World Day of Migrants & Refugees
“It is not just about migrants”. Walk with us towards #WDMR2019
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to help overcome fear with hope!
Pastoral Orientations
In the struggle against human trafficking and slavery, we’ve developed a 40-page resource for all to use. This booklet offers information which can be implemented in local programs and groups collaborating at a distance. Together we are the difference.
#TogetherAgainstHumanTrafficking
The Holy Father’s prayer intention for the month of February is “For a generous welcome of the victims of human trafficking, enforced prostitution, and violence.”
Pope Video
__“To Welcome, to Protect,
____to Promote, to Integrate.”
Our basic response to migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and the displaced.
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Not just about migrants. It’s also about charity.
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It is not just about migrants. It’s also about our fears.
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“It is not just about migrants”. That’s the WDMR2019 theme
The World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated on Sunday 29 September 2019. The theme of this 105th edition will be "It is not just about migrants". With...
SAFE MIGRATION
20 Action Points
Pope Francis knows what asylum-seekers, migrants and refugees need. We should welcome and protect them, he says, we should promote and integrate them. To do all this, here are some resources you can use in your community or parish … plus some policies to advocate in your country and at the U.N. level.
END SLAVERY
Many adults and children are victims of human trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation, organ trafficking, begging and forced delinquency.
Migrants and refugees are among the groups most vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation, both during their journey and upon arrival in the destination countries.
Pope Francis urges us to do everything we can to combat the shameful crime of human trafficking.
