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I was a stranger, and you welcomed me. - Matthew 25:35b

Nearly 40 million people around the world are uprooted from their homes and communities by persecution and armed conflict. The Immigration and Refugee Program of Church World Service (CWS/IRP) is an ecumenical family empowering churches to show hospitality to strangers, that is, to immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other uprooted people in the United States and around the world. CWS/IRP resettles about 8,000 refugees and entrants in the United States each year, and also helps meet the needs of people in protracted refugee situations and refugees returning home. We are also working to ensure that refugees and displaced persons abroad receive the assistance and protection they need.

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"Nine Thousand Nights" brings to life experiences of refugees from Burma

In remote "bamboo cities" ringed by deep forests and high mountains, on the western edge of Thailand, refugees from Burma have lived a life apart for more than 25 years, or "Nine Thousand Nights."  Now they and "outsiders" who have known them share their personal memories of harsh, inspiring and extraordinary times on the 1,200-mile Thailand-Burma border in Nine Thousand Nights: Refugees from Burma, A Peoples’ Scrapbook. Read more »

2010 World Refugee Day slideshow

CWS network resettles 6,428 refugees in Fiscal Year 2009

Global humanitarian agency Church World Service resettled 6,428 refugees to the United States in FY 2009, a more than 30 percent increase over FY 2008. Read more »

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A Future with Hope: Welcoming Refugees Video (DVD)

The new CWS DVD “A Future with Hope: Welcoming Refugees” (running time: 15:25) inspires and challenges viewers to extend friendship and practical assistance to refugees resettling in the United States. Order online » | Watch a trailer on YouTube

Facts Have Faces: Refugees and other forcibly displaced people
The 6-page resource features the voices of refugees and internally displaced persons and stories of CWS response along with facts, figures and key terms.

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