News and Press Releases
Public Statement Regarding the Murder of Victoria Salazar
The Franciscan Network for Migrants from the US – Mexico – Central America, firmly repudiates the events that occurred on March 27 of this year in the Tumbe Ka neighborhood of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico..
Tearing Down the Walls
The reality of where individuals choose or are able to migrate to is much different…
Water Stress: Resistance, Struggle and Forced Migration
As human beings, our very existence depends on the planet we inhabit, where everything is connected and integrated into one single community of life.
Racial Discrimination Against Haitians in the US Migration Enforcement
An important place to focus on in this work is U.S. immgration policy, which targets Haitians and migrants from other majority black countries for highly discriminatory treatment. There is no evidence that Biden “gets” it.
Tearing Down the Walls
Did you know that all migrants are NOT the same? It is incongruous to recognize all #migrants as being the same. This type of thinking can lead to different types of negative actions, such as violence, discrimination and impunity, making their living conditions increasingly precarious…
March 8: Migrant Women
This March 8, from the drama of the migration of women, we demand mobility based on human rights, gender equity and equality, for migration policies that respect the dignity of each migrant and for the resurgence of justice in the countries of origin.
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.
