Official: Iraqi refugees to be resettled in Fla.
MIAMI (AP) -- A United Nations official says many Iraqi refugees will be resettled in Florida and around the nation.
Larry Yungk, a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees senior resettlement officer, made the comments at a conference Thursday. He says Iraqis displaced by the war are among new groups of refugees who will increasingly be resettled in Florida and in the U.S.
The U.N. has referred more than 42,000 Iraqis for resettlement in the U.S. Of them, 15,000 have already arrived.
Florida resettles 25,000 to 28,000 refugees annually, three times more than any other state.
The majority are placed in South Florida.
The Miami conference was attended by case workers, educators and social service providers for refugees.
