Utah is experiencing an uptick in international refugees arriving in the state. The Utah Refugee Services Office reports a 500% increase in arrivals between 2021 and 2022, pushing numbers to just higher than 2016 levels.
This story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions to Utah’s biggest challenges through the work of the Innovation Lab.Iryna Voytyuk’s mother worked for her entire life in Ukraine and was never able to buy Iryna a bike.
Thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers have found a new home in Utah. While arrival numbers were declining, they’ve started to return to normal, giving more refugees what many say is an opportunity to be embraced as new Beehive State residents. Resettlement is the last option for people seeking refuge from their home country, said Aden Batar, who heads up migration and refugee services forLess than 1% of the millions of refugees under the umbrella of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are submitted for resettlement, according to a report from theThe U.N. Refugee Agency recommends select countries for those refugees to resettle, including the U.S.
People resettling here get information, programs and support services — including housing assistance, employment opportunities, access to health care and language help — to make sure they have the chance to thrive here. Services can last up to two years or longer in some cases. Gardner looked to the Refugee Processing Center, which reported arrival numbers in Utah dropped about 40% between 2016 and 2017, continued dropping until 2022 with the exception of 2019 and hadn’t yet increased back to typical numbers by 2022.
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