Miles4Migrants in the news!

It was that life-altering week in March when the whole world seemed to change. Over the span of one short week, borders rapidly closed, travel

Welcome to #FridayFinds where our team shares some of the things we are reading, watching, and listening to that are related to our work with

Welcome to our first edition of #FridayFinds where we’ll be sharing some of the things the Miles4Migrants team is reading, watching, and listening to that

"To save our lives from the discrimination and death threats by the MS 13 gang, we left our native country, El Salvador..."

Miles4Migrants continues reuniting asylee families during this trying times.

"My oldest son went outside to play with his friends, he never came back home..."

The family asked that we pass on a message that “they’re so happy and thankful for you.”

by: Habteab, an Eritrean refugee in Belgium “Hello, my name is Habteab. In 2012 I got married and a year later our oldest son was

Andrew is a 21 year old man from Honduras who has suffered for most of his life due to his sexual orientation as a gay man...

"We had to leave our country after my wife's family started to be harassed by the Maras..."

"What’s incredibly valuable about Andy and Miles4Migrants’ story is the power of volunteerism and how it really takes a village. Andy and his two co-founders all currently volunteer their time to manage their organization. All work day jobs and are actively engaged husbands and fathers in addition to running this organization."

Sammy's family is reunited and enjoying their Christmas celebration today for the first time in 4 years together thanks to a generous donation of nearly 480K United miles...

"He asked me why I left him. He thought and felt — in his heart — that I had left him," he told CBS News in Spanish. "But I have explained why it happened."

"A father's role is to guide to a better future. Being separated from [my kids] was like taking their home away from them. Our lives were divided. [Reuniting with my kids] was inexplicable joy." -Sam, West African refugee, granted asylum in the US and flown by #Miles4Migrants to his new home

"I was forced to flee Eritrea in 2017, when my wife was pregnant with our first child..."

Husam, a Palestinian asylee in Belgium, shares their story.

“I’m so happy to have him here,” Marta said. She had been unable to sleep for months over concern for her son, but on Wednesday morning, Marta was sleeping so soundly she slept through her alarm. “This was the first night I didn’t have to worry about him,” she said.

A mothers embrace with her daughter. Ixcell and Dalia together again.

"Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely antiestablishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to France to seek refugee status."

This man was a dentist in Syria who raised Arabian horses to race and stud. He was a millionaire, living well and everything was good in his life. He belonged to the Catholic faith, a minority, but he had no problems until the war...

Denia could not wait to see her brother. She held back tears as we informed her that she would be able to see him the next day...

"At a Border Patrol holding facility in El Paso, Texas, an agent told a Honduran family that one parent would be sent to Mexico while the other parent and their three children could stay in the United States, according to the family. The agent turned to the couple's youngest daughter — 3-year-old Sofia, whom they call Sofi — and asked her to make a choice."

“I waited twelve years apart from my children..."

In 2016, [Lucy] was kidnapped and tortured by government forces. After her release, she knew that neither her or her family would be safe in Ethiopia...

“I feel like I’m living in a wonderful dream now and I don’t want anyone to wake me up,” said Hakmi, 26, who last week packed up his life as a refugee and landed in Kitchener as the first skilled immigrant admitted to Canada through Talent Beyond Boundaries, a Washington-based NGO that matches refugees with employers desperate to fill skill shortages.