12 refugees depart to the US

Since the US Embassy began its permanent refugee resettlement program in May 2008, well over 500 refugees have been resettled in the US.

These latest group will be resettled in cities across the United States, including Houston, Columbus, Salt Lake City, Jersey City, Providence, Raleigh, San José, Baltimore and Stone Mountain.

Once they arrive in the US, each refugee will be assigned a sponsor agency that provides initial services such as housing, food and clothing, as well as referral to medical care, employment services and other support during a transition period lasting up to two years in order to ensure integration and assimilation.

Commenting on the group’s departure, US Ambassador Douglas Kmiec said that refugees resettling in America are following in the footsteps of “our American forefathers”, which have made America’s history. “Nothing makes me more proud as Ambassador to Malta, then to help those most in need and uphold the humanitarian values, and the legacy of immigration, that make America great,” he added.