Migrants
Strengthening our network in social justice and ecology
The Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES) held its annual meeting from 10-14 May at the Jesuit Curia in Rome. After some years of meeting...read more
Reactivating the Migrants and Refugees Network
After three years of no actual movement, the Migrants and Refugees Network finally had online gatherings in March for three days and in May for...read more
How do we answer the call of “Fratelli Tutti”?
In March 2021, Wishma Sandmali, a Sri Lankan woman, died in the Nagoya Detention Center. She came to Japan with a dream to teach English....read more
A burning chaff
The Migrants and Refugees Network of JCAP had the opportunity to gather online from 28 to 30 March, and while there hadn’t been a meeting...read more
Pursuing a synodal path in the social ministry
The second virtual gathering of the social ministry networks ended on 8 October, with a range of ideas on how the Jesuit conference can move...read more
Pope Francis calls for “a more inclusive we”
On 26 September, the Church celebrates the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Pope Francis holds in his heart the millions of people forced to...read more
Embracing survivors of human trafficking
Among the many open wounds in our world, one of the most troubling is human trafficking, a modern form of slavery, which violates the God-given...read more
A welcoming place for refugees and asylum seekers in Japan
Foreigners in Japan with deportation orders are interned in 17 immigration detention facilities spread throughout the country. Some inmates are able to obtain some temporary...read more
Helping Taiwan’s migrant workers succeed through Chinese language classes
The Rerum Novarum Center in Taipei held a graduation ceremony to recognise the migrant workers who had spent a year learning the Chinese language, an...read more