News and Press Releases
Public statement on the situation of thousands of people crossing the Darién Gap.
According to official data, as of September 30, about 151,572 migrants had entered the Darién jungle, most of them of Venezuelan nationality.
Praised be our Lord for the first face-to-face meeting of the RFM Advocacy Committee!
The Advocacy Committee of the Franciscan Network for Migrants (RFM) held its first face-to-face meeting from September 30 to October 3, 2022 in the City of Bogotá, Colombia.
Migrant Center at the Church on 31st Street Is a Beacon for Immigrants, Asylum-Seekers Being Bussed to Big Apple from Texas
Migrant Center at the Church on 31st Street Is a Beacon for Immigrants, Asylum-Seekers Being Bussed to Big Apple from Texas
Migration Presentation at the Secular Franciscan Order’s 20th Quinquennial Congress
More than 600 members of the Secular Franciscan Order gathered in Phoenix, Arizona in from August 5th through 8th to share their faith and dedication to the franciscan lifestyle and charism. Members of the Franciscan Network for Migrants participated in a workshop entitled, “And I showed mercy to them…”
Migrants in Panama and National Unemployment
As members of the RFM-Panama Team, once again we want to share the current situation of migrants who are in transit through these lands
Panama: Confrontation between protesters and migrants
The People’s Alliance for Life has denounced that the Panamanian government has used migrants as a method of provocation to create false positives, generate chaos, and distort the struggle they are leading in the streets. The organization denounces that they are replicated in social networks both by civil and political groups, as well as by natural persons.
Where we are?
Learn about our shelters and teams
Volunteer Opportunities
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.
