The President of the UN General Assembly of the United Nations of the General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, Independent UK Anti–Slavery Commissioner Kevin Hyland and Academy–Award Winning Actress Mira Sorvino will be the keynote speakers at a major conference being sponsored by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations on April 7.

The Conference, entitled “Ending Human Trafficking by 2030: The Role of Global Partnerships in Eradicating Modern Slavery,” will be held from 3–6 pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

During this conference, SIMN will present the main programs that Scalabrinian entities are promoting around the world to prevent human trafficking, protect the victims of this new form of slavery, advocate for the prosecution of perpetrators of this illegal industry, and promote new policies and programs to eradicate the illegal industry connected with migration.

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Thousands of refugees arriving every day, too large flow openings that, gradually, you are closing, leaving hopeless people – adults, women and children – blocked to wait.

The worried closure of the passages by the countries located on the external front of European Union, is far away from being a solution to the threat posed by the huge human tide on the move, but it could also open the real possibility that the route move to west to the border with Albania; from there across the road right to the coast, to the usual bargaining with the smugglers, finally landing in Puglia. In European summits that is the topic of the day, if it is true that Germany, Austria and neighboring Balkanians already in October 2015 had reasoned to increase controls at the greek-Albanian border crossing. The worry is also spread to Italy which strengthened the contrast in the sea, off the coast of Puglia, combined with the fact of meetings initiated between Italian authorities and those of Albania and Montenegro.  Continue reading Europe “Walled Up and Alive” is a Pure Illusion →