#Immigration

European immigration, the season of deterrence and the illusion of closed borders

The European Union’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum strengthens the logic of deterrence, expanding expulsions, safe countries and return…

Religious liberty in the United States, bishops sound the alarm: shootings in churches, fear and dispensations from Sunday Mass

The Annual Report of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on religious liberty highlights a mixed picture, marked by favourable…

EU Commission: migration, new “five-year strategy”. Containing arrivals, attracting talent

US: bishops, “climate of fear and vilification of immigrants”. “Special Message” approved

Romania: six Caritas educational centres for Ukrainian refugee children closed down due to lack of funds

Raids and protests in the US. Bishops: “In solidarity with those living in fear, justice is needed for all”

On the eve of the US Bishops’ special assembly, Archbishop Broglio expresses solidarity with immigrants affected by ICE raids. He…

US bishops sue Trump: “Protect the most vulnerable refugees”

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in response to the suspension of…

Germany: Catholic and Evangelical document criticises draft law tightening restrictions on immigration

Eurostat: 4.2 million Ukrainians escaped from the war hosted in the EU. Half of them in Germany and Poland

UK barge for asylum seekers. The Church’s condemnation: “An affront to human dignity”

The ‘Bibby Stockholm’, a large metal barge meant to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers, has arrived in the south coast…

Peace. Card. Zuppi: “Let’s not allow hatred to prevail”

“We don’t realise or have forgotten what it’s like to live under constant shelling, to see our parents being killed.…