Daily News | Philly resettlement agencies ready to help as Biden administration to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
The Biden administration is expected to announce that the United States will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees — and resettlement agencies in Philadelphia say they’re ready.
“Any number is great news,” said Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, the immigrant-assistance organization in Philadelphia. “A hundred thousand is a great start. We could do more.” In the U.S. refugee system, 100,000 represents a huge number — roughly 10 times the amount of total refugees resettled here in 2020. It comeswho were evacuated as the nation withdrew its forces from Afghanistan, commencing the largest resettlement since the end of the Vietnam War.
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