Migration

This week the Chair of Hospitality was held in Rome as a space of formation. It explores the ethical, anthropological and juridical bases of the hospitality advocated by various actors of the Church and society with migrants.

Some of the main Jesuit partner organisations and networks of the Jesuit Network with Migrants at the Conference in Canada and the USA have issued a public statement expressing their concern about the practices and policies of the Biden Administration that restrict the real and effective possibility of accessing the right to asylum. As the Jesuit Migrant Network, we take this statement as our own and ask you to help us to disseminate it.

“Let’s be friends, together with refugees.” This motto of the Arrupe Refugee Centre in Kamakura, Japan encapsulates the vibe and spirit of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Migrants and Refugees Network’s meeting in Kibe Hall, Sophia University, Tokyo from 6 to 9 March.

The networks and organisations of the Society of Jesus and the Red Clamor call on the international community to address the realities of the 7 Million Venezuelan refugees and forcibly displaced people.

Last December, seven migrants who had been in administrative irregularity were able to start working in entities of the Social Sector of the Society of Jesus in Catalonia.

Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Ukraine, the coordinated response of Entreculturas and Alboan, together with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) and other works of the Society of Jesus in Europe, made it possible to accompany 56,042 people fleeing the violence through 82,111 short- and medium-term assistance activities.

The Catholic Church on Wednesday called on the Mexican government to speed up permits for the thousands of migrants stranded on Mexico's southern border, from where they are seeking to reach the United States.

Forced displacement is rarely a temporary phenomenon. On the contrary, many people live in precarious situations for years, or even decades, after becoming displaced.

Jesuit Refugee Service Nigeria supports the businesses of internally displaced women through Village Savings and Loan Associations.

We share this good news from Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes Argentina, an apostolic work specialising in the accompaniment of migrants and refugees in the Province of Argentina-Uruguay.