Category - immigration

US immigration law 'badly broken' say Lutherans

agency reporter — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:53:38 +0100

Lutherans in America have expressed concern over the impact of immigration enforcement raids on children and families in the US. They say that US immigration law is 'badly broken' and in desperate need of reform.

Welcoming migrants is not optional, says world church body

agency reporter — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:16:47 +0100

Migration is a fact of life, an instinct to survive and an inevitable consequence of globalization - something we can neither turn our backs on it nor control, declared a statement of participants at a faith-led public hearing in Beirut.

Archbishops visit immigration detention centre

staff writers — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:46:54 +0000

As questions about the fairness of UK migration policy once more come into the spotlight, the Anglican archbishops of Canterbury and York have been visiting the Oakington Immigration Detention Centre as part of a trip to Cambridge.

Norway's Catholics praised for support of migrant workers

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:53:30 +0000

Norway's government has praised the country's small Roman Catholic Church for its role in supporting more than 100,000 labour migrants from Poland and other eastern European countries.

Cardinal calls for compassion not hostility towards migrants

staff writers — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:27:49 +0000

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the senior figure in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has called for a more welcoming approach to migrants in British national life.

New immigrants take housing rejected by others, says report

staff writers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:21:55 +0000

A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that rather than taking housing from local residents, as critics claim, new immigrants tend to fill voids in the housing stock left behind or rejected by other households.

United Methodists get tough on racism in church and society

agency reporter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:13:32 +0000

The bishops of The United Methodist Church have declared that tackling racism and eliminating it from the church, society and even their own Council of Bishops is a major priority. The denomination is the one President Bush was raised in.

Migration is about people, before statistics

Press Office — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:14 +0000

The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

Canadian priest says secular society should include the religious

staff writers — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:39:34 +0100

A Canadian Catholic priest is urging Quebec to move towards a model of "open secularism" that respects both religious and non-religious contributions to society without imposing the beliefs of any one group.

The Big Questions, BBC 1, 23 September 2007

Press Office — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:41:09 +0100

'Does love of neighbour mean we should pursue a more open immigration policy?