Good news to start #NewYear2024: just before Xmas a protocol securing safe passage to Italy for a further 1500, primarily from Libya, was signed. #humanitariancorridors offer hope once more. nev.it/nev/2023/12/20… UNHCR Italia Il Viminale Farnesina 🇮🇹 @ArciNazionale Comunità di Sant'Egidio

Excellent start to #2024 for Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe. #CCME's new ExCom meets in #Brussels to take stock and set its agenda for this year. Much to be done & a thirst to do it well. World Council of Churches (WCC) Svenska kyrkan remonstranten Mediterranean Hope Ιερά Σύνοδος Evangelische Kirche et al

And we're off... PCUSA World Mission Mediterranean Hope Global Ministries Reformed Church draws together those with lived experience and global partners engaged in supporting #peopleonthemove for three days of discussion, reflection and goal-setting. #daretospeak #signsofhope #togetherwearestronger

Plaudits from Mediterranean Hope to MPI Europe & María Belén Zanzuchi for the policy brief on transitioning out of #complementarypathways programmes, an key topic for #COMET partners cometnetwork.eu UNHCR Italia INTERSOS FonsCatalàCooperació Open Arms Reset Communities for Refugees 🧡 EKvW

"Protecting refugees requires all countries - not just those neighbouring crisis zones - to uphold their obligations." Exactly. All of us should fear the abdication of responsibility which courses through the veins of this policy - and the vigour with which it is being pursued.

Revd. Judy Nelson, President of the General Synod of the Reformed Churches in America visited the Anglican Centre this morning. Interesting conversation around the need for Ecumenical collaboration!

Some Church of Scotland Celtic representation at the The Anglican Centre Rome reception last night. A warm welcome to #Rome to the Anglican Communion Primates as they spend time together in pilgrimage, prayer and discussion this week. May this dialogue be transformative.

Sincere thanks to The Anglican Centre Rome for hosting the visit with Reformed Church delegates (and Mediterranean Hope staff): a shared vision of ecumenism in practice is certainly something to celebrate.

Last week marked the ten year anniversary of Mediterranean Hope, refugee and migrant programme of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI). Well done, all. It's a joy to work with the creative, committed and talented Mediterranean Hope team. #safepassage #dignityforall

28th May: #savethedate Those advocating for #complementarypathways well know the curve balls which a changing political context can present. Join Mediterranean Hope's COMET network discussion on challenges and mitigation strategies. Register at cometnetwork.eu/webinar-comple…

And we're off! @medhope joins UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR's Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways in #Geneva. #CRCP2024 draws together state & civil society reps from across the world to learn from and challenge each other. #pathwaystoprotection #handshakesnothandcuffs

Huge thanks from Mediterranean Hope to Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative for facilitating this energetic and dynamic discussion and for the opportunity to share good practice from #Italy.

Deep appreciation from those at Mediterranean Hope for this practical expression of #solidarity in our tenth anniversary year - may you feel the sun at your back as you cycle!

Today, 95 NGOs incl. @Amnesty Danish Refugee Council Oxfam International and Human Rights Watch call on the new #EU leadership to safeguard territorial asylum in Europe. As the UK-Rwanda scheme is rightly declared "dead and buried", the EU must put to bed further attempts to mimick this model.👇 amnesty.org/en/latest/pres…

📜📷Joint statement: 95 NGOs including Amnesty EU, Danish Refugee Council, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam EU and Mediterranean Hope urge the future #EU to uphold the right to #asylum in #Europe. 📷 🇪🇺 amnesty.eu/news/joint-sta…

A worthwhile visit to #Geneva to discuss and strengthen relations between World Council of Churches (WCC) World Council of Churches and #CCME Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe. Across the world #Migration touches people of all faiths and none. Time to speak out. bit.ly/4cPCQEV

#Solidarity matters. Great to join GlobalRun2024, first - with #CRCP delegates - at #Geneva launch on 7th June (youtu.be/MvUOFnbQBmk) and then - with IrishEmbassy HolySee and Athletica Vaticana - in rainy #Rome on 19th October (youtu.be/x8w-FNhQDBQ?si…). Stronger together!

An urgent matter. #Resettlement & Complementary Pathways enable refugees to rebuild lives in safety & contribute to society. Ahead of #CRCP2025, our Working Group is meeting in #Madrid . Mediterranean Hope thanks Accem , UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency & Ministerio Inclusión Seguridad Social Migraciones for this important exchange.

Delighted to open the #COMET4Refugees final conference in #Barcelona - an opportunity to share, reflect and act. Sincere thanks to our excellent partners who have journeyed with Mediterranean Hope over the past 3 years. See cometnetwork.eu

Another 27 lives lost off the coast of Lampedusa. Another needless tragedy. Mediterranean Hope staff comment in words bit.ly/417SB7d and pictures.