by jpic | Apr 29, 2020 | News
Frontera Digna, Piedras Negras, Mexico Parish-based Shelter, Operated by Franciscan Sisters The Frontera Digna shelter currently houses 34 adults and 14 children. The shelter provides 3 meals a day and will allow guests to stay as long as needed. However, the shelter...
by jpic | Apr 16, 2020 | Communique, Comunicado, News
April 15, 2020 Slowing the spread of COVID-19 requires that everyone be included in prevention and protection strategies, especially the most vulnerable, including migrants and refugees. This pandemic is a public health crisis that brings home how interconnected we...
by jpic | Apr 4, 2020 | Communique, Comunicado, News
At all times, and certainly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governments of Mexico and the U.S. must protect the rights of migrants. In the current context of a global pandemic, both governments must halt enforcement actions and deportations, and release...
by jpic | Apr 2, 2020 | Communique, News
Tenosique, Tabasco, MexicoApril 1, 2020 It is with great pain and rage we denounce and deeply resent the death last March 31, 2020 of a Guatemalan migrant at the Tenosique Migration Station. According to witnesses, shortly before 8:00 p.m., a small group of...
by jpic | Mar 15, 2020 | Meeting, News
The Franciscan Network on Migration’s team in Honduras (RFM-Honduras) is composed of Franciscan and other religious and lay people who minister in different areas of the country. Members of RFM-Honduras represent some of the initial organizers of the Network and...
