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January 24, 2025

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  • Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

    February 2, 2025

    Global Refuge Statement on Misinformation around our Humanitarian Work

    Global Refuge condemns in the strongest possible terms the false accusations lodged against our humanitarian work. As a faith-based nonprofit, we have faithfully walked alongside legally admitted refugees & immigrants for 85 years.

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  • Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

    January 27, 2025

    Global Refuge Condemns Federal Stop Work Order Halting Refugee Resettlement Assistance

    Global Refuge expresses deep concern and dismay over an unprecedented stop work order issued by the State Department, which halts all refugee reception and placement services under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

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  • Press Release · Immigration

    January 24, 2025

    Statement on new immigration restrictions and intensified enforcement operations

    Global Refuge expresses its profound concern following this week’s executive actions that halt asylum protections and aggressively intensify interior immigration enforcement.

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News · Community Engagement

January 25, 2025

5 Ways to Help Refugees & Immigrants in 2025

Discover 5 ways to help refugees and immigrants in 2025. From volunteering to advocacy, learn how you can make a difference through Global Refuge, the nation’s largest faith-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to serving children, refugees, and immigrants.

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News · Community Engagement

April 9, 2025

Baking the World a Better Place

A local group of teenagers hosted a bake sale for immigration and refugee resettlement agency Global Refuge.

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News · Community Engagement

January 17, 2025

Ambassador Spotlight: Astrid Schmidt King

Global Refuge Ambassadors organize, unite, and advocate for the work of welcome in support of refugees and immigrants.

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News · Community Engagement

December 16, 2024

A Full-Circle Moment 40 Years in the Making

Bill and Ellen Gertzog helped resettle a refugee family through Global Refuge in the 1980s. Nearly four decades later, they met the family again.

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News · Community Engagement

September 25, 2024

Global Refuge on WYPR: Combatting Misinformation about Immigrants

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President & CEO of Global Refuge, joins WYPR for a discussion on the spread of misinformation about immigrants.

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Press Release · Community Engagement

January 17, 2024

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service rebrands as Global Refuge

Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, has welcomed refugees since 1939 and seeks to build a bigger table of supporters amid unprecedented humanitarian crises.

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News · Community Engagement

December 8, 2022

The Circle of Welcome: A Cup of Tea

My first visit with the Afghan family my church is co-sponsoring was at their brother’s house, where they were staying for a few weeks while they waited for their new apartment to be ready.

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News · Community Engagement

July 15, 2022

Rev. Eric C. Shafer Joins Global Refuge as Pastor in Residence

Global Refuge is thrilled to welcome The Rev. Eric C. Shafer as our new Pastor in Residence, effective August 1, 2022. 

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News · Community Engagement

December 10, 2021

Global Refuge OpEd: How Businesses Can Help Afghan Refugees | Baltimore Sun

Global Refuge has been working around the clock to welcome our new Afghan neighbors, including by offering temporary housing through Airbnb.org while they await permanent housing.

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