asylum

German Church groups urge government not to suspend humanitarian refugee admissions during COVID-19

German Church groups urge government not to suspend humanitarian refugee admissions during COVID-19

EU migration and asylum pact - Church, civil society groups urge 'fair, sustainable and humane' solutions

EU migration and asylum pact: Church, civil society groups urge “fair, sustainable and humane” solutions

Deportation of asylum seekers in Austria

Austrian bishop slams “blatant injustice” of deportation of Christian-convert asylum seeker

Child Lesbos refugees

Cardinal Marx donates 100,000 euros to Lesbos refugees

Sad plight of the asylum seeker (stock)

Austrian diocese rallies behind asylum seeker in danger of expulsion: “Deportation could mean a death sentence”

Prayer vigil in Barcelona against migrant detention centres

Catholics protest for end to Spanish migrant detention centres: “More hospitality, less hostility”

Archbishop of Malta, Charles Scicluna, embraces asylum seekers

Malta archbishop embraces asylum seekers: “You are welcome. Feel part of our family”

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria), Benno Elbs

Austrian bishop rallies for refugees in danger of deportation, denounces broken asylum system

Church pews (stock)

German, Austrian Christians denounce radical restrictions on Church asylum system for refugees

A group of women in a language class in Lisbon

Jesuit Refugee Service calls European Commission to “fresh start” on Asylum and Migration Pact

Refugee children in a camp on Lesbos

Cardinal Marx: “What’s happening on Lesbos cannot be tolerated, especially at Christmas”

Migrants in Europe (stock)

Vatican official: Church in EU attends to over a million migrants, asylum seekers and refugees

Migrants squatting in Paris, France

Challenges of migrant reception divide French Church

Monastery (stock)

Afghan refugee arrested in Austrian convent saved from deportation

Mediterranean migrants

Churches push EU on migrants: “Exercise solidarity, share responsibility, show leadership”

Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Dublin archbishop “horrified” by “new language of racism” in Ireland

Pro-refugee demonstration in Barcelona

Church groups push EU for “more humane” treatment of migrants and asylum seekers

Achill Head Hotel, where the asylum seekers were to be housed

Tuam archbishop laments lack of Government consultation on asylum seeker housing

A protest over the planned direct provision centre in Ballinamore

Kilmore monsignor condemns attack on pro-migration politician

Irish housing crisis

Irish priest activist says Church should use own land to curb housing crisis

Malta Church says no to the detention of asylum seekers

Malta Church, humanitarian orgs denounce “completely unlawful” detention of asylum seekers

Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), Kevin Doran

Irish bishop rips Government treatment of asylum seekers

Syrian and Iraqi immigrants getting off a boat from Turkey on the Greek island of Lesbos

Bishops call for “people-centred” asylum policies in EU