{"id":2152,"date":"2020-11-24T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfranciscana.org\/lanzamiento-de-derribando-los-muros-una-invitacion-de-franciscans-international\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:03:30","slug":"e-launch-of-tearing-down-the-walls-an-invitation-from-franciscans-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redfranciscana.org\/en\/e-launch-of-tearing-down-the-walls-an-invitation-from-franciscans-international\/","title":{"rendered":"E-launch of “Tearing Down the Walls”, an invitation from Franciscans International"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″]

We are delighted to invite you to this virtual launch of Franciscans International’s new publication on migration<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″]

As the world has been largely paralyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly vulnerable situations in which the overwhelming majority of migrants and refugees find themselves have been further aggravated. Some migrants have been trapped in countries of transit without any means to access the most basic levels of food, water or health as shelters and institutions had to close. Others have been detained in overcrowded centres, left without information and without protection against the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

Millions of families depending on the remittances sent by their migrant relatives have been forced to survive without this essential financial support due to the economic crisis, lock-downs and other measures. The lack of access to safe water and adequate housing in camps have rendered millions of refugees unable to comply with the most basic protection measures against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the pandemic is only a magnifying glass of structural problems that migrants, and people forced to move more generally, face. Among these structural issues, there are many prejudices and \u201cmyths\u201d, xenophobia and racism, often linked and fuelled by States policies that disregard human rights obligations that these very States have committed to comply with.<\/p>\n

In this context, Franciscans International, with the support of Misean Cara, is launching its new publication on migration that aims at challenging some of these myths and prejudices. “Tearing Down the Walls” uses international human rights standards and States commitments to provide people working with migrants and refugees on the ground with arguments to promote their rights and dignity.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/redfranciscana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Flyer-TDW-English.jpg” url=”https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_mChrCIGRTN-8vWrGfyPgUQ” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″]

Date:\u00a0
<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b>26 November 2020<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n

Time:\u00a0
<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b>8:30 \u2013 10am (Guatemala Ciudad)
9:30 – 11:00am (New York)
2:30 \u2013 4pm (Dublin)
3:30 \u2013 5pm (Geneva)\u00a0
<\/span><\/b><\/span>4:30 \u2013 6pm (Johannesburg)<\/i><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_mChrCIGRTN-8vWrGfyPgUQ” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Register Now” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.2″ custom_button=”on” button_icon=”%%259%%” hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset4″]

Interpretation available in English and Spanish<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″]

Program<\/strong><\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_bottom=”10px” border_color_bottom=”#b3b3b3″ border_width_left=”10px” border_color_left=”#b3b3b3″]

Part 1: Setting the scene<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Welcome address by
John Moffett,<\/b><\/span>
Chief Executive Officer at Misean Cara<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Opening remarks by<\/span>
Cardinal Michael Czerny,<\/span><\/b>
<\/span>Under-Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of the Holy See\u2019s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
<\/span><\/i>
<\/span>Presentation of “Tearing Down the Walls” by
Sandra Epal-Ratjen<\/b><\/span>,
<\/span>International Advocacy Director at Franciscans International<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Part 2: Religious networks working with migrants on the ground<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe work of Franciscan migrant houses in Central America\u201d by
Rosario Mart\u00ednez \u00c1lvarez<\/b><\/span>,
C<\/i><\/span>onsultant on migration working with the Franciscan JPIC Office in Guatemala<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cUnderreported migrants\u2019 situations in Brazil\u201d by<\/span>
<\/span><\/i>Savia Cordeiro,<\/span><\/b>
Former Director of the Centro de Refer\u00eancia e Atendimento para Imigrantes (CRAI) in S\u00e3o Paolo, Brazil<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to education and employment for refugees\u201d by<\/span>
Mark Potterton,<\/b><\/span>
Principal of the Sacred Heart College in South Africa<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Part 3: Questions and answers
<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Event facilitation by<\/span>
Budi Tjahjono,<\/span><\/i><\/b>
Asia Pacific Program Coordinator at Franciscans International<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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