RESETTLEMENT DATA
Resettlement January 1, 1994 -- December 31, 2003
The Changing Face Of Memphis' Refugee Population
 

 

# of cases / # of individuals

TOTALS

Country

Free

FR

SM

ASY

Cases

Individuals

 Afghanistan

 28 / 87

2 / 2

 1 / 5

 0

 31

 99

 AmerAsians (from Vietnam)

101 / 340

 6 / 20

 20 / 34

 1 / 3

 128

397

 Berkina Faso

 0

 1 / 1

 0

 0

 1

 1

 Bosnia

 56 / 177

 30 / 77

 7 / 15

 0

 93

 269

 Burma

 2 / 2

 0

 0

 0

 2

 2

 Cambodia

 15 / 69

 3 / 10

 2 / 11

 0

 20

 90

 Chad

 0

 0

 1 / 1

 0

 1

1

Colombia

0

0

0

1 / 5

1

5

 Congo

 3 / 14

 0

 0

 0

 3

14

 Cuba

 141 / 231

 10 / 23

 21  / 27

2 / 2

 174

 283

Ethiopia

 2 / 11

 6 / 19

 14 / 17

 2 / 3

 27

 50

 Gambia

 2 / 11

 1 / 2

 0

1 / 1

 4

 14

Guinea 0 0 0

3 / 3

3

3

 Haiti

 4 / 33

 0

 1 / 1

 0

 5

 34

 Iran

 1 / 3

 7 / 16

 1 / 1

 1 / 1

 10

 21

Iraq (non-Kurds)

 74 / 155

 31 / 81

 49 / 71

 0

 154

 307

 Jordan

 1 / 5

 0

 0

 0

1

 5

Kosovo

 0

 1 / 1

 0

 0

 1

 1

Kurds

 29 / 129

 1 / 4

 14 / 39

 1 / 1

 45

 173

 Liberia

 9 / 41

 4 / 12

 2 / 2

 0

 15

56

 Libya

 12 / 12

 0

 16 / 16

 0

 28

 28

 Lost Boys (Sudan)

 38 / 38

 0

 0

 0

 38

38

 Mauritania

 0

 0

 4 / 4

 3 / 5

 7

 9

 Nigeria

 10 / 22

 8 / 22

 6 / 19

 0

 24

 62

Rwanda

 5 / 21

 0

 0

 0

 5

 21

Sierra Leone

 2 / 12

2 / 3

 0

4  / 4

 8

19

 Somalia

 83 / 360

 30 / 151

 35 / 71

1 / 7

 149

 589

 Sudan

 55/ 184

 32 / 66

 59/ 126

 2 / 2

 148

 378

 Syria

 1 / 7

 1 / 1

 0

 0

 2

8

Togo

0

0

0

1 / 1

1

1

 Vietnam

 236 / 818

 107 / 336

 55 / 114

 0

 398

 1268

  

TOTALS

 

910 / 2782

 

 283 / 847

 

   308 / 574

 

23 / 38

 

1527

 

4246

 

FREE CASES

Those cases that come with no other sponsor or "anchor" except for Refugee Services.

FR (Family Reunification)

Those cases that come with a sponsor or anchor here in Memphis. This is usually a family member; s/he may be a friend.

SM (Secondary Migration)

Those cases that have resettled in another city in the U.S. first, then moved to Memphis.

ASY (Asylees) Asylees meet the same criteria as refugees, only they are already within the borders of the U.S. when they request permission to stay.
 

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