a combination of factors caused the suffering of some of the Iraqi refugees. Adding : "I find it appalling that such a large family lives in a small hostel which is not the first family .. The Iraqis are a group came heavy tragedies carry, post - traumatic stress disorders, depression, and need the right to be resettled in a safe environment, and health and mentalhealth care and that the the embrace by the community. "
And he suffered one of the two families to reach the United States , where the journey began in 2013 when he sneaked acrossthe Turkish border and waited for response regarding the asylum application to the United States. Where he arrived in 2014 to Lowell and allocated them about 10 thousand dollars from the state, to start a new life. For a few months, things looked promising, settled in an apartment, and found the head of the family business in clothing and plastic factories. Vachtroa a small family car, and record children in school and began to learn English, and soon "came more problems , " according to thenewspaper.
In Lowell, a struggle for one of the children featured bouts, he is now 11 years old, while the injured older than two years withdiabetes, while the mother also suffers from epilepsy and has become more prefer isolation in the new environment. All this and maintain the father to review doctors Okhosrh his job, and stretched the family financially, and a year later carried out themoney from the family and lost their apartment.
To find the family then through transitional assistance to the state department, which provides support to displaced families who have children of school age, a place in a modest inn in Eumanstr. The family was split in two rooms, the children went to anew school in the area.
But after six months, in February 2016, the family had been notified of the need to leave the hostel and move again, where thechildren returned from school, only to find all their belongings in a dozen waste bags next to their car, and they must apply for a new hostel in Sawjs.
For the nine given two small rooms, and it was far from stability in the new home therapy for a long time in hospitals cause ofthe escalation of tension and frustration after two weeks of moving to Sawjs, where he attempted a family suicide.
The refugee families rely on the federal government to assist upon arrival. Vtaataaked State Department views with non -profit organization to help families find an apartment, and registration in health insurance, and registration in the ranks ofteaching English as a second language, and get food stamps, and the search for employment. But ask the organizations toprovide guidance for 3 months, and the refugees who need more assistance , they should go to state programs and special situations managers to take advantage of other services such as social affairs.
Furthermore, the Harvard program shocks refugees Director Dr. Richard Mollica called for increased benefits for refugees from the government, adding : "If you have a health problem or a mental or survived the torture, Vaanmalah to achieve independent living after eight or nine months may be zero."
And reach the largest financial allocations currently in aid for refugees is a federal boost the amount of $ 2025 for each person in the family to pay once. And some families collect these amounts to pay the rent and buy clothes, but at least $ 900 of each donation goes to pay for administrative costs for the housing agencies.
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The family recently received a rent voucher from the state paying $ 2200 a month to support a normal rental apartment for nine people. Get such support for public housing is not readily available still takes a long queue actually years.
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Despite the difficult conditions, the children prefer to America on a battlefield where they were born, saying "we like the presence of law and order, because both are missing in Iraq , " .anthy (1)
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