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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

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Refugees in Idaho

Population Information

Population Information

Refugee Populations in Idaho: By Region

	Since 1/01/00	Since 1/01/2009
Africa	1,397	186
East Asia	398	160
Eurpoe and Central Asia	2284	89
Latin Amerca	79	20
Near East/South Asia	1406	698

Data recorded on January 1, 2010

IDAHO REFUGEE POPULATION
		01/01/2000 to 01/01/2009	1/01/2009 to 1/01/2010
Region	Nation of Origin
Africa	Burundi	279	6
	Cameroon	1
	Congo (former Zaire)	249	80
	Eritrea	47	28
	Ethiopia	32	1
	Guinea-Bissau	2
	Kenya	19
	Liberia	65	2
	Nigeria	6
	Rwanda	30
	Somalia	485	64
	Sudan	147	5
	Togo	35
	Sub-total	1397	186

East Asia	Burma	370	152
	Vietnam	28	8
	Sub-total	398	160

Europe &	Afghanistan	404	49
Central Asia	Armenia	4
	Azerbaijan	28
	Belorus	6
	Bosnia & Herzegovina	783
	Croatia	31
	Czech Republic	3
	Georgia	10
	Russia	260	6
	Ukraine	89
	Uzbekistan	645	34
	Yugoslavia	21
	Sub-total	2284	89

Latin America/	Colombia	58	19
Caribbean	Cuba	24	1
	Sub-total	79	20

Near East/	Bhutan	562	358
South Asia	Iran	207	34
	Iraq	635	306
	Syria	2	0
	Sub-total	1406	698

	Total	5567	1153

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Recently, ECDC was awarded funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide innovative technical assistance to ECBOs from around the country. The goal of this initiative is to provide intensive one-on-one Technical Assistance (TA) to Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) and/or Mutual Assistant Associations (MAAs), in order to enhance their capacity to serve more refugees with comprehensive, quality services that are well-managed and well-resourced.
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