After seeking asylum, families at this California shelter take their first steps in the U.S.
LA TimesFive-year-old Rood Morancy Siverne huddled close to his mother, who sat tired, yet hopeful, waiting to check in to what would become, at least for a time, their home. “The kids want to be outside, they want to run,” said Gloria Gomez, co-founder of Galilee Center, which opened in 2010 and provides lodging, food and clothes to recently arrived migrants. After being so many days in detention, struggling for weeks, sometimes months, they need that freedom.” — Gloria Gomez, co-founder of Galilee Center Children from different asylum seeking families play in front of their rooms provided by Galilee Center in Riverside County. “If I wasn’t in danger, I’d go back.” Many families find themselves in similar circumstances, Gomez said. “They’d yell, ‘Give up the money, give up the money.’ It was terrible.” Angolan asylum seekers John Nvunda and Lutonadio Maria Manuel are staying at the long-term shelter for immigrants provided by Galilee Center.
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