Today’s court decision removes any judicial check on the Trump administration’s efforts to fast-track the deportations of asylum seekers who cannot show strong evidence of persecution in their home countries.
Refugees
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
At Angelus, Pope Francis calls for more protection of refugees during coronavirus pandemic
“The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the need to ensure the necessary protection for refugees.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Prayer for World Refugee Day
Help us, God of mercy, to realize how much more threatening the pandemic is for a forcibly displaced person.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis highlights ways for Christians to help internally displaced people
The pope also called on people “to embrace all those who are experiencing situations of precariousness, abandonment, marginalization and rejection as a result of Covid-19.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why I have not left my Jesuit mission in Africa during the coronavirus pandemic
God’s invitation to me was to remain with the Sudanese refugees and the local South Sudanese through Jesuit Refugee Service. And so I chose to accept that invitation.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Who suffers most during the coronavirus pandemic?
As we face the challenge of Covid-19, our obligations to the citizens of our own country must not negate our duties to global humanity. Active support for the poor and the displaced will be essential in longer-term efforts for a more just, more inclusive and healthier post-crisis world.
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Refugees at outreach center share hardships experienced during pandemic
At a migrant outreach center in New Mexico, refugees describe what it is like to be living during the pandemic.
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Spring reveals the beauty of nature. The coronavirus shows its destructive power.
For now, the overall picture is dark, writes Leo O‘Donovan, S.J., of Jesuit Refugee Service USA, but we must still work for our brothers and sisters so that hope can endure and even blossom.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
In Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address, Pope Francis calls for an end to indifference
In his Easter “Urbi et Orbi” address, Pope Francis appealed for a global ceasefire, as well as for the relaxing of sanctions and the reduction or forgiveness of the debt of poor countries. He urged an all-out effort to care for those who lack the basic necessities of life, including refugees and migrants.
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With all eyes on Covid-19, refugee suffering continues in Greece, Turkey and Syria
Conditions at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece have become desperate, and Turkey has revived threats to renege on an agreement with the European community and to open its border allowing refugees through to Europe.