Office Of Refugee Resettlement: Data

Annual ORR Reports to Congress - 1999

FY 1999 National Conference

Refugee services programs traditionally target employable adults in an effort to ensure early self-sufficiency for families and individuals. However, we have had a growing awareness of the trauma suffered by refugee children and youth from their experiences as refugees, and from their adjustment experiences during resettlement. ORR'S 1999 national conference held November 15-17 in Washington, D.C., was attended by 1,600 participants. We had double the number that participated in the 1998 conference because the theme for this year's conference was "Resettlement Through the Eyes of a Refugee Child."

The assumption had been that when you help the parents, the children are flexible and adjust naturally and easily. Our youthful presenters challenged this notion.

One of the most dynamic aspects of the conference came from the refugee children and teenagers in attendance, many of whom were panelists and speakers sharing their perspectives on what it is like to be refugee. They opened the eyes of many conference participants by demonstrating their maturity, and the articulate descriptions of jarring differences in cultural values and life experiences, compared with American peers. It was an enlightening experience for the many refugee case managers who work with entire families, but focus mainly on employable adults.

We were very pleased to have Secretary Donna Shalala as our keynote speaker, and Maria Echaveste, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, as speaker at our closing session.

The conference also addressed various interests of refugee service providers through a broad range of eight different workshop tracks, each one composed of three to seven workshops. The tracks addressed subjects such as: services for children in the mainstream community,

Appendix A
Tables

TABLE 1

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	FY 83 - 94	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 83 - 99
AMERASIAN, ASYLEE (from Northern Iraq), ENTRANT, AND REFUGEE ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FY 1983 - FY 1999
AFGHANISTAN	22303	13	11	4	88	361	22780
ALBANIA	3555	50	26	6	3	11	3651
BULGARIA	1964	6	1	0	0	0	1971
BURMA	252	39	9	182	186	295	963
BURUNDI	17	6	19	34	28	223	327
CAMBODIA	71378	6	5	9	7	0	71405
CUBA a/	27381	6144	3517	2915	1587	2021	42503
CUBA(ENTRANT) b/	19498	31195	17013	5296	13546	20681	108291
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	7530	0	0	0	4	0	7534
ETHIOPIA	26168	193	170	204	188	1879	28802
HAITI c/	4779	1690	62	80	40	91	6742
HAITI(ENTRANT) d/	12701	1035	346	43	590	1233	15948
HUNGARY	5124	0	0	0	0	0	5124
IRAN	37814	972	1249	1340	1585	1737	44697
IRAQ	16373	3474	2691	9365	1620	1962	35485
LAOS	106572	3681	2203	915	9	19	113399
LIBERIA	2162	55	42	223	1637	2493	6612
LIBYA	357	0	0	0	0	0	357
NICARAGUA	1497	13	25	0	1	0	1536
NIGERIA	0	0	85	10	321	625	1041
POLAND	28757	22	9	6	2	2	28798
ROMANIA	34611	32	12	2	2	2	34661
RWANDA	39	87	129	97	85	153	590
SIERRA LEONE	0	51	24	57	183	678	993
SOMALIA	7921	2524	6440	4948	2952	4321	29106
SUDAN	1748	1693	583	281	1287	2389	7981
USSR (former) e/	307052	35495	29271	26758	23259	16917	438752
VIETNAM	302293	32254	16116	6611	10266	9622	377162
VIETNAM(AMERASIAN)	70819	948	906	833	375	241	74122
YUGOSLAVIA (former) f/	9367	9870	12021	21375	30823	38620	122076
ZAIRE	574	115	42	44	43	42	860
OTHER/UNKNOWN	2472	160	89	161	171	318	3371
Table Total	1133078	131823	93116	81799	90888	106936	1637640
a/ Includes Cubans with refugee status or humanitarian parolee status (prior to FY 1992). b/ Includes Cubans with entrant status, humanitarian parolee status (as of FY 1992), or Havana Parolee status. c/ Includes Haitians with refugee status or humanitarian parolee status (prior to FY 1992). d/ Includes Haitians with entrant status or humanitarian parolee status (as of FY 1992). e/ Includes refugees from the republics of the former Soviet Union. f/ Includes refugees from the republics of the former Yugoslavia. g/ Includes countries with fewer than 100 arrivals in each fiscal year as well as cases with unknown country of origin.

