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Los Angeles: Religious leaders call for prayer for migrant children

Religious and civic leaders have called for a weekend of prayer 52,000+ young children in US custody after fleeing violence, murder and extortion by criminal gangs in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

10 July 2014

Episcopalians respond to Texas border crossing crisis

Episcopal Relief & Development is assisting St. John's Episcopal Church in McAllen, Texas, as the congregation provides relief to hundreds of Central American migrants who crossed through Mexico to seek asylum in the United States.

04 July 2014

St Paul's banner to stay until asylum policies change

[Diocese of Melbourne] The St Paul’s Cathedral banner encouraging Melburnians to “fully welcome refugees” will remain until Australia's “inhumane and demeaning” asylum policies change, says the Dean of Melbourne

23 January 2014

Churches advocate upholding human dignity of migrants

Migrants are reduced to mere commodities, traded and exchanged in the global market

14 October 2013

Alliance highlights scandal of migrants exploited by international recruitment agencies

The scandal of millions of migrants tricked into lives of servitude by multinational gangmasters is the focus for an Anglican Alliance briefing published today.

30 September 2013

Anglican Church, agencies condemn asylum policy

Anglican leaders in Melbourne have criticised “a retrospective, cruel and unnecessary policy targeting vulnerable and dispossessed people.”

16 August 2013

Banner welcome for refugees at St Paul's Cathedral

A seven-metre banner has today been installed on one of the spires of St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, proclaiming the words ‘Let’s Fully Welcome Refugees’.

08 August 2013

Kuala Lumpur forum proposes Peace internships

The Anglican Alliance regional forum has agreed plans to support people affected by conflict, migration and HIV and Aids in east and south east Asia

21 June 2013

Abp Justin: On World Refugee Day

The Archbishop of Canterbury on why Christians urgently need to reach out in love to the millions suffering the tragedy of refugee life

20 June 2013

New UN, faith-based NGO guidelines on welcoming displaced people

New principles to help faith leaders to respond to refugees and displaced people to be unveiled

12 June 2013