Refugees Archives

USCCB migration chairman urges Biden to raise cap on refugee admissions

Apr 20, 2021

The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee said April 19 he is disappointed that President Joe Biden announced he will not increase the 15,000 cap on the number of refugees who can be resettled in the United States for the current fiscal year.

By Catholic News Service

Catholic immigration advocates say ‘Christian response’ needed at border

Apr 9, 2021

While Democrats and Republicans are trading accusations for who is to blame for the present crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, one U.S. bishop says enough is enough.

By John Lavenburg

Caritas Bangladesh aims to keep people safe after fire at refugee camp

Mar 25, 2021

Even as the last of five fires was still out of control among clusters of tents and shelters that house 600,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Abdullah Fuad, head of programs for Caritas Bangladesh, was thinking of the women and children who have now endured one more disaster.

By Michael Swan

Iraqi refugees pleased with Pope’s visit, but say they still won’t go back

Mar 11, 2021

Imagine fleeing your home in the middle of the night to escape anti-Christian violence, spending years stranded as a refugee in a neighboring country, and watching the pope visit your home city.

By Inés San Martín

At Jesuit agency event, Biden announces he will dramatically raise refugee cap

Nov 14, 2020

Weeks after the administration of President Donald Trump announced it was dropping to a historic low the cap on the maximum number of displaced people the U.S. decides to resettle in a federal fiscal year, President-elect Joe Biden said Nov. 12 he would be heading in a dramatically different direction.

By Rhina Guidos

JRS reports successful fundraising campaign for refugee education

Oct 24, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of refugees and forcibly displaced people received support, education and training last year through Jesuit Refugee Service’s on-the-ground initiatives and programs, said its international director.

By Carol Glatz

Trump plans to slash refugee admissions to US to record low

Oct 1, 2020

The Trump administration has proposed further slashing the number of refugees the United States accepts to a new record low in the coming year.

By Julie Watson and Matthew Lee

‘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.

By Charles Collins