Serving Separated and Reunited Families: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward to Promote Family Unity

October 2018 - A report sharing insights and information on the social services provided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) during the family separation crisis.

USCCB Delegation Trip to Haiti

September 2017 - A delegation from Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops traveled to Haiti to assess the impact and importance of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the region.

USCCB Delegation Trip to Central America

August 2017 - A delegation from Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops traveled to Central America including El Salvador and Honduras to assess the impact and importance of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the region.

USCCB Delegation Trip to Southeast Asia

August 2016 - A delegation from Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops traveled to Southeast Asia, including stops in Australia, Burma/Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to assess the impact of migration in the region.  

USCCB Delegation Trip to Turkey, Bulgaria & Greece

September- October, 2014: A delegation from the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (hereafter referred to as the "Committee on Migration") traveled to Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece to assess the impact in those countries of the growing humanitarian refugee crisis caused by the Syrian conflict.

USCCB Delegation Trip to Central America

November, 2013: A delegation from USCCB/MRS—accompanied by Bishop Seitz of El Paso—recently traveled to Mexico and Central America to examine and understand the plight of unaccompanied migrant children in the region.

USCCB Delegation to Southern Africa

September, 2013: Report of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholics Bishops on their delegation trip to Southern Africa

USCCB Delegation to the Middle East Report

October, 2012: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Migration has authorized a mission to the Middle East to examine the situations of African refugees in Egypt and Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey.

DR Haiti Report
June, 2012: Report of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on their delegation trip to the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Mission to East Africa: Vulnerable Refugee Populations and the Need for Solutions

October, 2011: Report of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on their delegation trip to East Africa

Mission Trip to Haiti and the Bahamas

July/August, 2010: Report of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on their delegation trip to Haiti and the Bahamas

Zimbabwe and South Africa Mission Trip

September, 2009: Report of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops