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Fr. Charles Chilufya , Director of the Jesuits Justice Ecology Network Africa (JENA).

Jesuits in Africa Commit “to welcome, protect, promote, seek integration of migrants”

Jan 24, 2020

At the conclusion of a three-day conference in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, participants, mainly Jesuits ministering in Africa and Madagascar and their collaborators, resolved to show hospitality to migrants, refugees and the internally displaced within the African continent, welcoming, protecting, promoting and seeking their integration in society.

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