TABLE 2:

STATE	AFGHANISTAN	ALBANIA	CAMBODIA	CUBA a/	CUBA (Entrant) b/	CZECHO SLOVAKIA	ETHIOPIA	HAITI c/	HAITI (Entrant) d/	HUNGARY	IRAN	OTHER/ UNKNOWN g/	TOTAL
AMERASIAN, ASYLEE (from Northern Iraq), ENTRANT, AND REFUGEE ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND STATE OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENTFY 1983 - FY 1999
ALABAMA	35	0	291	133	134	5	68	85	27	3	35	7	4056
ALASKA	7	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	51	1	691
ARIZONA	442	27	659	367	980	40	651	81	12	66	451	660	25190
ARKANSAS	3	3	31	1	18	8	7	0	0	5	15	1	1817
CALIFORNIA	8644	177	18611	1368	1638	1715	6555	125	222	799	27643	1569	391763
COLORADO	389	14	681	113	15	130	472	75	3	36	237	153	16332
CONNECTICUT	94	185	1173	254	382	120	139	195	88	442	255	206	16836
DELAWARE	34	0	0	18	5	0	11	3	18	2	29	7	534
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	366	4	371	71	21	37	1167	58	2	134	201	408	11911
FLORIDA	260	258	1142	28218	88472	217	647	1424	13194	230	571	1089	165048
GEORGIA	720	10	1783	251	345	75	1542	34	45	111	493	386	38778
HAWAII	31	0	75	0	1	13	3	0	0	2	5	15	3956
IDAHO	23	32	273	69	7	293	8	116	0	23	19	96	6437
ILLINOIS	328	201	3002	409	579	323	1044	81	70	137	888	481	64235
INDIANA	89	5	227	14	28	37	124	33	3	22	102	299	6114
IOWA	3	3	582	7	10	13	158	20	0	54	42	254	15436
KANSAS	103	0	452	7	21	12	39	10	1	0	75	34	9493
KENTUCKY	45	3	454	289	1405	0	54	36	16	0	75	87	12611
LOUISIANA	49	0	561	205	371	16	51	37	53	1	64	103	11095
MAINE	339	7	739	60	1	26	138	0	0	18	147	169	4044
MARYLAND	471	95	1111	500	184	145	1564	209	95	76	1219	323	25518
MASSACHUSETTS	119	243	5706	107	193	963	589	410	414	79	466	128	50355
MICHIGAN	65	485	205	201	781	111	368	288	43	72	270	205	34520
MINNESOTA	183	3	2659	49	28	49	1668	55	1	67	161	280	38402
MISSISSIPPI	4	0	15	2	30	11	13	12	13	2	9	0	1294
MISSOURI	275	103	789	638	47	216	983	383	8	147	190	433	26292
MONTANA	5	0	5	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	1	4	901
NEBRASKA	252	4	167	105	47	68	10	6	0	10	26	76	8162
NEVADA	150	16	127	1062	1808	14	375	0	19	15	319	84	6867
NEW HAMPSHIRE	10	40	340	0	1	93	2	0	0	11	41	91	4160
NEW JERSEY	615	219	310	2857	2203	238	398	733	375	172	513	254	31867
NEW MEXICO	61	0	278	1174	1698	13	11	0	0	3	53	45	5894
NEW YORK	3717	1130	3149	967	2218	781	1419	822	871	715	5457	1278	224115
NORTH CAROLINA	136	2	1551	365	81	41	187	33	15	36	88	219	14511
NORTH DAKOTA	54	1	144	143	1	105	95	95	3	45	62	95	4956
OHIO	66	26	1703	4	74	115	613	9	39	187	181	124	24043
OKLAHOMA	44	0	489	12	23	10	32	0	0	1	218	8	6568
OREGON	197	6	976	27	784	32	309	57	87	25	182	106	27194
PENNSYLVANIA	333	73	3156	394	401	204	761	342	102	253	304	364	47461
RHODE ISLAND	2	55	1305	6	10	0	13	2	12	239	19	2	5750
SOUTH CAROLINA	28	0	107	4	15	0	10	0	0	8	43	13	1758
SOUTH DAKOTA	57	0	34	50	0	69	540	0	0	83	43	124	3879
TENNESSEE	212	2	1317	297	253	38	288	225	21	15	317	308	16502
TEXAS	710	51	5327	972	2133	242	3139	225	27	117	1641	718	83978
UTAH	49	0	1780	71	3	310	5	0	0	7	236	100	13115
VERMONT	8	34	223	8	0	306	7	0	0	19	17	33	3567
VIRGINIA	2387	39	2229	156	354	38	862	178	37	59	644	247	29988
WASHINGTON	472	55	4854	268	74	196	1585	245	0	551	497	248	69804
WEST VIRGINIA	11	3	16	0	1	8