Immigrants may face complications in times of grief - Stamford, Connecticut

“As the area’s immigrant population grows, funeral directors say they increasingly are shipping bodies all over the world for burials. The financial burden is one of a number of challenges foreign-born families face when they lose loved ones. Delays with services, cultural clashes and the inability of some family members to attend services often confront these residents during difficult times.

Officials in the funeral industry said they have been feeling the impact of Stamford’s global ties.”

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