Protecting Afghan Refugees at Risk

The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating. As the Taliban regains control following the U.S. withdrawal, families are in urgent and immediate danger.

Attacks from the Taliban on Afghan nationals who supported the U.S. mission have increased. The U.S. government promised to protect them and is now working to bring them to safety by granting priority access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and providing Special Immigrant Visas — a visa category created and allocated by Congress to ensure that no U.S. ally would be left in danger.

Since 2009 CWS has resettled more than 7,000 Afghan SIV recipients and their families to safety in the United States. There are currently 18,000 Afghan SIV applicants who are in desperate need of immediate resettlement to the United States along with their families. Countless other Afghan refugees are also in desperate need of safety, including human rights defenders, NGO workers and people who will be persecuted under the Taliban.

CWS resettlement offices and affiliates welcome these Afghan families when they arrive in the United States, providing housing, employment and other social services so that they can thrive in their new communities. We are in urgent need of housing and other support to host families, and have issued an emergency appeal.

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