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State of the Plantain and Veterinary Pharmacy Projects at Grepen Center in Haiti Situated in the commune of Gros Morne where 3 out its 8 sections have suffered from gang violence, the Jean Marie Vincent (Grepen) Center has had to keep a low profile and downsize or even suspend…

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State of Immigration in the United States (Part 3 of 3) Part 1 can be found HERE. Part 2 can be found HERE. What is this doing to our communities?

Part 3 of our series:
What is this doing to our communities? and How can we support one another?

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State of Immigration in the United States (Part 1 of 3) If you’ve had a hard time keeping track of the policy developments and accompanying judicial stays related to immigration, you are not alone. This blog series is meant to provide an overview of the…

If you've had a hard time keeping track of the policy developments and accompanying judicial stays related to immigration, you are not alone. Read our 3 part blog series where we unpack it all. quixote.org/posts/state-...

Join Quixote Center for Love Thy Neighbor- A prayer vigil for our immigrant community

Upholding Not Undermining International Law: Civil Society Open Letter to States | Human Rights First The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights,…

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Emergency Campaign Supports 256 Families in Haiti In April, our partners at LaChandler Parish in Gros Morne reached out to Quixote Center to ask for emergency assistance to respond to an influx of displaced persons and deported migrants. Deportation…

On this World Refugee Day we want to thank all who supported our emergency campaign to support displaced persons and deported migrants in Gros Morne, Haiti. Because of you, we were able to support 256 families!
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Sanctions- an interventions coercion tactic or tool for positive change?

The Signs of the Times More than half of the people in Haiti are facing severe hunger, with at least 8,000, specifically among those displaced and living in tent camps, facing starvation. Gang violence killed 5600 people…

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Join us for a webinar-
Stranded and Forgotten: The Human Cost of US Deportation Policies

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5-6) Meeting with community leaders in Miramar to talk about how to help migrants.

3) Kim and partners at Miramar, discussing how to respond to the challenges that migration patterns bring. The small community of about 300 cares deeply about arrivals but does not have the resources for a comprehensive response.

4) Kim and Fred at Fe y Alegria

None committed crimes in the US. They applied for asylum and were then expelled. Many have no identification documents and study here under a temporary 30 to 90-day status trying to figure out what to do. They cannot legally work and do not speak Spanish.

More Panama Highlights:

1-2) The gymnasium at Fe y Alegria, a Jesuit facility repurposed to house the people expelled from the US on military flights last month. They are all from Asia and Africa, and very young.

3) A room inside the abandoned building housing migrants.

4) The boats that go to Colombia from Miramar. The total cost is $250 per person to get there. There is only one boat a day and it fits 30 people. 30 people per boat once a day

2) The local Catholic Church in Miramar serving lunch and drinks to a group of 34 people there, including 14 children. They are stuck because they can’t pay the cost of the boat to get them to Colombia. (There are no roads that connect.) They are all returnees from attempts to go north.

The Panama delegation is having an eye opening experience on their trip. Here are some recent highlights:

1) A vacant building repurposed to hold stranded migrants from Venezuela, in Miramar, Panama.