GIAN Migration Statement in the era of CoVid19

We currently find ourselves in a global crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries have decided to close their borders, cease all non-essential activities, and impose a lockdown on all residents. Both health and economic consequences are expected to be devastating and are already affecting migrants, refugees, and forcibly displaced persons.

The Global Ignatian Advocacy Network on Migration has published an statement  and a position paper in “Solidarity with Refugees and Migrants in the Era of COVID-19”  with some recommendations based on their own experience accompanying displaced persons, migrants, and refugees across five continents with whom we travel together through life.

This global network on displacement, migration and refugees, promoted by the Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology of the Jesuit Curia in Rome, brings together various accompaniment, research, and advocacy organizations and their experiences working with and for displaced populations, migrants, and refugees across five continents. The network is composed of one representative from each of the six Conferences (administrative divisions) of the Society of Jesus, as well as Jesuit Refugee Service, which serves as an international ministry.

• Read our statement 
• Read our position paper