LIRS & TENT Launch Guide to Help Employers Hire Afghan Refugees
LIRS & TENT Launch Guide to Help Employers Hire Afghan Refugees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 22, 2021 Washington D.C. – As businesses across the country look … Read more
Spread Hope for the Holidays
This holiday season, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service launched our seventh annual Hope for the Holidays™. Each year, we work to bring hope to children and families … Read more
LIRS on NPR: Afghan Refugee Children
LIRS on NPR: Protecting and Caring For Afghan Refugee Children NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and … Read more
New LIRS OpEd: Protect Afghan Women & Girls
LIRS In Baltimore Sun: Protect Afghan Women and Girls Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is the president and chief executive of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. She … Read more
Biden Administration Releases Report on Climate Change and Migration
Biden Administration Releases Report on Climate Change and Migration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 21, 2021Contact: Timothy Young | tyoung@lirs.org | 443-257-6310 Washington D.C. – The Biden … Read more
U.S. Companies Supporting LIRS and Afghan Refugees
U.S. Companies Supporting LIRS and Afghan Refugees Across the country, Afghan refugees are beginning to leave the military bases where they’ve been housed since arriving … Read more
“No One in Afghanistan is Safe” – Mohammad’s Story
“It is not that we are here—we are physically here, but still mentally back [in] our country.” When Mohammad* came to the Lutheran Social Services … Read more
Biden Administration Raises Refugee Cap to 125,000 for FY2022
Biden Administration Raises Refugee Admissions Cap to 125,000 for FY2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 8, 2021Contact: Timothy Young | tyoung@lirs.org | 443-257-6310 Washington D.C. – The … Read more
U.S. Resettles Lowest Number of Refugees Ever in Fiscal Year 2021
U.S. Resettles Lowest Number of Refugees Ever in Fiscal Year 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 4, 2021Contact: Timothy Young | tyoung@lirs.org | 443-257-6310 Washington D.C. – … Read more
