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South Sudan’s lost generation comes home

3/07/2012 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

“There was bombing and shelling, soldiers. My children kept saying, ‘What’s happening?’” Nyanareng, a 28-year-old mother of four, didn’t have time for long explanations when violence struck Abyei, a disputed border town between Sudan and South Sudan. She just told her children to run. “We walked five days on foot. We’d dig in the ground ...

South Sudan marks 1st anniversary in its long journey to development

3/07/2012 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

On the road in South Sudan, landmine warnings flash by and demining groups work on unexploded bombs left over from war. But in a vehicle full of Caritas workers, the passengers are more worried about the insects flying around. Are they mosquitoes? Tsetse flies? The vehicle splashes through puddles where snails and worms live that ...

World Refugee Day: Algeria at the crossroads

18/06/2012 Advocacy, Algeria, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Refugees and migrants come to Algeria on their journey from poorer African countries to cross the Mediterranean into Europe, but they also now come there as a final destination itself. Algerians too head north in search of opportunities unavailable at home.

Better protection for women refugees

18/06/2012 Advocacy, Africa, Female face of migration, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

On World Refugee Day (20 June), Caritas says there needs to be better protection of the human rights of refugee women, especially in relief camps and in border areas. In Africa, women refugees live for extended periods in overcrowded sites where life is harsh. They lack access to basic items such as food, shelter, clothing ...

Q&A with Sister Laurence Huard of Caritas Algeria

18/06/2012 Advocacy, Algeria, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

We've opted for indirect assistance aimed at promoting advocacy regarding free movement and respect of human rights along the migration routes.

Migrants brave deserts and shipwrecks to reach safety in Italy

18/06/2012 Advocacy, Africa, Europe, Italy, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Minor migrants, Refugees, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

At a migrant centre near the banks of the Tiber River, a Caritas case worker talks about an African woman targeted in her home country for political reasons: Caritas helped her pay her rent in Rome while she got on her feet.

Caritas Syria President urges dialogue to end crisis

15/06/2012 Advocacy, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, Syria by Caritas Communications

Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo in Syria and head of Caritas Syria has been in France for meetings with Secours Catholique (Caritas France). He spoke to François Tcherkessoff. Here is an edited version of the interview (translated by Caritas Internationalis). What does the Church leadership say about the recent events? The three patriarchs ...

Plight of immigrants the focus of “Migramed” conference

18/05/2012 Advocacy, Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Every year, thousands of desperate migrants from Africa cross the Mediterranean, hoping to reach southern Europe. Caritas is focusing on their needs at the Migramed conference, held this week in Cagliari, Italy. Before trying to cross the Mediterranean, many of these migrants have already spent months travelling through Africa, often fleeing violence, poverty or hunger. They ...

Caritas helping stranded South Sudanese return home

17/05/2012 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Caritas staff and volunteers have been working flat out all over South Sudan to prepare for the return of refugees from north Sudan. In Juba, between 12-15,0000 returnees stranded in Kosti in the White Nile State in north Sudan are expected to arrive over the next few weeks by plane. The governor of White Nile ...

Caritas aids Somali refugee women in Kenya

16/05/2012 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Kenya, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Somalia by Caritas Communications

In summer 2011, when famine and violence were engulfing her country, Fadumo “Mama” Sharif Mohamed left Somalia with her husband and ten children. On their eight-day trek to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, militia attacked them and they lost the family’s food. Her children, like thousands of others, suffered from malnutrition. But she and ...