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Humanity in crisis : ethical and religious response to refugees
The major humanitarian crises of recent years are well known: the Shoah, the killing fields of Cambodia, Rwandan genocide, the massacre in Bosnia, the tsunami in southeast Asia, not to mention bloody conflicts in Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan. Millions have been killed and many millions more have been driven from their homes; the world is sadly full of refugees and internally displaced persons. Could these crises have been prevented? Why do they continue? This book seeks to understand how humanity is in crisis, and what we can do about it. Hollenbach draws on the values that have shaped major humanitarian initiative over the past century and a half, such as the commitments of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Oxfam, Doctors without Borders, as well as the values of religious and ethical traditions, to examine the scope of our responsibilities and practical solutions to these global crises. He also explores the economic and political causes of these tragedies, drawing on on-the-ground interviews with refugees and government and NGO leaders, and uncovers key moral issues for practitioners in the field.
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Rethinking Sanctuary: The Canadian Context, 1983-2003
The first comprehensive study of sancturary in Canada identifies 36 sanctuary incidents since 1983. Through 46 personal interviews with sanctuary providers and examination of some 1,600 documents, sanctuary in the Canadian context is revealed to be less a national religious movement or network and more an array of temporary local incidents occurring largely independent of one another and of the now expired U.S. sanctuary movement. These sanctuary incidents have resulted as much from local community as church-based efforts, have mostly yielded positive outcomes for migrants involved, and are increasing in prevalence. Implications of these findings for understanding sanctuary are discussed.
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Movement, Asylum, Borders: Christian Perspectives
This paper addresses from the point of view of Catholic social teaching and moral theology the questions posed by the intersection of universal human rights, especially the rights of movement, and the assertion of national sovereignty. It begins with a brief note on the theological foundations of Catholic understanding of exile and refuge, then examines the moral problems involved in the clash between rights of movement and the sovereign control of national borders.
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Churches upfront about risks when providing immigrants sanctuary
Some Catholic bishops have discouraged the sanctuary initiative, stating the church has no legal authority to protect immigrants and that it cannot promise safety to immigrants seeking refuge. Tom Smith, director of the Holy Cross Retreat House near Las Cruces, New Mexico, told NCR his facility has offered housing and support for Colombian immigrant Jorge Taborba and his 15-year-old son since May. Bryan Pham, a canon and civil lawyer and professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, said parishes and other Catholic institutions should be aware of the consequences of providing sanctuary \"It's a prophetic stance,\" he said, \"but there's no legal defense.\"
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Eastern Europe's church leaders face growing criticism over refugees
While 87,900 came from war-torn Syria, and large numbers came from Iraq and Afghanistan, the exodus is now growing from other countries, too, according to the EU's Eurostat agency, which collects data from government departments. Since 1999, the EU has worked toward creating a common European asylum regime in accordance with the Geneva Convention via a series of directives, including the 2013 Dublin Regulation, establishing which member-state should take responsibility. Catholic organizations such as the Jesuit Refugee Service and Caritas Europa have insisted migrants and refugees deserve protection, while the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, the Brussels-based commission representing the EU's Catholic bishops, has warned Christians they have a duty to help.
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