By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Sept. 15, 2025: Catholics working among migrants in northern India on September 15 urged the Indian government to urgently develop a comprehensive national policy on migration. “Such a policy will ensure job security and protect vulnerable citizens from the ever-present dangers of exploitation and humanContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 15, 2025: A renewed commitment to migrants’ dignity, rights, and well-being was the highlight of two-day training program of the Karnataka Regional Migrant Commission that ended March 14 in Bengaluru. The event brought together 21 participants from the state’s 11 Larin rite dioceses, who pledgedContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 14, 2025: Seminaries and formation centers of the Church should get involved with people’s lives, particularly by fostering sensitivity toward migrants and displaced persons, said Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur, the chairman of the Commission for Migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops ofContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril Benaulim, May 15, 2022: Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively and the Church should address their needs at various levels, says a recent Church seminar. The Commission for Migrants of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India (CCBI) that organized the May 11-12Continue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata: The Arch-diocese of Calcutta has inaugurated the commission for migrants in response to Pope Francis’ call address the global issue of migrants seriously. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza, regional chairman of the Commission for Migrants, and Bishop Shyamal Bose of Baruipur attended the February 26 program atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Sept 4, 2020: The plight of migrants in India during the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, says a nun, who has been helping migrants since the country went to lockdown March 24 night. After more than six months, hundreds of migrants are still strugglingContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 28 ordered states to provide free food and shelter to lakhs of migrant workers stranded in various parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also ordered that no fare either byContinue Reading
Hisar, May 12, 2020: Three children were run over by a goods train in front of their families in Haryana’s Hisar on May 12. All three, who had gone to the tracks to play, died. The incident took place on the Hisar-Sirsa rail tracks when the children moved onto theContinue Reading
Rome, May 5, 2020: The Vatican says internal migrants should have the same legal protections as refugees and says their children should have the right to birth certificates, education and being reunited with their parents if separated. The Vatican on May 5 published a booklet of pastoral guidelines to careContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, April 30, 2020: TThe West Bengal unit of the Right to Food and Work Network, a group of civil society groups in India, on April 30 urged the federal Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure smooth transportation of migrant laborers stranded in various parts ofContinue Reading
