Whitey Ford
03-20-2024, 02:50 AM
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According to a summary of refugee arrivals for the first portion of fiscal year 2024, the Democratic Republic of Congo tops the list of refugees resettled in Tennessee in terms of national origin.
The report says that the total number of Congolese refugees resettled in the Volunteer State from October 1 through February 29 is 264.
The Central African country is the largest nation on the continent and the 11th largest in the world.
Congo has been engulfed in turmoil since it gained independence in 1960. The Second Congo War, which raged from 1998 to 2003 resulted in the deaths of nearly five and a half million people. The country’s only successful peaceful transfer of power occurred in 2018, though the country is still involved in military conflict in its eastern region. It is the fourth poorest country on earth.
https://tennesseestar.com/news/congo-tops-national-original-list-for-refugees-resettled-in-tennessee-this-year/pdabrosca/2024/03/11/
According to a summary of refugee arrivals for the first portion of fiscal year 2024, the Democratic Republic of Congo tops the list of refugees resettled in Tennessee in terms of national origin.
The report says that the total number of Congolese refugees resettled in the Volunteer State from October 1 through February 29 is 264.
The Central African country is the largest nation on the continent and the 11th largest in the world.
Congo has been engulfed in turmoil since it gained independence in 1960. The Second Congo War, which raged from 1998 to 2003 resulted in the deaths of nearly five and a half million people. The country’s only successful peaceful transfer of power occurred in 2018, though the country is still involved in military conflict in its eastern region. It is the fourth poorest country on earth.
https://tennesseestar.com/news/congo-tops-national-original-list-for-refugees-resettled-in-tennessee-this-year/pdabrosca/2024/03/11/