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Vatican aide recalls shipwrecked African migrants: Highlights Pope's words at Yad Vashem Memorial

VATICAN CITY, 11 APRIL 2011 (Zenit<)—A Vatican spokesman is remembering in prayer the hundreds of people who died in recent weeks in the Mediterranean Sea while fleeing conflicts in North Africa. Since the unrest and conflict began in various countries of North Africa in February, close to 22,000 migrants, the majority Tunisians, have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa, reported the Italian interior ministry.Read more<

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Pope deeply moved by death of migrants fleeing Libya

VATICAN CITY, 7 APRIL 2011 (Zenit<)—The tragic death of some 250 migrants fleeing Libya has deeply moved Benedict XVI, a Vatican spokesman said today.

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Emergency in the South Mediterranean: NGOs issue joint call for action

BRUSSELS, 6 April 2011—Amid news of the arrivals and disappearances of boats carrying people fleeing from continuing turmoil in Libya, and with thousands of others still seeking safety within the North African region, NGOs have issued a joint statement calling for action and cooperation anchored in the core values of the Union that is solidarity, humanity and respect for human rights.Read more<

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Europe's Bishops request aid for African refugees

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, 4 April, 2011 (Zenit<)—The Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) is underlining the need for solidarity in aiding refugees from Africa who are fleeing to Europe due to wars in their homelands.Read more<

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A Catholic's perspective on immigration and US/Mexico relations

WASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—Bishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, California, leads the USCCB conference on migration. He spoke at a conference at the Catholic University of America where bishops of Mexico were present, along with Mexico's ambassador to the US.Read more<

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Stranded Haitian children find new hope for the future

WASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—More than one year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, unaccompanied Haitian children with especially complex situations remain ‘in limbo’ in shelters in the Dominican Republic (DR), awaiting decisions on their best long term interests for the future.Read more<

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ICMC responds to emergency situation in Libya, urgently deploying protection experts to Egypt and Tunisia

GENEVA, 17 March 2011—Amid urgent calls for the protection of those fleeing violence in Libya, ICMC bolsters key partnerships and rapidly deploys six refugee protection experts to UNHCR emergency resettlement operations in Egypt and Tunisia, assisting efforts to find solutions for the increasing number of refugees in the region.Read more<

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Libya

Holy See expresses grief over Libya situation

GENEVA, 27 February 2011 (ZENIT<)—The Holy See is expressing "consternation and grief" due to the bloody repression of the protests taking place in Libya at present, said Archbishop Silvano Tomasi.Read more<

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Australia

Australian bishops pleased by new policy governing Afghan refugees

PERTH, 8 February 2011 (CNS<)—Australia's Catholic bishops praised the Australian and Afghanistan governments for signing a deal they hope will be "a shift away from ineffective and cruel policies of deterrence to control forced migration."Read more<

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Haiti

Deportations to Haiti should be halted, say USCCB Migration Committee Chair and Chairman of Catholic Relief Services

WASHINGTON, 7 February 2011 (USCCB<)—In a joint letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano February 7, Archbishop José H. Gomez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, chairman of the Board of Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ international humanitarian agency, expressed opposition to the recent resumption of deportations to the nation of Haiti.Read more<

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