Georgia
Located just outside of Atlanta is a small city named Clarkston that’s earned the nickname “Ellis Island of the South” due to the tens of thousands of refugees who made it their first American home. As a result, Clarkston has become one of the most beautifully diverse communities in America. The Their Story is Our Story (TSOS) Community Programs team in Georgia is actively engaged with local nonprofit organizations, serving in the community, and developing opportunities for collecting and sharing refugee stories.
FY 2017-2021 data source: Refugee Processing Center: Arrivals and Admissions, figures exclude Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) from Afghanistan and Iraq, and does not include Afghan Humanitarian Parolees from the 2021 evacuation.
FY 2022 data: 818 refugee, 281 SIV, 1,811 Afghan Humanitarian Parolees, 2,508 Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees
- Ukrainian
- Dari
- Pashto
- French
- Arabic
- Burmese
FY 2022 data source: Languages based on the official and/or most common language of arrivals’ country of origin.
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