Migration

he Jesuit Network with Migrants gathered from 7-11 November. It was their first in-person Continental Assembly after almost three years. The network of about 90 people from the Americas and other territories met in Bogotá, Colombia.

For eight months, the Jesuits in Europe, with the support of Jesuit Mission Australia, have been providing emergency assistance, shelter and opportunity to refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

The Jesuit Network with Migrants (RJM) of the Conference of Provincials of Latin America and the Caribbean (CPAL) has its continental assembly from 7 to 11 November in Bogota (Colombia).

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.