immigrants and refugees

Catholic refugee agency concerned over death of detainee in UK facility
- Church in UK and Ireland
- Sep 17, 2019
Britain’s leading Catholic refugee agency is concerned after the death of a Nigerian man at an immigrant detention center last week.
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Court allows Trump administration to bar asylum-seekers for now
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 13, 2019
The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order late Sept. 11 that will temporarily allow the Trump administration to enforce its new rule preventing many Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States, while the legal battle over this issue continues to work its way through the courts.
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El Paso Diocese uses new fund to help migrants near border
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 12, 2019
During the summer of 2019, the bishop of El Paso, Texas, decided his diocese would open a fund to help a growing number of immigrants piling into shelters on the other side of the U.S. border in the sister city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.
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Prelates say feeling of strife, enmity signals ‘crisis of compassion’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 11, 2019
The archbishop of Boston and his counterpart in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have called for a spirit of welcome toward others, saying the current feeling of strife and enmity in the country signals a “crisis of compassion” that must be overcome.
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Florida senators ask Trump to waive visa requirements for some Bahamians
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Sep 10, 2019
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, two Florida Republican senators have asked President Donald Trump to waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamian citizens with relatives residing in the U.S.
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South African archbishop compares nation’s xenophobia to Nazi Germany
- Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
- Sep 10, 2019
Zambia’s bishops urged South African leaders to do more to stop xenophobic attacks, and a South African archbishop warned of a rising tide of hatred and violence in the country.
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