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Young Colombian activist brings light to the displaced communities
By Magdalena Rojo — September 30, 2022
(RNS) — Jenifer Colpas Fernández had to leave her native Colombia to recognize its problems — and to see that there were solutions.
Pope Francis deploys top Vatican officials to Ukraine to help migrants, seek peace
By Claire Giangravé — March 7, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Czerny and Cardinal Krajewski, both close papal allies, will go to the war zone with the hope of mediating peace.
How to help Ukrainians today: Organizations providing aid
By Andrea Klick — February 25, 2022
(RNS) — RNS has compiled a list of verified organizations — many of them religious or religiously affiliated — working to support Ukrainians right now.
Indonesia to turn away boat with 120 Rohingya refugees
By Yayan Zamzami — December 29, 2021
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The decision comes despite calls from the United Nations refugee agency to allow the passengers to disembark.
Can Catholic bishops work with the Biden administration?
By Thomas Reese — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Reports suggest that the US bishops are ready to wage war on the new administration, but there are many areas where the bishops' and Biden's agendas converge.
Senators oppose Trump refugee cuts on religious freedom grounds
By Jack Jenkins — August 5, 2019
(RNS) — The bipartisan group sent a letter to President Trump arguing that reducing the refugee cap to zero would call into question a promise to assist persecuted religious minorities abroad.
As Venezuela refugee crisis builds, church struggles to carry out pope’s call
By Eduardo Campos Lima — April 11, 2019
SAO PAULO (RNS) — The flow of refugees has overwhelmed efforts to meet Pope Francis' call to provide 'hospitality and acceptance' for immigrants.
The Pittsburgh massacre was about refugees
By Mark Silk — October 29, 2018
That fact should not be elided.
As refugee admissions drop, fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US: World Relief
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The drop comes despite President Trump’s pledge during his first week in office that helping persecuted Christians overseas would be a priority for his administration.
Surgeon who recites Bible and Quran to patients wins UN award
By Bob Smietana — October 5, 2018
(RNS) — Inspired by his faith, this surgeon has spent more than two decades working to save the lives of people fleeing war and persecution in Sudan and South Sudan.
People of faith urge Trump to admit more refugees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 12, 2018
(RNS) — A number of faith leaders signed onto a pair of letters asking the president and members of Congress to resettle at least 75,000 refugees to the U.S. in the coming fiscal year.
10 months on, the babies of Rohingya rape survivors arrive
By Kristen Gelineau — July 5, 2018
UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 10 months have passed since Myanmar's security forces launched a sweeping campaign of rape and other brutalities against the Rohingya, and the babies conceived during those assaults have been born.
Refugee groups fight Trump travel ban — and for their own survival
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — February 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — For the six faith-based agencies authorized to settle refugees in the U.S., the battle over the travel ban is also a fight to protect their ministries — and, by extension, the refugees they serve.
Supreme Court travel ban ruling: What it means
By Alan Gomez — June 26, 2017
(USA Today) The mixed ruling will allow President Trump to implement his travel ban against six Muslim majority nations — but only for visitors lacking ties to the United States.
On World Refugee Day we must be willing to separate truth from ‘willful blindness’
By Tim Breene — June 20, 2017
(RNS) Our society too easily equates the admission of refugees into this country with the threat of terrorism, largely because the policy has become a partisan ideology, not because this viewpoint is substantiated by facts.
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