Hello and welcome back to my blog. This is the final post! In this post, I will be covering the struggles of a specific group of immigrants in America, refugees. Refugees face the problems that immigrants face and more. I will be highlighting more specifically in this post their struggle to find long-term work in America and the long wait for refugee status to get approved.
The Struggle to Find Long-Term Work
One of the many problems facing refugees in America is the struggle to find work. Researchers have found that most refugees are less likely to find work the longer they stay in America. They found that five years after a refugee gained lawful permanent residency, their employment began to declined. The decline of federal funding was one of the major causes for this increase in unemployment. Researches have also found that a refugee’s ability to blend in can be disrupted by the expectations of others. Because of these issues, refugee support organizations have begun to form. There are federally funded organizations that focus more on short-term resettlement and there are privately funded programs that help refugees to look for long-term jobs. One of these is the UN Refugee Agency. This organization is dedicated to helping refugees to advocate for themselves, especially in the work force. They also teach immigrants how to avoid scam and fake job offers.
Click here and here for two articles delving deeper into these civic issues.
The Wait for Refugee Status
One of the other major problems that is unique to refugees is the lengthy process of getting refugee status. In America, this wait used to take approximately two years. Once the Trump administration came into office, they began to alter the refugee status process. Now the wait can take up to almost five years. Trump changed this process with the intentions of stopping immigrants and refugees from entering America, especially during the pandemic. Click here to read an article covering more of this topic.
Thank you for reading my final post. I believe that the immigrants of the world have overcome many obstacles to get to where they are today. We must also learn to be understanding and empathetic to each person’s situation. Especially in America, we should be more appreciative of our immigrants, as every immigrant makes America the nation it is today. I hope you learned at least a little bit from my blog.
You provide a very informative post about refugees and all of the processes they go through. Unfortunately, it seems to the case that these limitations continue to persists, putting many individuals and their families at risk. I wonder why, even though they are able to gain legal residence refugees are still limited in their abilities. For one, historical prejudices definitely play a role.
Earlier this year I was learning about refugees attempting to travel to countries such as France and Greece. The obstacles they were faced with were tremendous. Specifically, I learned about the European Union’s involvement. The treatment of refugees is really a global problem. In the United States, it’s unfortunate that the process takes so long and that they are faced with challenges getting jobs. However, I don’t think that’s a unique problem for America. I hope that the United Nations and others can help alleviate some of the issues that refugees face.
This was an extremely informative post about an issue I didn’t know a lot about. It is so unfortunate that things used to be hard for immigrants coming here, but they have gotten even harder the longer they stay here. It is twisted to me that it seems like we are moving backwards.