It's the federal, not the state government that provides refuge.

Thailand has provided and continues to provide first refuge for them.

Why didn't the nations of the world stop the killing or at least provide refuge for the Jews?

They provided refuge from armies too large to face in open battle.

To provide refuge for fishing vessels, a small harbor has been put in place.

Off Japan, it can be found in rocky areas that provide refuge from fishing pressure.

We have sympathetic comrades there who will provide us refuge.

The underground churches provided psychological refuge from the white world.

These pools also provide refuge for fish during low water levels when other parts of a stream may be nearly dry.

It provided refuge for the sick, the wounded and the homeless.