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Every year International Migrants Day is observed on December 18. This day focuses on highlighting the contributions made by migrants across the world.

On September 25, Myanmar Catholics in Singapore participated in the Mass for the celebration of International Migrants' Day led by Cardinal William Goh of Singapore.

Bishop Narciso Abellana of the CBCP Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) said that “God’s inclusive love” enjoins people to regard migrants and refugees as “co-builders and co-citizens”.

Labour Day brings to our mind that May 1 is a holiday and nothing beyond for anyone who has not understood the meaning of this holiday.

Pope Francis made an appeal for migrants Sunday, calling on the international community to stop deporting migrants to unsafe countries.

"The Church is called to go out into the streets of every existential periphery in order to heal wounds and to seek out the straying"

The lure of a well-paid job in a wealthy country is a powerful driver of international migration. The attraction has intensified as the difference in incomes among countries continue to grow.

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh held a webinar on the occasion of the 106th World Day for Migrants and Refugees on September 26.

Sister Jena’s earlier work for others has included assisting disadvantaged women and school dropouts especially after the Kandhamal anti-Christian violence in 2008.

We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal human smuggling and human trafficking, may be heard and considered.

The International Day of Family Remittances is a universally-recognized observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and celebrated every year on June 16.

As Covid-19 continues to devastate lives and livelihoods around the globe, hitting the most vulnerable the hardest, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on all view the crisis as an opportunity to reimagine human mobility for the benefit of everyone.