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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference in London, Thursday July 10, 2025. (Credit: Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP.)

Church in UK and Ireland

British bishop calls on UK government to support asylum seekers

by Charles Collins July 22, 2025

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

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins February 12, 2025February 12, 2025

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

Church in UK and Ireland

Irish bishops call for more welcoming policy for immigrants

by Charles Collins October 14, 2024October 14, 2024

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.)

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins October 8, 2024

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.)

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins September 3, 2024September 5, 2024

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

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins August 23, 2024

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

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins July 23, 2024

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

Church in UK and Ireland

Jesuit Refugee Services says UK politicians ignoring plight of asylum seekers

by Charles Collins July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

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.)

Church in UK and Ireland

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

by Charles Collins June 19, 2024

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.)

Church in the Americas

Mexican Church criticizes Biden’s ban on asylum claims

by Eduardo Campos Lima June 13, 2024

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