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From Genesis, where every person is created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26), to Jesus’s ministry of proclaiming good news to the poor and freedom for the oppressed (Isaiah 61; Luke 4), the Bible shows us that to follow Christ is to defend those who are vulnerable.

I don’t know about you, but prior to stepping into this work as a refugee advocacy fellow with the World Evangelical Alliance I had no idea that Christians were publicly involved with advocating for and participating in conversations and policy decisions at the United Nations level. A central part of what my department does is working at the United Nations level to engage in issues related to human rights in general and religious freedom.

Who are Asylum Seekers? When someone first flees and applies for protection, they become an asylum seeker. They go through a process called Refugee Status Determination (RSD), which can be long and painful: Multiple interviews where they must retell traumatic experiences Sometimes conducted in a language they don’t fully speak, without good interpretation Proving a “well-founded fear of persecution,” often without documents Waiting months or even years for a decision Labels l

"no one leaves home unless  home is the mouth of a shark  you only run for the border  when you see the whole city running as well"  An...

Imagine waking up tomorrow and realizing you can’t stay in your home–not because you want to move, but because your life depends on leaving. Maybe there’s a war, armed police knocking on your door, a flood has swept through your town unexpectedly, or a drought has destroyed your crops. Whatever the cause, the decision to leave all that you've ever known is not truly a choice–you're forced to leave.

Stories of migration are deeply woven into the Bible . Most notably in the Old Testament is the story of Abram, later renamed Abraham,...