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White House says it will increase refugee cap in May

Christine Rousselle|Apr 16, 2021|3 Min Read

A displaced child from the Moria refugee camp looks over a fence inside a new temporary camp on the Greek island of Lesbos Sept. 23, 2020. The Moria camp, which was mostly destroyed in fires Sept. 9, was home to at least 12,000 people, six times its maximum capacity of just over 2,000 asylum-seekers. (Yara Nardi/Reuters via CNS)

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Irish bishops call for swift action in resettlement of child refugees

Charles Collins|Apr 15, 2021|3 Min Read

In this March 23, 2011, file photo, anti-government protesters pass burning tires set alight by the protesters following clashes with Syrian security forces in the southern city of Daraa, Syria. The decision by Syrian President Bashar Assad to crush the initially peaceful protests in March 2011 propelled Syria into a civil war that has killed more than a half million people. (Hussein Malla/AP via Crux)

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Syrian bishop calls economic sanctions ‘crime against humanity’

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 24, 2021|6 Min Read

Colombian riot police in Cucuta block the way to the Colombian side in the Colombian-Venezuelan border April 2, 2019. The Biden administration announced March 8, 2021, it is offering 18-months of Temporary Protected Status to about 320,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. who fled their country's economic collapse. (CNS photo/Ferley Ospina, Reuters)

Catholic, other faith groups applaud decision to grant Venezuelans TPS

Rhina Guidos|Mar 11, 2021|4 Min Read

Myanmar migrants to be deported are pictured inside an immigration truck in Lumut, Malaysia, Feb. 23, 2021. Catholic bishops in Malaysia are urging the government to refrain from deporting hundreds of Myanmar nationals, including refugees and asylum-seekers.(CNS photo/Lim Huey Teng, Reuters)

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Rights activists upset with Malaysian deportations of Myanmarese

Catholic News Service|Feb 25, 2021|2 Min Read

A refugee rests in a tent set up by the Canadian Armed Forces near the U.S.-Canadian border in Lacolle, Quebec Aug. 10, 2017. (CNS photo/Christinne Muschi, Reuters)

Keeping promise made at Jesuit event, Biden raises refugee cap to 125,000

Rhina Guidos|Feb 5, 2021|4 Min Read

A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea Aug. 29, 2016. Many Eritreans fled across the sea or to Ethiopia to escape political persecution, compulsory military service and war back home. (CNS photo/Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters)

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Priest says thousands of refugees in Tigray deported to Eritrea

Fredrick Nzwili|Feb 4, 2021|3 Min Read

Venezuelan migrants warm themselves after arriving on shore at Los Iros Beach in Erin, Trinidad and Tobago, Nov. 24, 2020. After a different boat carrying refugees was allegedly denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago and subsequently shipwrecked, Venezuelan bishops said the treatment of migrants fleeing the country constitutes serious human rights violations. (CNS photo/Lincoln Holder, Newsday handout via Reuters)

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After shipwreck, bishops denounce treatment of Venezuelan refugees

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 15, 2020|2 Min Read

In this 2011 file photo, a young refugee from Myanmar's ethnic Chin minority holds a placard in New Delhi during a rally to mark World Refugee Day. (CNS photo/Parivartan Sharma, Reuters)

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Advocates push for more aid for Myanmar Christians routed from their homes

Mark Pattison|Oct 21, 2020|4 Min Read

A sculpture called "Angels Unawares" is seen at The Catholic University of America in Washington Sept. 27, 2020. The life-size sculpture, which depicts a group of migrants and refugees crowded on a boat, is a replica of the original one Pope Francis unveiled in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the 2019 World Day of Migrants and Refugees. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

USCCB's Justice for Immigrants campaign marks 15 years of advocacy

Catholic News Service|Sep 30, 2020|2 Min Read

A truck driver in Washington poses for a photo May 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)

Congress urged to cover immigrant, refugee families in any stimulus bill

Catholic News Service|Sep 23, 2020|2 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington takes an oath prior to addressing the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship in Washington Feb. 27, 2020. Also pictured are Barbara Strack, advisory member for Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program and former chief of the refugee affairs division for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Biar Atem, a Nevada delegate to the Refugee Congress and a member of its board of directors; and Lora Ries, senior research fellow in homeland security at the Heritage Foundation. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

As federal fiscal year nears, refugee resettlement agencies fear the worst

Rhina Guidos|Sep 18, 2020|6 Min Read

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