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Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters, St. Joseph Province - Piacenza (Italy) |
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Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, MSCS |
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The Congregation for migrants and refugees of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinian, is an international religious institution,
with legal status in almost all the 24 countries in which it
exists. It works in different areas - social, legal, welfare, religious, educational -
and is totally devoted to assistance, protection and promotion of migrants and refugees. |
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Congregation of St. Charles Scalabrinian Missionary
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Site of the Congregation of
St. Charles Scalabrinian Missionary Fathers - An international community of religious brothers and priests, founded in Piacenza, Italy, in 1887,
by Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini. |
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Centre for Migration Studies Rome – CSER (Rome – Italy) |
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The Centre for Migration
Studies - Rome is a cultural institution promoted by
the General Directorate of the Congregation of the Missionaries
Scalabrinians. The purpose of CSER is to point out and deepen
the issues
related to migration, which undergoes in Italy and in other
countries continuous changes and transformation. |
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Scalabrini International Migration Institute – SIMI (Rome - Italia) |
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The Scalabrini International
Migration Institute (SIMI) is an international academic
institution promoted by the "Foundation Scalabrini" and
aims at academic education, as well as the upgrading and
updating of scholars, researchers and operators in the
various fields of human mobility. |
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Instituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos – IMDH (Brasilia – Brasile) |
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The Institute Migration and
Human Rights is based on the guiding principles of the mission of
the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Scalabrinians.
It wants to be an active presence in human mobility, offering
its contribution to reflection on the theme of migration. It
also wants to raise the awareness of society and provide legal assistance for the defence and
promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees. |
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Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (Vatican City) |
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Established in 1970 by Pope
Paul VI, the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants
and Itinerant People has the task of studying and
appliying the Pastoral for "people on the move: migrants,
exiles, refugees, fishermen and seafarers,
airworkers, road transport workers, nomads, circus workers,
funfair people, pilgrims and tourists. |
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Italian Episcopal Conference - Foundation Migrantes (Rome – Italy) |
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The Foundation Migrantes is the body
established by the Italian Episcopal Conference to ensure the religious assistance to migrants, Italians and foreigners, to promote the Christian community attitudes and works of fraternal hospitality towards them, to stimulate
within the civil community the understanding and exploitation of their identity in a climate of peaceful coexistence respectful of the rights of the human person. |
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Centro Astalli - Jesuit Refugee Service - JRS |
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The Jesuit Refugees Service is
an international Catholic organisation, active in more than 40
countries, whose mission is to accompany, serve and defend the
rights of refugees and internally displaced people. It has a
fortnightly newsletter - Dispatches - sent by JRS international
office through e-mail |
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR |
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The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. |
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International Organization for Migration - OIM |
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Founded as intergovernmental
organization, in 1951, it as the the task to resettle displaced persons, refugees
and immigrants, the International Organization for Migration
today includes a wide range of management activities of
migration throughout the world, with the aim of protecting human
dignity and the welfare of migrants. |
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Instituto Universitario de Estudos sobre Migraciones (Madrid – Spagna) |
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The University Institute of Migration Studies, linked to Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, was founded in 1994 with the aim
of responding, beginnig from university, to the challenges of contemporary migration.
It publishes "Revista Migraciones". |
