Since January Abdul has been working as a case manager for Catholic Charities, the same organization that helped him create a new life in Chicago.
Since January Abdul, who did not want to share his last name, has been working as a case manager for Catholic Charities, the same organization that helped him create a new life in Chicago.The images were heart wrenching: Afghans clinging to American military planes as the Taliban regained control over Afghanistan last August.Abdul was one of several Afghan Air Force pilots in charge of flying Afghans from across the country to Kabul, their last stop before leaving the country.
Since January he has been working as a case manager for Catholic Charities, the same organization that helped him create a new life in Chicago.Roughly 2,500 Afghans have resettled here in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services. "There have been some specific challenges due to the sheer speed at which people were uprooted and relocated," said Emily Parker, who is the case manager supervisor for Catholic Charities' refugee resettlement program.
Parker said the biggest challenge right now is that there is no pathway to permanent residency for the Afghan refugees. "So they are feeling quite unstable. And that leads to just challenges overall in their ability to plan for the long term here, as well as there's no clear pathway to family reunification," she said.Abdul's wife and children remain in Afghanistan. He doesn't know when he will see them again.Related Topics
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