Assessing the motivations, challenges, needs, and service gaps particular to secondary migrants in Cleveland...
Who are they and where do they come from? Find out more about Cleveland's Refugee Community...
Burmese refugee Kyaw Swar Oo and his family opened the Burmese Asian Market in the fall of 2013 to serve the growing Burmese population in Northeast Ohio.
RSC members provide refugees all along their path to self-sufficiency within the United States. View a complete list of organizations and services...
Refugees find jobs. 75% of the county’s refugees are employed, and refugees have started at least 38 businesses here.
THE REFUGEE SERVICES COLLABORATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND
The RSC is a group of organizations and individuals dedicated to serving international newcomers of all kinds–refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, and other disadvantaged migrants– across Northeast Ohio. We work together to provide a coordinated approach to support services that enable the long-term success and well-being of newcomers.
Peace in Cleveland. A Place to Call Home. A Community Challenge Brewing.
“We have a peace in Cleveland, that my people like to come here.” Such is the humble explanation of why a refugee chooses to live in Northeast Ohio. But researchers say that the popularity of Greater Cleveland among the refugee population presents both an opportunity and a potential challenge.
The Refugee Services Collaborative of Greater Cleveland (RSC) recently released the results of a 2020 study of Secondary Migration. A “secondary migrant” is a refugee who was resettled in one state after arriving in the United States and chose to leave that state to move elsewhere. Ohio is among the top three states in the nation where secondary migrants choose to move, often because they have connections to other refugees (family or friends) and because it’s more affordable to live here than in their previous home city. Click here to read the full study.
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED...
VOLUNTEER
Work one-on-one with newly-arriving refugees (as a mentor, English teacher, conversation aide, children’s tutor, etc.). Or help set up apartments and do other behind-the-scenes work. Read more...EMPLOY
Add dedicated, hard-working refugees to your staff. Refugees arrive in the U.S. authorized to work, and RSC members will help you find the best match of skills to needs. Read more...ADVOCATE
Help us ensure that greater Cleveland is a welcoming place. This involves outreach and dialogue with our entire community, including businesses, government agencies, schools, health providers, neighbors. Read more...LEARN
Find out more about refugees in Cleveland, why they are coming here, and the variety of ways that refugees enrich our communities and our lives. Read more...DONATE
Your gently-used second-hand goods find new life in the homes of refugees. Clothing, furniture, bicycles, household goods—and, of course, monetary donations!—are all very welcome and needed. Read more...ENGAGE
Connect with the RSC and with the refugees in our community. Read more...
WHAT MAKES A GREAT EMPLOYEE?
HARD-WORKING ... SKILLED ... CREATIVE ... DEDICATED ... TEAM PLAYER ... View this RSC brochure to read what employers have to say about hiring refugees.
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