I've even heard about somali parents being left in either homes or own apartments. It hurts my soul wallahi
Sometimes this is by choice and older couples who came to the US together split over money. They can't agree on how to support families back home. So it becomes to each their own. This happens to couples who were married for so many years and who endured tough experiences back home together. Each person gets so many calls and have so many mouths to feed, some of these callers are young people who don't want to work, or people with money who think those who live in the west are well to do and keep calling. The strain takes a toll and people split.
Some of the elders I have seen like the one who lived next door had no choice but to live on his own. I used to help him with the groceries until his relatives came to the US.
When you have no country behind you, and what is left of it struggles to stay afloat, a shell of its past, divided and ruled by the neighboring countries, the effects have far reaching consequences even for those like us who are well to do in the West. There isn't a day I don't feel an Orphan for this simple fact.