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A group of migrants at Dover in England on Oct. 25, 2024. (Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA via AP.)

UK Catholic refugee agency says proposed law introduces ‘dangerous provisions’

Feb 12
Charles Collins

A car burns as Irish policemen stand at the scene of an attack in Dublin city center, Nov. 23, 2023. (Credit: Brian Lawless/AP.)

Irish bishops call for more welcoming policy for immigrants

Oct 14, 2024
Charles Collins

A view of one of the vessels from the French Gendarmerie Nationale in the port of Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, after participating in the rescue operation after a boat carrying migrants ripped apart attempting to cross the English Channel. (Credit: Nicolas Garriga/AP.)

Catholic charity says deaths on English Channel a ‘horrendous tragedy’

Oct 8, 2024
Charles Collins

A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat walk back to the town of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, after being discovered by the police. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Catholic charity says UK asylum system leaving refugees ‘destitute and in danger’

Sep 3, 2024
Charles Collins

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, home secretary. (Credit: Associated Press.)

UK Catholic refugee agency ‘disheartened’ by Government plan against unregistered immigrants

Aug 23, 2024
Charles Collins

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper leaves 10 Downing Streetin London on July 6, 2024. (Credit: Tejas Sandhu/PA via AP.)

Jesuit Refugee Service UK urges new British government to do more for asylum seekers

Jul 23, 2024
Charles Collins

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (Credit: Laurent Cipriani/AP.)

Jesuit Refugee Services says UK politicians ignoring plight of asylum seekers

Jul 2, 2024
Charles Collins

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, greets the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, April 9, 2024. (Credit: Alberto Pezzali/AP.)

Ahead of elections, British bishop calls for support of asylum seekers

Jun 19, 2024
Charles Collins

Yeneska Garcia, a Venezuelan migrant, cries into her hands as she eats at the Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, Friday, June 7, 2024. Since the 23-year-old fled Venezuela in January, she trekked days through the jungles of The Darien Gap, narrowly survived being kidnapped by Mexican cartels and waited months for an asylum appointment with the U.S. that never came through. (Credit: Felix Marquez/AP.)

Mexican Church criticizes Biden’s ban on asylum claims

Jun 13, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

An illustration of the Brook House Detention Center in England. (Credit: Jesuit Refugee Service UK.)

Jesuit Refugee Service looks at years of abuse at UK detention centers

May 8, 2024
Charles Collins