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Asia Bibi, pictured in Paris Feb. 26, 2020, is seeking political asylum in France less than a year after fleeing Pakistan for the safety of Canada. The Catholic woman spent nearly a decade on death row after she was falsely accused of blasphemy. (CNS photo/Thomas Oswald, courtesy Aid to the Church in Need)

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Pakistani woman who fled to Canada seeks political asylum in France

Simon Caldwell|Feb 27, 2020|2 Min Read

A soup kitchen for refugees in Athens. (Elie Gardner/Catholic Relief Services via CNA)

Vatican to welcome asylum seekers to Italy

Hannah Brockhaus|Dec 2, 2019|2 Min Read

Central American migrants who were returned to Mexico from the U.S. under the Migrant Protection Protocols, are seen Sept. 14, 2019, outside their tent in Matamoros, Mexico, while waiting for their court hearing for asylum. Two Catholic leaders expressed concerned with the federal government's new plan to send Central Americans who want asylum in the U.S. to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador where they would be required to apply for U.S. asylum while in one of those countries. (CNS photo//Henry Romero, Reuters)

New US asylum rule is gambling with lives of migrants, Catholic leaders warn

Catholic News Agency|Nov 25, 2019|4 Min Read

Migrants, part of a caravan traveling to the United States, form a human chain Oct. 29, 2019, to cross the river from Guatemala to Mexico. The Guatemalan bishops' migrant ministry has rejected talk of the U.S. and Guatemalan governments sending asylum seekers from third countries to a remote and rugged jungle region rife with drug cartel activities, saying conditions are not secure for citizens, much less migrants. (CNS photo/Leah Mills, Reuters)

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Guatemalan bishops' ministry: Bad idea to send asylum-seekers to jungle

David Agren|Nov 20, 2019|4 Min Read

The U.S. Supreme Court building in seen in Washington Nov. 13

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Court allows Trump administration to bar asylum-seekers for now

Carol Zimmermann|Sep 13, 2019|4 Min Read

Salvadoran migrant Jose cries as he and his daughter embrace July 31

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Faith leaders ask for end to Trump administration rule for asylum-seekers

Catholic News Service|Aug 20, 2019|2 Min Read

This is the outdoor recreation area at the Pima County Detention Center in Tucson

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County board OKs Tucson Diocese's use of facility for asylum-seekers

Michael Brown|Aug 1, 2019|4 Min Read

Asylum seekers in Ciudad Juarez. Credit: Herika Martinez / AFP / Getty Images.

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El Paso bishop launches fundraiser for asylum seekers stuck in Mexico

Catholic News Agency|Jul 31, 2019|3 Min Read

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso

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US bishop personally escorts asylum seekers across U.S.-Mexico border

Christopher White|Jun 28, 2019|4 Min Read

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, are seen June 24, 2019, after they drowned in the Rio Grande in Matamoro, Mexico, while trying to reach the United States. (CNS photo/Reuters) See POPE-MIGRANT-DEATH June 26, 2019. Editors: Note graphic content.

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US bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child

Catholic News Service|Jun 26, 2019|3 Min Read

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