New York, June 5, 2018 – The Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations and the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See, together with the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), held a Side Event entitled “The Protection and Integration of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations: The Case of Faith-Based Organizations”. The event took place on Monday, June 4, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters, during the fifth round of negotiations on the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.  Continue reading The Protection and Integration of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations: The Case of Faith-Based Organizations →

U.S. Catholic Working Group on Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration
Statement on Revision 1 of the Zero Draft Plus of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration

The Global Compact on Migration should foster the catalytic role of faith-based organizations that provide service to migrants at every stage of their journey. We strongly believe that the Global Compact on Migration should specifically include faith-based organizations as important stakeholders and partners in both the Preamble and the Implementation sections of the document. As has been stated by the Holy See during the negotiations, faith-based organizations are unique because of their presence in sending, transit, and destination countries–at every point of the migration process. Faith-based organizations are universal in nature and thus have a reach beyond that of a single government.  Continue reading U.S. Catholic Working Group on Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration Statement on Revision 1 of the Zero Draft Plus of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration →