#Refugees

Austria: Vienna’s parishes united to help refugees. Pilgrimage-procession “Romaria” on 15 June

Myanmar: Catholics fleeing. Catholic seminary volunteer killed in Loikaw

There is no one left in seven parishes in the diocese of Loikaw (Deemoso, Dongankha, Tananukwe, Donganrao, Domyalay, Kayantharya and…

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…

Lebanon. A Country constantly facing a difficult juncture

Pope Francis’ Easter message depicts certain countries as experiencing not the joy of the Resurrection, but the Friday crucifixion or…

Refugees: Centro Astalli refugee service, increased requests for food and shelter due to pandemic. Italians seeking assistance for the first time

Over the year 2020, Jesuit refugee service “Centro Astalli” supported over 17,000 people across its eight local branches, 10,000 of…

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…

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…

Syria: EU-sponsored conference in Brussels on 29 and 30 March. “Supporting the future of the country and the region”

Austria: Mgr. Glettler (Innsbruck), “our country should receive 100 refugee families from the island of Lesbos without ifs and buts”

Right of asylum: fewer arrivals in Europe and Italy also due to pandemic. Migrantes: “Pretexts to enact defensive measures”

The lockdown imposed during the “first wave” of Covid-19 in Italy has slowed down asylum applications, with some 16,855 applications…

EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: for Caritas Italy “it’s a starting point to build on”

Italian and European civil society reacted to the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, presented today in Brussels, with conflicting…