World Refugee Day 2022
June 20, is World Refugee Day.
UMCOR’s work with refugees began in the 1940’s and remains a strong focus today. Together with ecumenical partners, UMCOR’s work is rooted in the biblical mandate to welcome the stranger.
Join us in honoring the strength and resiliency of those forced to flee from home after civil unrest or natural disaster. Commit to support the four rights of migrants: the right to stay, the right to safe passage, the right to welcome and belonging, and the right to return.
Use the resources below as tools for awareness, education, action and advocacy:
Additional Resources
Websites
Church World Service – https://cwsglobal.org
Advocacy – https://cwsglobal.org/our-work/advocacy
Resettlement Offices –
General Board of Church & Society – https://www.umcjustice.org/what-we-care-about/civil-and-human-rights/global-migration
International Organization for Migration – https://www.iom.int
Publications – https://publications.iom.int
National Justice for Our Neighbors – https://njfon.org
UNHCR – https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/teaching-about-refugees.html
Books
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez by Aaron Bobro-Strain
This Land is Our Land by Suketu Mehta
Immigration and the Bible by Joan Maruskin
Recent work
- Helping families feel safe again
UMCOR partners with Cristosal to resettle displaced families in El Salvador. - UMCOR grant to help asylum seekers find pathway to safety
Church World Service’s “Leading with Welcome” program receives $1.1 million UMCOR grant to support efforts to rebuild humane immigration system - Caring for vulnerable migrants as they cross Central America
UMCOR helps to feed women, children and adolescents as they travel in a migrant caravan though Guatemala.
Download the 2-page informational bulletin insert
Listen to a set of poems and prayers on the topic of migration written and narrated by the Rev. Jack Amick, UMCOR’s director of Global Migration.
Text versions are available here.
