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Caritas – ending poverty, promoting justice and restoring dignity
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Caritas Internationalis reflects the social mission and core values of the Catholic Church. We believe in dignity, solidarity and stewardship on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people
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Caritas updates from around the world
Crossing deserts, climbing fences and dreaming of Europe
I travelled to Rabat and went to Caritas. They gave me some clothes and medication and they paid for a place for me to live.
Ten key questions on migration
Sixty million people were either refugees or forcibly displaced in 2015. Martina Liebsch, head of policy and advocacy at Caritas Internationalis, looks at why such large movements of people are challenging nations and individuals.
Smuggled and trafficked: leaving Cameroon, surviving Libya and getting to Italy
Elvine, 37, paid 6,000 Euro to people smugglers to make the tough journey through the desert from Cameroon to Libya, passing through Chad, Niger, Mali and Libya. She was heading for Tripoli where a family friend had offered to give her refuge.Our causes
