In response to seven days filled with tragedies suffered by boat people off the coasts of Africa, Asia and the Americas, the International Catholic Migration Commission sounds a loud “Mayday!” to governments, international institutions, civil society organisations and the media to respond with urgency and humanity to the plight of the men, women and children in these crossings.
Published reports over just the seven days January 16-23 have described:
Jan. 17: At least 500 asylum seekers from Burma and Bangladesh pushed out to sea on boats, and abandoned, without engines, and according to survivors, with little or no food or water and their hands tied. In one report, more than 100 migrant workers were feared drowned after a warship forced their barge back out to sea, leaving it adrift.
Archive for January 27th, 2009
Fil-ħarġa ta’ din il-ġimgħa ta’ The Maltese Herald, Charles Spiteri jikteb dwar il-ftuħ tat-tieni fażi tal-Missjoni Djoċesana
