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Refugee speaks about conditions at Fort McCoy
“MADISON, Wis. (WKOW/WBAY) – One of the thousands of refugees who are currently housed at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy.
Due to continued fear of Taliban retaliation, the refugee’s identity has been concealed.
He says he’s grateful to be safe, but adds that life at Fort McCoy has been a struggle.
Some refugees say they don’t have a change of clothes, and they are dealing with food shortages that force them to ration.
“It is not like that all the time. But if you’re a little bit late, you know, go to the chow hall, you know, most of their, like, four or five times happened, you know, they’re out of food. Or either they have just one other thing, you know, maybe boiled carrots, or little bit rice,” he told our Madison ABC affiliate, WKOW.
His wife, who doesn’t live at the base, also talked about the experience.
“He is not a complainer, he’s not one of those kind of people that is ungrateful at any shape or form. If anything, you know, he’s so grateful to be here,” she said.
The refugee says he asked officials about the food shortages, and was told they didn’t expect this many people to come to the base.
He also says some people need warmer clothes, adding it gets chilly at night.
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