CLAMOR: new faith-based network cares for migrants in
Latin America
(Vatican Radio) In a clear sign of support and in
response to Pope Francis’ call to care for and welcome forced migrants,
displaced persons, victims of trafficking and refugees,
the Latin American bishops are promoting a newa faith-based network for
migrants in need.
Known as CLAMOR (Latin American and
Caribbean Migration Network, Shelter and Human Trafficking), the network brings
together a large number of organizations that deal with human mobility and that
shelter and give assistance to trafficked persons.
A meeting organized by the Latin American Episcopal
Conference (CELAM) at the end of March provided the occasion to
consolidate and bring together various proposals.
It resulted in the establishment of the CLAMOR Network that
is described as a “field hospital” where “migrants, displaced persons, refugee
and victims of human trafficking find welcome, protection and healing of their
wounds, recognition of their dignity and promotion, integration and insertion
in the communities and countries to which they arrive”.
The meeting included a working day on the border between
Haiti and the Dominican Republic where participants visited a missionary center
for migrants and displaced persons living in shelters or bateyes in the area of
Guayubin.
Amongst the organizations participating in the network the
International Scalabrini Migration Network, the Jesuit Refugee Service,
Caritas, the General Secretariat of the Latin American Council of Religious,
Solidarity Network for Migrants and Refugees of Brazil, the Department of Human
Mobility of the Episcopal Conferences of the Dominican Republic, Mexico,
Guatemala and Haiti.
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