A community of Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has been living in El Ejido, a municipality in the Andalusian province of Almeria, for 50 years. The Bantabá project is focused on migrants arriving from many parts of the Mediterranean; practically all the people who come are in an irregular situation in Spain.
Hna. Carmen Notario, Hermanas para la Comunidad Cristiana.
The news of migrants killed, injured or harassed as they try to enter the United States should horrify us and drive us to action. Their lives matter. The human right to migrate matters.
I met Penina 15 years ago, when I volunteered as a family mentor for Catholic Charities Refugee Services. Now she is dead, and I wish I could tell her: Thank you, my friend, for your grace, beauty, dignity and affection.
