News and Press Releases
Campaign: “La vida no es una mercancía, se trata de personas”
July 30 is the international day against human trafficking and many organizations have joined the campaign Campaign: “Life Is Not a Commodity on Sale”…
30 July: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
“Victims’ Voices Lead the Way”. This year’s theme puts victims of human trafficking at the centre of the campaign and will highlight the importance of listening to and learning from survivors of human trafficking.
La 72 presents “On My Way”, a migrant people’s newspaper
The popular migrant newspaper is an initiative born out of volunteer and comes to life in the hands and ideas of the people who live in La 72.
In Central America, migration is forced and deportations are violent
It is important to emphasize that the “deportation” of migrants generates violence to the dignity and psychosocial structure of the person throughout the process, from the moment of capture, in the detention centers where minors and adults are kept, to the treatment when expelled from the destination country, all the way back to their home countries, where they are received with much the same kind of treatment…
Central America’s migration exodus
The context of migration before the Central American exodus caravans. Human mobility is one of the most visible consequences of the globalized world, the product of a neoliberal model in which the poorest seem to have no place.
African, Extracontinental and Afro-descent Migration in Latin America
New migration trends are emerging in Latin America. Migrants of African and extra-continental origin are increasingly visible, before and during the pandemic.
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Understanding, building and growing the Network
Program Focus
Capacity-Building
Members of the Network are already providing a myriad of resources to migrants. Network members will be able to enhance each other’s work by sharing information and resources via different media (bulletins, meetings and gatherings, capacity-building seminars, resource and route maps, threat advisories, etc.) that they can then pass on to migrants in their care along the route.s.
Support and Protection
Members of the Network will foster the establishment of migrant centers, shelters and houses of refuge in areas where there is a lack of resources by connecting donors to new and ongoing programs.
Advocacy and Collaboration.
Fidelity to the Gospel message compels us to not only to recognize the face of Christ in the poor and the excluded, but also to engage in a social analysis to identify the processes of impoverishment and exclusion e.g. root causes, agents, victims, mechanisms and consequences.
