Tell your representatives to reclaim their role in refugee admissions and enshrine America’s commitment to refugees in law.
You can do what the federal government won’t: fund resettlement. Help a local office to keep their doors open and their lights on.
Washington Needs a Refugee Floor In 2015, Niloofar and her family fled Iran to Turkey, beginning an eight-year wait for resettlement. Life as a refugee in Turkey was difficult—poor conditions, community scrutiny, and an uncertain future. The wait felt endless. Through...
One of Washington’s resettlement offices will be unable to resettle refugees next year.
Episcopal Migration Ministries, which operates 15 of America’s 360 resettlement offices, announced its intent to withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. The Diocese of Olympia’s Auburn Resettlement Office is one of those offices.
Donating to these offices can help position these agencies to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
Washingtonians deserve a resettlement program they can rely on.
Refugees do too.
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