Guadalajara, Mexico, June 25, 2020 – Repatriations or deportations by air to the interior of Mexico began in 2012 as a pilot program operated jointly between the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) and the National Institute of Migration (INM). The program intended to prevent deported migrants from attempting to re-cross into the United States and to facilitate their return to their communities of origin in Mexico. In 2013, the program became permanent,

June 20 marked the fifth anniversary of the Scalabrinian shelter based in Via Casilina. On Monday, June 22 at 11.30 a celebration moment took place through a virtual connection with many of those who made this reality possible. Rome, June 23, 2020 – It was June 20, 2015, when the first guest crossed the threshold of Casa Scalabrini 634. “On that day the concrete and punctual response of the Europe-Africa Region of the Scalabrinan Missionaries