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Conflict in Mali adds to West Africa’s woes

23/02/2012 Advocacy, Africa, Burkina, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Mali, Mauritania, Migration, Niger, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

“The sound of gunfire woke us up,” said Mr Mahmouda, who fled his village in Mali after it came under attack from rebels. “Although we were not directly threatened, we were scared. We took all we could carry and fled in the direction of Niger,” he told Caritas Niger. Some 120,000 people have been forced ...

As the crisis in Greece worsens, Caritas helps Athens’ immigrants

17/02/2012 Europe, Greece, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Caritas Greece is working hard to help people who are suffering from the country’s financial difficulties. At a refugee centre for immigrants living in and near Athens, Caritas serves 300 meals a day, offers Greek and English lessons, provides vaccinations for children, and gives out relief kits with clothes, blankets and baby milk.

Concerns mount over conflict in South Sudan

6/01/2012 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a Caritas member based in the US) is poised to respond to the declared emergency in Jonglei State in South Sudan, where an estimated 50,000 people have been displaced since late December due to ethnic conflict between the Lou Nuer and Murle tribes that has claimed an estimated 1,000 lives ...

One in ten Colombians forced from their homes by conflict

15/10/2011 Advocacy, Colombia, Conflicts and Disasters, Latin America, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

By Adriana Arrieta Peace remains elusive in Colombia. Over 45 years of civil war has forced one in ten people from their homes today. Every day a Colombian is stripped of his belongings, his home or his life. His dreams, desires, and hopes are stolen. Many are forced to migrate to another city in which ...

Migrants as economic actors

3/08/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Europe, Italy, Labor exploitation, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

By Olga Zhyvytsya, Caritas Internationalis project advisor Financial inclusion promotes social inclusion of migrants in the country of destination – this was the idea that brought together the Italian Banking Association and civil society organisations at the meeting “Migrants and financial inclusion” held in Rome, 14 June 2011. Italy, once a country of origin for ...

Fleeing Somalia: the men who kill for goats

27/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, North America, Refugees, Somalia, United States by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen “Aden, my oldest son, was four years old. He was watching our goats,” says Ahada, a Somali woman in her early twenties. “Men with guns came and wanted the animals. Aden shouted, ‘Don’t take our goats!’” Ahada’s small son was caught in the midst of the chaotic, seemingly never-ending war in Somalia. ...

Somalis face perilous journey to escape famine

25/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, North America, Refugees, Somalia, United States by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen, Death by starvation, death by lions and hyenas or death by armed bandits. Which do you pick? For refugees streaming out of Somalia, there’s no luxury of choice. They’re facing all three. Carrying babies in front and toddlers piggyback, clutching small plastic bags of belongings, thousands of Somalis are trudging barefoot for ...

Fleeing Somalia as famine declared

21/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Kenya, Malnutrition, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

By Laura Sheahen They’ve walked for days or weeks, and their shoes show it. Dusty and worn, the sandals of a little boy dangle in his hand as he wails in the centre of a refugee camp. Nearby, his mother rocks her sobbing baby. The family has made it to the camp, one of several ...