Resources for refugee co-sponsors 

Resettlement Basics| Faith Resources | Lead Poisoning Prevention
Info about refugees from Africa | Asia | Europe | Middle East | the Americas

Also see IRP Resources and Immigration and Refugee Links

Resettlement Basics

Refugee Resettlement: Role of Local Cosponsors PDF | Word

Refugee Resettlement: Health Screening PDF | Word

 Refugees at Work: A special edition of Welcome magazine

Refugee Resettlement: Media Strategy, A Resource for Affiliates and Cosponsors PDF | Word

Refugee Resettlement: Refugees' Rights in Media Interviews PDF | Word

Photo and Interview Release Form PDF | Word

Faith Resources

Christian Hospitality and Welcoming the Stranger PDF | Word

Welcoming the Stranger: A Bible Study PDF | Word

Stations of the Cross: The Passion of Jesus and the Pain of Asylum Seekers (PDF, 89 kb)

The Bible as the Ultimate Immigration Handbook: Written by for and about migrants, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
PDF | Microsoft Word

Lead Poisoning Prevention

Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Matter of Life and Death for Refugee Children PDF | Word

Lead Poisoning: Special "Monday" Reprint with CDC Recommendations PDF

Resources on African Refugees

The Refugee Crisis in Africa: The Churches' Call to Care
A fact sheet on refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa, CWS response, and what you can do.

The Banyamulenge Tutsi: Survivors of the Gatumba Refugee Camp Massacre

The 1972 Burundians

Somali Bantu Resettlement: Background Information PDF | Word

Refugees from Asia

 Karenni information from the IOM Cultural Orientation team in Thailand PDF | Word

Burmese Refugee Camps in Thailand's Tak Province

Burmese Muslims

Karen Refugees from Burma in Tham Hin Camp: A Profile

Karen Refugees from Burma: A Backgrounder

Neglected Emergencies: Burma from InterAction's "Monday Developments" magazine, July 31, 2006

Food List for Cosponsors of Refugees from Burma PDF | Word

UNHCR Fact Sheet on Bhutanese Resettlement to the United States

UNHCR PowerPoint on Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal (3.2 MB)

Refugees from Europe

Meskhetian Turk Resettlement: A Brief Overview PDF | Word

Meskhetian Turks Resettlement: Background Information PDF | Word

Meskhetian Turk Resettlement: Q&A PDF | Word

Refugees from the Middle East

Iraqi Refugees: Questions and Answers
Iraqi Refugee Resettlement: Talking Points
Fact Sheet for Iraqi Asylum Seekers

Refugees from the Americas

Refugee Assistance and Integration in Chile

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