#Migrants

Humanitarian corridors, 45 refugees arrived from Niger today, 22 of them children

Forty-five refugees from Niger landed today at Fiumicino airport via the humanitarian corridors set up by Caritas Italy, under a…

EU Parliament: plenary session in Brussels. Victims in the Mediterranean, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, relations with Turkey

Pope Francis: “The future of our societies is a colourful future”

“Myopic and aggressive forms of nationalism” and “radical individualism”, especially in times of pandemic, fragment our “we”, writes Pope Francis…

Umpteenth tragedy at sea. Msgr. Di Tora (Migrantes): “No more indifference, measures must be taken at global level”

130 people died at sea in last week’s shipwreck which Pope Francis referred to as a “moment of shame.” SIR…

ResQ: Italy’s humanitarian ship aimed at uniting all faiths will sail during the summer

The ResQ vessel is hoped to become also an “interfaith” ship and of non-believers who share the same values and…

The limbo of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. Increasing numbers of Lebanese citizens are leaving the country

Once a country of welcome, Lebanon now braces for new emigration due to a severe economic crisis. The situation of…

Manuel Barrios Prieto (COMECE): “Solidarity is key to overcoming the crisis”

The closing session of the plenary Assembly of the Delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union saw the…

Migration: Mijatovic (Council of Europe), the countries’ approach “causes thousands of avoidable deaths every year” in the Mediterranean

The exodus of migrants, crisis at the borders of the Andean states. Cry of alarm from the Church

“Most of them are families, women, children, pregnant mothers, disabled persons, some in wheelchairs.” That’s what everyone says when asking…

Balkan route: more than two hundred minors travel alone. Migrant children’s hardships while waiting to play “the border crossing game”

The personal account of Fr Stanko Perica, Croatian Jesuit, director of JRS for Southeast. He is currently in Bihac, Bosnia,…

France: Bordeaux, 300 people, including 100 children, evicted from the banlieue. Condemnation of Catholic associations. “Everyone has the right to a home”