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Groups that resettle refugees are struggling to find enough staff, funding, and housing for 50,000
incoming AfghansUS refugee resettlement agencies are scrambling to pull together resources to accommodate an influx of refugees from Afghanistan as the Taliban consolidates its rule there.
Five agency leaders told Insider that their organizations are facing serious obstacles to finding enough staff, funding, and housing to accommodate the new arrivals.
More than 117,000 people, most of them Afghans, were evacuated ahead of the August 31 US evacuation deadline. Resettlement agencies expect to help around 50,000 refugees over the next few months, but there's no way to tell if that number is accurate, according to Mark Hetfield, CEO of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society.
The US only accepts refugees from Afghanistan that have already fled to a different country, which can prolong the process. As Insider previously reported, the US had accepted less than 500 Afghan refugees through July of this year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/groups-that-resettle-refugees-are-struggling-to-find-enough-staff-funding-and-housing-for-50000-incoming-afghans/ar-AAO2sdm