Migrant children – Matters India

Protect migrant children

On: January 10, 2017

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On January 9th 2017, in an address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps from 181 countries accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis said, “children and young people are the future; it is for them that we work and build. They cannot be selfishly overlookedContinue Reading

Migrant children face labour, sex exploitation in Italy

By: Matters India

On: June 2, 2015

In: International

Rome — In a cavernous market just outside Rome, migrant boys from North Africa shunt trolleys stacked high with crates of melons, garlic, tomatoes, strawberries and other Italian produce. Some of the younger market porters, believed as young as 12 and known to be working illegally, bowed their heads whenContinue Reading