asylum-seekers
Faith-based groups turn up the heat on ICE
By Yonat Shimron — June 27, 2018
(RNS) — Religious groups are just the latest to champion the idea of killing the agency. The effort has already gained traction among several congressional candidates plus four sitting members of Congress, all Democrats.
Donations, volunteering surge at border asylum-seeker center
By Manuel Valdes — June 25, 2018
The immigrant respite center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley has received so many boxes that it had to rent additional storage space.
A Hungarian priest offers refugees shelter, and a town takes notice
By Brian Dooley — May 3, 2017
KÖRMEND, Hungary (RNS) The refugee issue is electric in Hungary, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government taking an increasingly hostile line against those seeking asylum in the country.
Brother of killed asylum seeker: ‘Tell the judge he told the truth’
By Marie Friedmann Marquardt — March 9, 2017
(RNS) A Lumpkin, Ga., judge denied a man's asylum request. After returning to El Salvador he was shot dead. On behalf of the man's brother, a ministry of hospitality and visitation wrote a letter to the judge.
In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative
By RNS staff — October 31, 2016
COLOGNE, Germany — Arabic speaking mosques are often short of funds, or else supported by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Some back ultra-conservative or highly literal interpretations of Islam, such as Wahhabism or Salafism.
Tel Aviv’s bus depot now a hub for Christmas trees and Santa suits
By Michele Chabin — December 22, 2015
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) As the population of Christian foreign workers and asylum seekers has grown in Israel, so, too, has the demand for Christmas-related merchandise.
At a castle in Austria, villagers and refugees celebrate Eid al-Adha
By Reuters — September 25, 2015
(Reuters) An ancient castle in an Austrian village somewhere between Vienna and Hungary is not where you might expect to see an Islamic celebration.
French residents greet Syrian refugees warmly, but many are wary
By Elizabeth Bryant — September 14, 2015
CERGY-PONTOISE, France (RNS) Busloads of refugees began arriving here, after the leftist government announced it would help out an overwhelmed Germany. They have received a warm welcome but questions loom.
Europe’s refugee crisis stirs consciences, but responses vary
By Tom Heneghan — September 9, 2015
PARIS (RNS) The leading voices in Europe welcoming the asylum seekers are Pope Francis, who urged all Catholic parishes to take in at least one refugee family, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, the daughter of a Lutheran pastor.
Tel Aviv Catholic church serves growing migrant community
By Indrani Basu — May 19, 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) The church, under the aegis of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, has been in this primarily migrant worker neighborhood for the past five years. It serves both migrant workers and asylum seekers.
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