US: FAITH GROUPS CELEBRATE HOLIDAY SEASON BY DESCENDING ON THE BORDER
JACK JENKINS reports on how politics have changed the way a 25-year-old Christmas tradition was held at the US-Mexican border…
ESSAY: DOZENS OF MIGRANTS DISAPPEAR IN MEXICO AS CENTRAL AMERICAN CARAVAN PUSHES NORTHWARD
In an article first published on The Conversation, LUIS GÓMEZ ROMERO, of Australia’s University of Wollongong, takes a look at why members of the “human caravan” of Central American migrants may not wish to remain in Mexico…
Politicians ramp up anti-migrant rhetoric in campaigns from US to Brexit, experts say
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Politicians around the world are ratcheting up the anti-migrant rhetoric during campaigning and to achieve policy goals at the risk of sending humanity into a “moral abyss”, human trafficking experts warned on Thursday. Anti-immigration language – seen during the midterm US elections this month and the ongoing Brexit talks in Europe- is […]
Abuse and “vilification” of migrants on the rise as borders close
Thomson Reuters Foundation Vilification of migrants as criminals, rather than people needing protection, by politicians and the media is making them more vulnerable to abuse, said a frontline humanitarian worker. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, a humanitarian affairs adviser with Medecins Sans Frontieres who has rescued migrants from the Mediterranean Sea, instead called for the world’s most […]
US Catholics affirm seeking asylum is not a crime as Central American caravan draws closer to US border
Three prominent US Catholics have issued a statement affirming that “seeking asylum is not a crime” as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants heads across Mexico to the US border. In a statement issued this week, Bishop Joe S Vásquez, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, Sean Callahan, president […]
More than 2,000 children travelling in “human caravan” towards US need protection, says UNICEF
More than 2,000 children journeying across Mexico towards the US as part of a “human caravan” need protection and access to essential services like healthcare and clean water, according to the UN children’s agency UNICEF. The organisation estimates some 2,300 children are among the more than 7,000 people in the caravan who mostly come from […]
Caravan of people making its way toward US is a “human tragedy”, say Catholic bishops of Honduras
The Catholic Bishops of Honduras have described the human “caravan” that’s crossing Mexico on its way to the US border as a “human tragedy”, reports Agenzia Fides. In a statement, the bishops expressed their concern over the situation as the caravan, which now reportedly numbers more than 7,000 people, this week sparked a strong response […]