by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
The United Methodist Church is urging justice for migrants worldwide and reform of U.S. immigration laws. Delegates to the denomination’s top legislative body, meeting from 23 April – 2 May 2, adopted resolutions covering both global migration and...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
A Catholic bishop has launched a strong attack on the government’s failure to regularise undocumented migrants living in Britain, branding its policies ‘irresponsible’, ‘shameful’ and ‘unjust’. Bishop Thomas McMahon of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 21, 2008
Home Office plans to introduce an “earned citizenship” system for immigrants from outside the European Union who want to become British have been attacked as potentially descriminatory and degrading by campaigners. Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave strong...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 19, 2008
In the UK, the government and opposition are competing to show how they will make life harder for jobless people and immigrants. Elsewhere in the world, too, politicians continue to unveil measures which target the poor and marginalised, including cuts in benefits and...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 13, 2008
Christians across the United States have been marking National Migration Week, 6-12 January 2008, sponsored by Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), based around the theme ‘From Many, One Family of...
