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The Wisconsin Refugee Migration

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Refugees , a population distinct from other immigrants, face a multitude of challenges integrating into their new home in Milwaukee. Language and cultural barriers are two main causes of misunderstandings and strife between newly arrived refugee immigrants with their neighbors. From 2002 – 2016, 4,249 refugees made Wisconsin their new home (Gordon, 2017). A vast majority, 8,774 or 65% of the resettled Wisconsin refugees have settled in Milwaukee County . Refugees arrive suffering from acute post-traumatic anxiety from camps where basic amenities and civility were rare. Their new home is culturally unfamiliar, cold, and far from their ancestors, all isolating experiences that further alienate them from their neighbors. There is a need to create
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