The Jesuit Refugee Service has encouraged Biden to raise the cap from 125,000 to 200,000 to better welcome more displaced refugees.
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Afghan refugees and the Good Samaritans of Twitter
As images of desperate Afghan refugees flooded the news last week, I felt overwhelmed by my own inadequacy. Then I saw an Amazon wishlist of refugees’ concrete needs — and logged on to Twitter.
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He was a translator in Afghanistan. Now safe in the U.S., he prays his work won’t endanger loved ones left behind.
“I know that I live in safety. I know that I don’t have to worry about being kidnapped, being hurt; I don’t have to worry about being hit by an I.E.D.” Ahmad wishes that same security for his family and the people of Afghanistan.
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‘Our work changed really overnight’: Afghanistan evacuations become top priority for faith-based resettlement groups
Keeping Our Promise, a volunteer-run refugee resettlement organization, partners closely with churches, synagogues and faith-based organizations to help Special Immigrant Visa hopefuls in Afghanistan.
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What American Christians Owe the People of Afghanistan
For me and my family, Afghanistan is not one more distant problem we really can’t do anything about. It isn’t the same when the anxiety, and even terror, is experienced by your friends.
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Christian family in Afghanistan appeals to Pope Francis for help fleeing persecution
While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.
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Covid-19 is not an excuse to keep out refugees. Biden must restore the asylum process.
Continuing the Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum seekers is not necessary for public health, and it undermines our long history as a place of refuge.
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How martial arts classes are empowering young people in a Jesuit Refugee Service camp in South Sudan
Isaac Auyub developed a passion for martial arts after fleeing Sudan. Now, he instills the strength her learned to in his students in a refugee community.
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‘Fox and Friends’ hosts claimed Catholic Charities profits from helping migrants. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Accusing Catholic Charities of having a “profit motive,” the talking heads of Fox News showed a misunderstanding of the agency’s essential role in providing social services, writes Kevin Clarke.
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Thousands have been displaced by violence in Mozambique. Catholics say what’s needed is aid—not outside troops.
Educators and humanitarian workers in Mozambique are expressing mixed feelings about a deployment of multinational forces to confront an intensifying Islamist insurgency in Mozambique.