OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Bowling Green organization that relocates refugees plans to open a satellite office in Owensboro.
The Bowling Green International Center will begin relocating refugees to Owensboro later this year or early next year. The Messenger-Inquirer reports that officials from the international center and local volunteers have been working for more than a year to make the city a satellite location.
A site for the office has not been selected, but one possible location is at Brescia University. The school's president, Rev. Larry Hostetter, says some students might also be working with the refugees.
The international center's director, James Robinson, says the organization could be resettling refugees by January. They're expected to come from Iraq and Myanmar.
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Information from: Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, http://www.messenger-inquirer.com
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