#Migrants

Msgr. Grušas (CCEE): “Migrants used as human shields. This is a hybrid attack on border integrity”

“They are not just migrants and refugees. They are persons used instrumentally by a governing regime. Trafficked for political purposes…

Migrants: letter asking the EU to fund walls at borders. Card. Hollerich (COMECE), “right to asylum should be protected and respected”

Romania: asylum applications on the rise. 2020 marks highest number of refugees in the past 3 decades. 62% of minors are unaccompanied

The military barrier stretches from northern to southern borders. So that no one may enter

Acting as “gendarmes” in place of their distinguished US neighbours. Or rather, “doing the dirty work”, in exchange for aids,…

Lithuania: increasing inflow of migrants through the border with Belarus. NGOs in place, the EU sending aids

European Parliament: Guterres (UN), need “to protect human rights of vulnerable people, regardless of how they arrive in Europe”

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…