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Archbishop Gian Carlo Perego, President of the Italian Bishops’ Fondazione Migrantes, urged Italy to scrap a new decree restricting NGO rescue of migrants at sea. Perego said the decree runs counter to international law, puts more lives at risk, and doesn’t address factors driving migration.

In a meeting with government and NGOs, Chilean Bishops called for more robust regularization processes for undocumented people on the move, especially children and refugees, and more integration support. “It is not enough to welcome, it is necessary to integrate,” said Archbishop Fernando Chomali.

Solidarity and shared responsibility are needed to address migration in our interconnected world, Pope Francis told diplomats to the Holy See. He pointed to the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum as a collaborative framework for “accepting, accompanying, promoting and integrating migrants.”