#Reception

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.…

Bazan (COMECE): “Saving lives at sea is an obligation. But relocation schemes are not working”

“A port is safe if, once they disembark, migrants are not subjected to persecution and if their life and freedoms…

Romania: Government report on refugees from Ukraine. 2.45 million assisted, over half a billion euros spent. 44,000 children without education

London, Farm Street opens its doors to homeless persons. Jesuits and volunteers welcome persons in need

After a successful executive career, Ade Owusu-Ansah, 56, decided to quit her job and devote her time to homeless persons…

Humanity 1 and Geo Barents. Beccegato (Caritas): “Swift solutions and new reception mechanisms at European level”

Paolo Beccegato, acting deputy director of Caritas Italy, head of its International Division, comments on the case of the humanitarian…

Ukrainians in Krakow: war is not the only cause for fear, the upcoming cold winter is equally intimidating

At Krakow’s Caritas centre in Ossowskiego Street 5, this is the day when volunteer workers distribute food and hygiene packages…

United Kingdom: “Stop sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.” The Jesuits’ reception efforts

The British government’s migration plan is strongly opposed by a consistent part of UK society and by religious organisations. “The…

Melilla’s wall of death – the denial of a shared future

Friday night’s incident in Melilla – constituting with Ceuta the land borders between Spain and Morocco – turned out to…

One thousand Ukrainians in Japan, an exceptional occurrence for a traditionally closed society

“We will accept Ukrainians with relatives or acquaintances in Japan, but beyond that, we will respond from a humanitarian perspective,”…

Kharkiv: the bombed city that lives in underground metro stations

The director of Caritas-Spes reports on his visit to one of Kharkiv’s metro stations. An underground network of train carriages…

Moldova. Msgr. Lodeserto: “The ‘Pope Francis’ soup kitchen’ is not about giving food but life”

Monsignor Cesare Lodeserto, vicar general of the diocese, describes the experience of the “Pope Francis” soup kitchen in Chișinău in…