Category - refugee

'In' and 'out' in Palestine and Israel

Timothy Seidel — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:05:17 +0000

As Christians who come from a privileged part of the world, our convictions should compel us to listen to the voices of our Palestinian brothers and sisters, voices too often silenced, says Timothy Seidel, reflecting on who is 'in' and 'out' and why.

Canadian Mennonite agency presses for action on refugees

staff writers — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Threats, intimidation, assassinations and massacres have forced about 3.5 million Colombians to flee their homes and relocate to other areas in the country - writes Gladys Terichow of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American peace church relief and development organisation.

Somalia conflict is fuelling refugee crisis, says Norwegian agency

staff writers — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:13:32 +0000

Conflict in Somalia is fuelling fears of a new refugee crisis, according to Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), a development agency with considerable experience in the region.

Growing Tamil refugee crisis disrupts Sri Lanka celebrations

staff writers — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:18:25 +0000

Almost all the churches in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka shunned Christmas celebrations due to a refugee crisis in their war-stricken region ‚Ä' writes Anto Akkara of ENI.