Tensions High Between Refugees and Locals After Lesbos Fire
The director of Greece’s Catholic charitable organization said the situation on Lesbos island remains tense after a fire at a refugee camp left at least 12,000 homeless.
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Groups File Complaint After Report Alleges Immigrants Subjected to Hysterectomies
Groups that support immigrants have lodged a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General saying that a nurse has come forward with detailed allegations of mass hysterectomies she said have been performed on immigrant women in detention in a Georgia facility.
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Pope to Take Post-Pandemic Pleas to Global Stage
Pope Francis to address the COVID-19 pandemic during the U.N. General Assembly. By Cindy Wooden,...
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At Mexican Camp Near U.S. Border, Asylum-Seekers Grow More Desperate
Fear has gripped the camp in recent weeks as at least seven individuals have been found murdered with their bodies left along the river’s edge in an area where camp residents used to wash and bathe.
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Common Good, Not Greed, Must Motivate Search for Vaccine, Pope Says
The common good—and not political or economic gain—should be at the heart of the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, Pope Francis said.
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