Faces of Refugees in San Diego
Refugees from the Congo, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Burundi, Burma, and Columbia, at the Alliance For African Assistance in San Diego. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune file)
Daniel Ukang, who is from Sudan and lives in El Cajon, with three of his four children, from left, Ukang Yamun, 8, Nyapout Yamun, 3, and Apiou Yamun, 5, while in their apartment. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
John Kuek, who came here from South Sudan in 1995, is a marriage and family therapist at the La Maestra Community Health Center in San Diego. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kongseng Soukbandith, who came here from Laos in 1975, works as a cultural liaison at the La Maestra Community Health Center in San Diego. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Iraqi refugees Nasra Zora and her husband Khaled Madalo sit in their living room with her sons Sherbl Madalo, 10, left, and Rafi, 8, while in their apartment in El Cajon. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Pauline Tran, who came to San Diego from Vietnam in 1987, is now a dentist at the La Maestra Community Health Center. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)