News and Press Releases
“My father was a wandering Aramaic, who went down to Egypt and went to take refuge there with a few people” Dt 26.6
Christian believers have a biblical heritage, marked by migration or displacement of families and peoples. From chapter 12 of the book of Genesis a whole story of migration begins
New section on the Franciscan Migrant for Network website
“Para Migrantes” brings resources and advice to people on the journey, in the hopes that we can help reduce some of the risks involved in migration and mitigate some of the potential for harm on the way.
Statement on overcrowding in Polideportivo Xonaca, Puebla City.
During the visit of the Seminar’s coordinator to these facilities, she verified that within the migrant population there are pregnant women, as well as around 80 boys and girls, some of whom are complaining of dehydration and upper respiratory conditions caused by low temperatures, as well as the failure on the part of the state authorities to provide the minimum conditions that would guarantee the the protection of life, health, and integrity, mainly for the population of children, adolescents and pregnant women.
“Do justice to the orphan and the widow, and love the stranger by giving him bread and clothing.” Dt 10.18
On December 10th, 1948 the UN established the commemoration of Human Rights Day, motivated by the Declaration of Human Rights. Its context is the end of the Second World War, marking that humanity would “never again” violate the rights of each human who inhabits this common home.
“On the Way…” from the Franciscan Network on Migration, in Pocast format
We want to offer our listeners fresh and novel stories of this human problem that brings us all together as a society, inspired by reflections on fraternity and social friendship.
An inclusive approach to concretely transform situations of pain and anguish into hope
December 3rd, we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly.
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.
