Pacific Northwest nonprofits prepare for refugees from Afghanistan
As Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, Mahnez Eshetu, an immigrant from Iran, can’t help but think of her own immigration story.
“When the president left Kabul – it felt like exactly what happened when the Shah of Iran left,” Eshetu said. “It was like someone taking the chair away from under you.”
Eshetu is the executive director of the Seattle-based nonprofit Refugee Women’s Alliance. Eshetu and her staff are preparing for an influx of refugees from Afghanistan desperate to escape the Taliban.
“People who have to leave their country because they fear for their lives fear of execution fear of retaliation and they leave to find a host country so that they can build a life for themselves,” she continued.
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