London, June 29, 2022: UK refugee campaigners have called for an end to the politicization of immigration systems worldwide, saying it leads to more issues. Krish Kandiah, founder of Sanctuary Foundation, called a dangerous practice which is evident with the UK government’s Rwanda plan. “That’s not a great way ofContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, June 22, 2020: On June 20, the United Nations observed yet another ‘World Refugee Day.’ In a statement for the day the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “We are marking this year’s World Refugee Day against a backdrop of a dramaticContinue Reading
Manila: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of migrants and refugees during a Holy Week ritual that traditionally celebrates Christ’s washing of the feet of the apostles. The head of Caritas Internationalis, who is leading a Vatican campaign to interact and welcome migrants and forcibly displacedContinue Reading
The ongoing refugee crisis has indirectly led to Austria recording a significant number of Muslims who converted to Christianity Three quarters of the 750 baptized adults in 2017 are immigrants from Muslim countries, citing the official spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna. Only in the Austrian capital, 260 people representingContinue Reading
Millions of Syrians have fled their country`s war as refugees, but for tens of thousands of people escaping conflict elsewhere, Syria is also a place of refuge. Among them is Zahraa Abdi, who fled her native Somalia in 2012 and lives in a small room with her three children inContinue Reading
The Pope opened this year’s Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter’s SquareContinue Reading
New York : The number of refugees worldwide has reached the figure of 65.3 million people, including those seeking asylum and internally displaced persons. This is what emerges from the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published on the occasion of World Refugee Day, which isContinue Reading
The powerful symbolic gesture will resonate across the globeContinue Reading
Vatican: The European Union’s police agency, Europol, has warned that thousands of migrant children fleeing war and poverty may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years. The announcement comes amid mounting international concern that children and young adults are targeted by organized crime groups. Europol, whichContinue Reading
India has some 2.5 million JacobitesContinue Reading
