Minnesotans please help—Att: Qansa & Basra--
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:34 pm
I need an update to these humane tales. In Australia, the majority of us live in the metropolitan areas of the major cities. However, many of you on the U.S opted to stir the pot in the right place. Though it is an old story, it starts in a small town in Minnesota called Owatonna about the influx of Somalis, and read the courteous replies and the support given to them. We need to hear the Somali side and can you update us?
Qansa and Basra
Do you live in Holyoke Massachusetts?
On a serious note, read this
“The Somali resettlement was/is being proposed for a town where I work, Holyoke Massachusetts…… The residents protested, and were promptly labelled racist. They argued that their town was the poorest in the state, and that it had enough problems without imporing several hundred new poor people………. The sponsors argued that Holyoke was the best town to accept these refugees because they already had so many poor people, and therefore had services set up to help those people. Ted Kennedy came out in favor of the resettlement, and stated that morally we should be bringing in more Somalian refugees, not trying to block their resettlement……... The one problem I had with the entire effort is that the people supporting the resettlement all lived in the wealthy suburbs. They were in essence pushing a problem onto a city that could not defend itself -- and onto a town that did not have many resources to start with……..â€Â
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/1/02358/55957
Any information if Somalis settled there, an update urgently needed and appreciated.
Qansa and Basra
Do you live in Holyoke Massachusetts?






On a serious note, read this
“The Somali resettlement was/is being proposed for a town where I work, Holyoke Massachusetts…… The residents protested, and were promptly labelled racist. They argued that their town was the poorest in the state, and that it had enough problems without imporing several hundred new poor people………. The sponsors argued that Holyoke was the best town to accept these refugees because they already had so many poor people, and therefore had services set up to help those people. Ted Kennedy came out in favor of the resettlement, and stated that morally we should be bringing in more Somalian refugees, not trying to block their resettlement……... The one problem I had with the entire effort is that the people supporting the resettlement all lived in the wealthy suburbs. They were in essence pushing a problem onto a city that could not defend itself -- and onto a town that did not have many resources to start with……..â€Â
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/1/02358/55957
Any information if Somalis settled there, an update urgently needed and appreciated.
