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An Intergenerational Welcoming for Afghan Refugees

Ericka Cruz GuevarraTyche HendricksAdhiti BandlamudiAlan Montecillo
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A man wearing a mask pulls against a doorframe to help himself pull a massive laundry cart on wheels laden with items in black garbage bags through it.
Walid Aziz and Ashraf Hussain from Jewish Family & Community Services of the East Bay bring household goods from the organization's offices in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021 to a family who recently arrived from Afghanistan. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Since July, at least 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan have arrived in California, with most settling in Northern California and the Bay Area.

Since the Taliban took over Kabul in mid-August, the pace of resettlement has ramped up, and many of the people supporting newly arrived refugees come from already-established communities of Afghan Americans in the Bay — who know what it means to be displaced and start anew.  

Guest: Tyche Hendricks, KQED immigration senior editor

Click here to find more information about Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay’s efforts to help resettle newly arrived Afghan refugees.


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