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'Our neighbors': Snohomish County has welcomed 2,600 Afghans, Ukrainians
LYNNWOOD — Mohammad Zamir Omar’s son held Van Dinh-Kuno’s hand at a Lynnwood hotel last year.
The boy had arrived there after a long and winding journey from his home country as Taliban forces seized control. He begged the longtime executive director of Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest for a home.
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The conversation kept Dinh-Kuno, a refugee herself who fled Vietnam decades ago, up that night.
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The Omars are some of the 2,600 people from Afghanistan and Ukraine who have found a home in Snohomish County since October 2021, officials reported this week.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/our-neighbors-snohomish-county-has-welcomed-2600-afghans-ukrainians/
