Migrants

The initiative Women on the Move, Migrant women, and Women with Rights puts the rights of forcibly displaced women and girls at the centre.

The Jesuit Migrant Service for Costa Rica has rejected, in a statement, the announcement by the country's President Rodrigo Chaves about taking measures to prevent "economic migrants" from continuing to use the figure of political refugees to stay in the territory. We share the statement.

On November 8, "La Jornada Internacional, Mujeres en Marcha" [Women on the Move, an International Conference] organised by Alboan, Entreculturas, Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes [Jesuit Migrant Service] and the Fundación Ellacuría will take place at Arrupe Etxea (Padre Lojendio, 2) in Bilbao.

A tide of solidarity with migrants and refugees swamped Pamplona on October 12, the day memorialised the forcibly displaced. The memorial day for accompanying the forcibly displaced was jointly promoted by the NGO Alboan, the Colegio San Ignacio,and the Centro Loyola de Pamplona.

Sahabat Insan, the Jesuit centre for migrant workers in Jakarta, has helped raise USD 80,000 to provide infrastructure and facilities support to Sister Laurentina SDP who runs an office and shelter for victims of human trafficking in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province.