By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostCatholic Charites of Northeast Kansas has been assisting refugees from war-torn Afghanistan over the last few months.Director of Refugee and Immigration Services Kasey Featherston says they were made aware of the situation in Afghanistan in July, seeing all the people that had been approved to come to the United States."Those families were scheduled to travel, and because things were deteriorating so quickly in Afghanistan, they just booked their own flights and just came to our office instead of going through the IOM, the International Organization for Migration, which normally does all the bookings for resettlement," Featherston tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.In August, when more people started fleeing the country, Featherston says Catholic Charities then sent officials to safe havens to assist in welcoming refugees and relocating them.Featherston says that some of the most pressing needs for any refugee, are the basic essentials that anyone needs to
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