Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21, 2017 – For the second consecutive year, the Pastoral Migrant Service celebrated the Migrant’s Week with the Community of Sanctuary N. S. Fatima of Rio’s Center from June 18 to 25. This 32nd Week was celebrated with the theme: Migration, Biomes and the Good Living, with the Slogan: “An Opportunity to Imagine other Worlds.” With the Shrine full of workshippers, Fr. Mario Geremia CS, Representative of the International Migration Network Scalabrini (SIMN)

An important forum for SIMN as discussions about the contribution of migrant remittances is one of the many topics. New York, SIMN, Head Office, June 19, 2017 – Executive Director, Leonir Mario Chiarello, attended the Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development 2017 in New York at the United Nations headquarters. The forum “serve as a platform to specifically share best practices and lessons learned, create opportunities to promote global remittance-related dialogue and address solutions