#Refugees

European Commission: opening a public consultation about migration for an “action plan that is more effective and better tailored to real needs”

The first humanitarian corridor after the lockdown. Ten Afghan refugees from the island of Lesvos reach Italian shores

Ten Afghan refugees who arrived in Rome today from the island of Lesvos, via Athens, were welcomed in the historic…

Lebanon: Father Abboud (Caritas), “we need food, medicines and clothes. Don’t abandon us”

Lebanon’s economic crisis is getting worse amidst rising poverty, while the Lebanese pound has lost over half of its purchasing…

Council of Europe: handbook on family reunification for refugee children. “Ensuring respect for children’s rights and interests”

Migration. Holy See: “We can’t remain silent before camps for refugees and internally displaced persons”

There are 41.3 million internally displaced persons worldwide, yet “they are not included within the international system of protection provided…

EU: international protection to 295,000 persons in 2019, mostly from Syria and Venezuela. Most welcoming countries: Germany, France and Spain

Malta: archbishop Scicluna, “if we say we have a heart of flesh, then we cannot forget the refugees in the island’s centres where there’s coronavirus”

Second largest outbreak in Latin America caused by members of the elite

Guayaquil, the Ecuadorian city with a population of approximately 3 million, located on the Pacific coast, has rapidly become the…

Greece: 5,500 unaccompanied minors. EU, “let us protect these children”. Possible pact to relocate them to other EU countries

Migrants at Turkey’s border with Greece: Von der Leyen, “aid to Greece, but Ankara is not an enemy”. EU leadership, strategy for unaccompanied minors

Migrants at Turkey’s border with Greece. Mitsotakis (Greek PM), “Turkey first official human trafficker”. Call for EU support