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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”
di Patrizia CaiffaThe 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”
di Patrizia CaiffaItalian and European civil society reacted to the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, presented today in Brussels, with conflicting…

Card. Hollerich (COMECE): “All those words on European values were only lies”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe tragedy of Lesvos was at the heart of last week’s meeting between Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, COMECE president, and Pope…

Lesbos: Caritas Europa, “Moria, humanitarian disaster, consequence of flawed asylum policies. All refugees” must be relocated
EU: supporting refugees on Aegean islands. Poland offers 156 housing units. Lenarcic, “do everything to prevent tragedies like the one in Moria”
European Commission: opening a public consultation about migration for an “action plan that is more effective and better tailored to real needs”

The first humanitarian corridor after the lockdown. Ten Afghan refugees from the island of Lesvos reach Italian shores
di Patrizia CaiffaTen Afghan refugees who arrived in Rome today from the island of Lesvos, via Athens, were welcomed in the historic…

Lebanon: Father Abboud (Caritas), “we need food, medicines and clothes. Don’t abandon us”
di Daniele RocchiLebanon’s economic crisis is getting worse amidst rising poverty, while the Lebanese pound has lost over half of its purchasing…

Council of Europe: handbook on family reunification for refugee children. “Ensuring respect for children’s rights and interests”

Migration. Holy See: “We can’t remain silent before camps for refugees and internally displaced persons”
di M.Michela NicolaisThere are 41.3 million internally displaced persons worldwide, yet “they are not included within the international system of protection provided…