President-elect Joe Biden said Nov. 12 his administration would raise the 15,000 cap set by the Trump administration for fiscal year 2021 to 125,000 refugees.
At Jesuit agency event, Biden announces he will dramatically raise refugee cap
JRS reports successful fundraising campaign for refugee education
JRS Global Education Initiative has helped more than 810,000 refugees and internally displaced people with training, education and professional development to expand job opportunities.
Listening, adapting is key to assisting displaced people, speakers say
Cardinal Michael Czerny shares practical actions from Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, in a Zoom conference Sept. 23.
Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria
Jihadists allied with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria’s northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin and are relentlessly pushing through.
Hungry, scared South Sudanese stay in cathedral compound for protection
More than 400 people were killed in South Sudan and more than 120,000 displaced in the initial phase, leaving churches, aid groups and United Nations agencies scrambling to respond.