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- Sep 24, 2020
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‘Manufactured homelessness’ shouldn’t further UK immigration aims, JRS says
- Sep 24, 2020
A recent decision by the UK government to evict people seeking asylum from temporary accommodations is “deeply troubling,” especially during an upsurge of COVID-19 cases, according to the Jesuit Refugee Service UK.
Migrants overwhelm Italian island; islanders launch protest
- Aug 30, 2020
The arrival of hundreds of migrants crammed into a rickety fishing boat has worsened the severe overcrowding at shelters on a tiny Italian island, triggering an angry demonstration by islanders and a vow Sunday by the mayor to call a protest strike.
UK Catholic group says migrants crossing Channel because ‘lives under threat’
- Aug 12, 2020
Britain’s leading Catholic refugee agency says Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s declaration he wanted to “send away” asylum seekers might “pre-judge people’s asylum claims without considering them individually.”
Vatican official voices support for German abbess who sheltered refugees
- Jul 31, 2020
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point man on migrants, has voiced support for a German abbess facing trial for sheltering refugees.
Canadian court: Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S. violates rights
- Jul 24, 2020
Canada’s Federal Court has ruled the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by sending refugees who arrive at Canada’s land borders back to detention in the United States.
German abbess faces possible landmark trial on church asylum
- Jul 23, 2020
A Benedictine abbess who granted refuge to female asylum-seekers faces trial for refusing to pay a fine.
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