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People gathered at the Kentucky Refugee Ministries on Aug. 22, 2021 in support of Afghan refugees.
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McGarvey and Jenkins say the U.S. has a moral obligation to protect the Afghan refugees.
Whether it’s been professional talent acquisition, refugee resettlement or secondary migration, Louisville’s economy and culture has been bolstered by immigrants, increasingly more in the past decade.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries resettled over 300 Afghans, primarily between November through February, while another 140 were helped in Lexington and around 30 people in northern Kentucky.
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