Category: Asylum

JRS welcomes European court ruling blocking UK deportations to Rwanda

by bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Jesuit Refugee Service, migrants and refugees, News, United Kingdom | 0 |

A Catholic group working with Britain’s illegal immigrants said a court ruling blocking their deportation to Rwanda was a “small victory.”

Bishops say UK punishes asylum-seekers by sending them to Rwanda

by bcadmin | May 10, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Boris Johnson, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, immigrants and refugees, News, Rwanda, UK government | 0 |

The UK government is unfairly punishing English Channel migrants for the crimes of human traffickers by sending the migrants to Rwanda to have asylum applications processed, said the English and Welsh bishops.

Haitians head to Mexico-U.S. border; church seeks humanitarian help

by bcadmin | May 3, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Haiti, immigrants and refugees, Mexico, News, Texas-Mexican border, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

A Mexican border diocese has issued an urgent appeal for assistance as hundreds of Haitian migrants arrive in the oft-violent city of Nuevo Laredo, hoping to apply for asylum in the United States.

UK bishop criticizes plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Rwanda, United Kingdom | 0 |

Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are at odds with the Scriptures, according to the English bishops’ conference’s point man on immigration.

UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘morally reprehensible,’ Catholic agency says

by bcadmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Boris Johnson, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, United Kingdom | 0 |

Britain’s main Catholic refugee agency says a UK government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda shows “a craven disregard for humanity and dignity.”

Lending an ear leads to lending one’s voice in advocacy, suggest panelists

by bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Arizona, Asylum, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Donald Trump, Guatemala, Immigration, Latin America, News, Pope Francis, Racism, Religious Sisters, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

“When I was in high school, I was actually advocating to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexican border,” Sister Tracy Horan said. Then she met an immigrant family, “and I found out it wasn’t as simple as I thought,” she added.

Asylum system in U.S. broken, speakers say

by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Central America, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, immigrants and refugees, Immigration, lead, News, Remain in Mexico, Title 42, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

One thing Sister Tracey Horan notices about the public perception of immigration policy in the United States is the normalization of the reality that migrants no longer have access to the asylum process, which is enshrined in international law.

Marquette students help Afghan refugees file asylum paperwork

by bcadmin | Jan 14, 2022 | Afghanistan, Asylum, Biden Administration, Church in the US, lead, Marquette University, Middle East, News, Taliban | 0 |

Last month as Rozita Gerhardt helped Afghan refugees complete their asylum applications, she thought of her mother, who years ago fled Iran, and how the paperwork is just the first step in what will be a lifelong process.

Immigration advocates lament continuation of Remain in Mexico policy

by bcadmin | Dec 3, 2021 | Asylum, Biden Administration, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Church in the Americas, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News, Remain in Mexico | 0 |

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it reached an agreement with Mexico to restart a policy that forces migrants to wait in Mexico until immigration officials rule on their asylum claim.

Catholic agency says death of migrant in English Channel ‘tragic and avoidable’

by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2021 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, migrants and refugees, News, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |

After a man died trying to make it to England crossing the English Channel, the head of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK said the government must improve its asylum system to prevent further tragedies.

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Bishops’ migration committee chairman objects to ‘fast-track’ deportations

by bcadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | 'Fast-track' deportations, Asylum, Biden Administration, Bishop Dorsonville, Bishops' migration committee, CDC, Department of Homeland Security, deportations, News, Title 42, Trump administration, U.S. & World News | 0 |

A U.S. bishop charged with addressing immigration issues has raised objections to a July 26 announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that it would begin “expedited removal” proceedings, or fast-tracking deportations, of some immigrant families who entered the U.S. illegally and do not qualify for asylum.

Inquiry opens into migrant facility for minors at Texas’ Fort Bliss

by bcadmin | Aug 7, 2021 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, detention of children, diocese of El Paso, immigrants and refugees, News, Texas, Texas-Mexican border, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services is investigating allegations of abuse at a Texas camp for unaccompanied migrant minors.