County expects 1,200 Afghans to settle here in coming months

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EVERETT — Snohomish County is expected to see about 1,200 Afghans resettle here in coming months after Taliban forces seized control of the country, county Executive Dave Somers said Tuesday.

Washington is one of the biggest hubs for Afghan resettlement. From October 2020 to July 2021, the state welcomed 348 immigrants from the country. Only a few states like California, Texas and Virginia received more. Over the past few years, Washington usually receives about 8% of the total U.S. arrivals from Afghanistan, said Sarah Peterson, chief of the state Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance.

Van Dinh-Kuno, executive director of Everett Community College-based Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest, said her organization had resettled 22 Afghans in the past week. Many are settling in the Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace areas. And that’s only the beginning, she said.

“We are expecting many, many more to come,” Somers said at a Tuesday morning news conference.

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[samnsara]

1. geez i have a sofa bed in the computer room i could harbor a mother and one child

..if they dont mind dogs.