Refugee LA
Refugee LA is a UCLA undergraduate-based project focused on highlighting restaurants, businesses, and community organizations dedicated to serving immigrants and refugees.
Refugee Businesses
Los Angeles is home to a diverse array of successful businesses that are owned by, and focus on serving, immigrants. Refugee LA has highlighted some of them!
Restaurants and Bars
Mental Health Resources
Non-Profits and Fundraising
Community Outreach Organizations
Legal Services
Survival Resource Providers
Urban and Neighborhood History
A list of the refugee and immigrant communities near/in LA
East Asia
- Chinatown
- Koreatown
- Little Tokyo
- Little Osaka/Sawtelle Japantown
West Asia
- Little Armenia
- Little Arabia
Southeast Asia
- Little Saigon
- Filipinotown
- Thai Town
- Cambodia Town
- Little India
- Little Bangladesh
Latino
- Chinatown
- Koreatown
African
- Little Ethiopia
European
- Little Italy
Refugee Resources
Groups
The listed resources fall under one of three categories: children, adolescent/family, adult
Resource List
- Kids in Need of Defense
- Save the Children
- Bresee Foundation
- Refugee Children Center
- International Institute of Los Angeles
- Newcomers Access Center
- El Centro Del Pueblo
- The International Rescue Committee
- Central American Resource Center of LA
- International Refugee and Immigration Services
Service Categories
The resources fall into several different categories:
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Community organization
- Food
- Transportatio
- Employment
- Legal and financial services
- Emergency management
- Clothing supply
- Early childcare
- Education
- Well-being
- Reintegration/resettlement services
Los Angeles only became an official sanctuary city in 2023, but it has long offered asylum to refugees from all over the world. This site honors Refugee Los Angeles, highlighting historic neighborhoods, community organizations, and individuals.