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Uprooted children

JESC — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:42:44 +0000

At the beginning of September, the United Nations’ children’s fund Unicef presented the report “Uprooted”. Its shocking message was that there are almost 50 million displaced children and young people worldwide, with 28 million of these fleeing from terror and violence. When compared with the United Nations’ worldwide refugee figures, it is seen that every […]

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Méditerranée: une route dans la mer. Migrations des peuples, cultures, religions

JESC — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:14:02 +0000

Une centaine de personnes membres des branches française, belge, portugaise, italienne, maltaise du MIAMSI se sont réunies autour de ce thème du 20 au 22 novembre dernier à Pozzalo, sous le patronage du Conseil de l’Europe. Cette petite ville de la côte sud de la Sicile est régulièrement placée sous les feux de la rampe, […]

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Migration trends across the western route of the Mediterranean

JESC — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:25:38 +0000

The Moroccan border with the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla Syrian people fleeing from the conflict usually arrive to Morocco from Algeria, where they did not need a visa until beginning of 2015 (Palestine Syrians need a visa since 2014). They are mostly families with children. Now that Algeria asks them for a visa, […]

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A testing time for Europe

JESC — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:02:23 +0000

The hottest news topics in Europe this summer have been the Greek crisis and the refugee drama. Both the crises which dominated the summer headlines ultimately present the same challenge: solidarity within the EU and solidarity with people fleeing from war, discrimination and misery. On the Greek Aegean islands, both crises came into a frontal […]

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Adaptation or needed resilience

JESC — Tue, 19 May 2015 10:11:01 +0000

The impact of climate change will become more intense and its effects will be irreversible. We will have to adapt to new physical and climatic conditions. This article is the third in a series of monthly pieces that aims to prepare our readers for COP21, the UN Conference on Climate Change that will take place […]

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Frontiers of fear

JESC — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:48:20 +0000

Since January 2015, it is estimated that 2000 people have died by drowning in the Mediterranean Sea whilst trying to reach Europe. Dozens more suffer major injuries in their attempts to cross the border between the Moroccan town of Nador and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Many of the victims include unaccompanied minors. It was […]

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Comment vivons nous le contexte de la Grèce d’aujourd’hui?

JESC — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:12:46 +0000

Nous sommes un groupe de personnes, jésuites et laïcs, résidant à Athènes concernées par la crise sociale et économique qui frappe la Grèce depuis six ans. La Grèce: ce pays qui aime tant la vie, tant la liberté (éleutheria !) mais qui a connu aussi tant de crises, tant de dominations, menaces et désorganisations dans son […]

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Catholic leaders call for due diligence in supply chains

JESC — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:06:14 +0000

More than 70 Catholics bishops have signed the statement we reproduce here calling the EU to reinforce the supply chain due diligence in order to stop the complicity of transnational companies in funding conflicts. We need supply chain due diligence to stop complicity in funding conflicts Companies are selling products containing natural resources that fuel […]

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Fuel Poverty

JESC — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:33:24 +0000

In its 2007 review of “Housing, Energy and Thermal Comfort,” the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended a minimum temperature of 21°C in living rooms, and 18°C in all other rooms as a minimum standard of thermal comfort for the protection of human health. Households requiring 10% or more of their income to attain this WHO […]

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Strategies to confront Extreme Poverty in Europe

JESC — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:11:06 +0000

Contrary to popular imagination, not all politics is immediately and continuously conflictual. It is possible in all parliaments to cooperate across the lines of party or group ideology. In the European Parliament. one vehicle for such shared reflection is the system of twenty-seven parliamentary ‘Intergroups’ – structures (with clear parliamentary rules) which promote informal exchange […]

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