Canadian Jesuits International supports the Jesuit Migration Network (RJM-CANA in Spanish), which  offers humanitarian relief and accompaniment to vulnerable migrants and refugees from Central America, and most recently, from South America and other parts of the world.

The network offers food, medication, shelter, psychosocial support, and legal advice to thousands of people fleeing conflict, violence, human rights violations, and economic and political crises. The network also defends their rights through advocacy, in keeping with the Jesuit commitment to “promote compassionate and humane policies that honour the dignity of every person.”

Tens of thousands of migrants cross South America each month through the Darien Gap in Panama: people from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, and parts of Asia and Africa, including children and adolescents The Darien Gap is  a stretch of treacherous mountains and jungles between Colombia and Panama, where migrants are at the mercy of criminal gangs and other dangers.

Migrants in the region lack access to basic human rights and face discrimination. This has been exacerbated by the tightening immigration policies of the United States and Mexico and the increasingly complex cross-border refugee application procedures in Mexico and in Central America.

Please join Canadian Jesuits International in supporting RJM-CANA's efforts to assist vulnerable women, men and children.

Coordinator:

Lizbeth Gramajo
Coordinator, Jesuit Network with Migrants Central America and North America (RJM CANA)