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.
Migrant Stories: The audacity to believe in a better future
Alan, a migrant from Cameroon, flew to Ecuador and crossed seven countries (and the Darién Gap between Panama and Colombia) to reach Mexico in hope of asking for asylum at the San Ysidro (San Diego) Border Crossing. My name is Alan, and I am from the English-speaking...
Presentation of Documentary, “My Home is Somewhere Else”
In August 2022, the Franciscan Network for Migrants signed an agreement with the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival, better known as DocsMX, a non-profit civil association that houses the Good Pitch program, and effort to bring together documentary...
Franciscans at the Forefront of Human Rights: Brother René Flores OFM
The American continent is increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events. Long periods of drought alternating with heavy rains and hurricanes are affecting millions of people. This is especially the case in the so-called “Dry Corridor,” where water scarcity and...
Second FNM presentation at the 53º session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
On June 27th the presentation by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, included Fr. René Flores, OFM, member of the Franciscan Network for Migrants' Advocacy Committee, through our partnership...
Franciscan Network for Migrants: 53rd Session on Migrant Rights at the UN
The United Nations Human Rights Council holds its 53rd regular session from June 19 to July 14, 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On Monday, June 26, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, presented his...
Migrant Stories: Fleeing political persecution
Hospitality means that I don't help you because I can..... but because I recognize your human dignity. So the door opens, the door of the heart opens. It is change, letting the divine enter my house. Even the country people in Central America still tell you, "it's a...
World Day Against Child Labor: Justice for All
Living in a society that is focused more on "having" than "being" produces many consequences in the lives of children and adolescents of the most vulnerable populations. There are so many problems linked to child labor and all of them are embedded in this capitalist...
Franciscan Border Encounter, June 2023
The Franciscan Network for Migrants–USA team visited the Arizona/Mexico borderlands……..
Come Holy Spirit! Anoint the wounds of migrants with your healing presence
“Come, Divine Spirit, send your light from heaven. Loving father of the poor.” The Holy Spirit is present in all creation, in humans and creatures, especially in the poor in history.The Holy Spirit is an Incarnate Presence in reality, in daily life. For this reason,...
May 11th: A prophetic message, the end of Title 42, and a humanitarian communiqué
May 11, 2023 seemed like any other day, but it was not. The fate of many Latin American migrants in transit was at stake, and it presented an opportunity to put in a good word towards that fate.In this regard, the Franciscan Network for Migrants/Quixote Center...