migrant workers

Church leaders, religious, and civil society representatives renewed a strong collective commitment to address the challenges faced by migrant workers—particularly human trafficking and bonded labour—during a three-day training and consultative workshop held in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand in eastern India.

A concrete pastoral plan for the care of migrant workers and itinerant people, responding to their daily needs and expressing the Church’s gratitude for their contribution to Taiwanese society, was launched during the first Gathering for Migrant Workers and Immigrants held in Taoyuan Arena, in the Diocese of Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, on Sunday, September 21.

A Jesuit-run migrant workers center completed 20 years of service in South Korea on April 13.

“When your eyes are focused on your heavenly reward, you will turn any hint of grumbling to gratitude,” said Bishop Santos.

The meeting discussed the challenges and barriers to welcoming, protecting, promoting, and integrating migrants within the church and mainstreaming them into society at large.

RV Gem Cuares “Dhon” Fideles, 46, an Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province goes extra mile to help others.

South Asian nations are scrambling to repatriate hundreds of thousands of migrants stuck abroad without work due to the coronavirus crisis — a huge challenge that risks sparking social unrest and spreading COVID-19, labor experts and researchers say.

A bishop in India has condemned the spraying of migrant workers and their children with disinfectant, after a video posted to Twitter showed public health authorities doing exactly that.

Catholic Youth from Myanmar work as migrant workers under the Church’s care in Thailand particularly in Ratchaburi and Surat Thani