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SIMN Participates in the XX Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Cáritas

(English) Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, 6 de junio de 2023 – A invitación de los organizadores del XX Congreso Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Cáritas, realizado en Puerto Rico del 31 de mayo al 5 de junio pasados, Víctor Genina, Director de Política e Incidencia del SIMN, participó en la reunión del Congreso dedicada a la pastoral migratoria.

Abuses of Migrant Fishers in the Ports of South Africa Persist

Some things never change. Abuses of migrant fishers in the ports of South Africa persist. A typical example is what the migrant fishers from the Philippines and Indonesia continued to suffer at the hands of a Chinese captain and chief engineer. They were subjected to scrupulous management on board a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel in May 2023. In August 2022, Hung IU 313 docked in the port of Durban with injured and miserable fishers due to