Tag: migrant

columns2020 Uncategorized

Promoting the dignity of migrants

Post author By Web administrator
Post date December 13, 2020

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI

“All migrants are entitled to equal protection of all their human rights. On this International Day, I urge leaders and people everywhere to bring the Global Compact to life, so that migration works for all” —UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Friday, December 18 is International Migrants Day. “It is a day set aside by the UN to recognize the estimated 272 million migrants that are integral members of all our societies today… it is also a day to recognize the generosity and warmth of the host communities that have embraced newcomers arriving with little or nothing to their names.” (Guterres).

Tags Archdiocesan Ministry for Migrants and Refugees, migrant, migrants

columns2017

Remain in Christ, turn tests into testimonies

Post author By Web administrator
Post date December 31, 2017

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

Today, the last day of 2017, we have an opportunity to review the past year and to plan for 2018.

It was on December 28, 2016 that my father, Balgobin Ramdeen, passed away in hospital in London. My siblings and I were angry as we felt that he died because of hospital negligence. I quarreled with God. His funeral was held on January 5, 2017 and I had to deliver the Eulogy.

God calmed me as I reflected on what a privilege it was that God had placed my siblings and me in Pa’s care. I was not going to let my anger steal the joy of having had such a wonderful father to teach and guide me. My dear mother, Ruby Ramdeen (nee Manning), had died in 1995. Together, Ma and Pa raised us well.

Tags migrant, refugee, World Day of Peace

columns2016

A place at the table for migrants, refugees

Post author By Web administrator
Post date December 18, 2016

Today the world observes International Migrants Day, a day when we should commit to stand in solidarity with migrants and refugees to promote their human rights and ensure that there is a place at the table of life for all.

The Gospel of Christ calls us to promote human life and human dignity, and to work towards integral human development – not for some, but for all.

Tags human rights, migrant