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.
Members of the RFM participate in “Knowledge of the Migrant Ministry” experience
The Socio-Pastoral Observatory of Human Mobility of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean (OSMECA) led the training experience entitled, "Knowledge of Migrant Pastoral Care (COPAMI): Knowledge management for the strengthening of pastoral practices with people in transit"...
Franciscan Network at the Regional NGO Assembly on Migration Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
On July 28, 2023, the Regional Assembly of Civil Organizations on Migration Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Panama, and the RFM was represented by René Flores from RFM-Panama and Beatriz Calixto from RFM-Mexico. Most of the 15 participants were...
Promoting human rights, combating human trafficking
In commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking of Persons, on July 29th the Franciscan Network for Migrants hosted a conversation on the ways that frontline workers are promoting human rights by addressing human trafficking. Moderated by Fr. Jaime Campos ofm,...
Panama Team Moves Ahead!
The RFM-Panama team continues with its work, dedication, and efforts to be messengers of peace and good in their country and defenders of the dignity of migrants who pass through the isthmus. In recent months, the monthly celebration of the migrant's mass at the...
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...