New York, October 22, 2018

The Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) operates 250 programs for migrants around the world—shelters, community centers, and parishes. SIMN manages migrant shelters in Guatemala City; Tecun Uman, Guatemala; Tapachula, Mexico; and Tijuana, Mexico.

The migrant “caravan” of several thousand persons which left Honduras last week on a journey to safety consists of vulnerable children and families seeking asylum in Mexico and the United States. They are migrating in a large group in order to protect themselves from human traffickers, corrupt government and enforcement officials, drug cartels, and unscrupulous smugglers.  Continue reading Statement of the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) On the Migrant Caravan from Honduras →

New York, NY – The global network of seven Scalabrini think tanks on migration today released its second International Migration Policy Report: “Perspectives on the Content and Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration.” The study centers – founded by the Missionaries of St Charles (Scalabrinians), a Catholic community dedicated to serving migrants and refugees throughout the world – include: Centro de Estudios Migratorios (CEM) in Brazil; the Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA) in Argentina; the Centre d’Information et d’Études sur les Migrations Internationales (CIEMI) in France; the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS); the Centro Studi Emigrazione Roma (CSER); the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA); and the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) in the Philippines. The centers are also members of the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), a global network of 250 entities helping migrants, refugees, seafarers, and victims of human trafficking in 34 countries across five continents. Continue reading Scalabrini Migration Study Centers Release Second International Policy Report on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration →