Afghan Refugee And Family Work To Make A New Life With Help Of East Bay Group

CBS San Francisco

Communities In the East Bay, are seeing a third influx of Afghan refugees, nearly two years after the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Robin Mencher, the CEO of Jewish Community and Family Services - East Bay (JFCS East Bay) says the group is assisting on average, around 50 refugees a week.

"When the United States military withdrew from Afghanistan after a couple of decades, the government collapsed and caused everyone who had been connected to work with the U.S. government and those in support of the government to feel tremendous instability in their lives - and they faced persecution," Mencher said. "Everyone who comes here is coming here to start life anew because they have to."

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