Resources for Serving Refugee Populations
Learning about Refugees
VIDEO: Meet the 1%: One Refugee Family’s Road to a New Life in the United States. International Rescue Committee.
- Refugee Services Office (Utah Department of Workforce Services)
- Typical Refugee Experience (PDF page 3)
- Refugee Security Screening Process: 26 Steps to Arrival in the U.S. (PDF) (Video)
National Resources
ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services | U.S. Census
“A refugee is someone who, “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his or her nationality and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.” Resource Manual, Utah Department of Workforce Services.
Resources
- Utah Refugee Services
- Salt Lake County Refugee Assistance
- U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Cultural Orientation Resource Center