Presbyterian Mission Agency european union Archives

Peaceful protesters in Colombia face excessive force, injuries and death

Posted May 13th, 2021

A multi-billion-dollar tax reform bill that would have increased taxes on basic necessities including food and utilities sent Colombians to the streets in late April to peacefully protest.

Moria refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece destroyed by fire

Posted September 10th, 2020

Late Tuesday night, the refugee camp Moria, on the Island of Lesvos, Greece, experienced a nightmare.

Churches in Europe urge a coordinated European humanitarian response

Posted March 10th, 2020

“When I left there, I was ashamed — and I consider myself a convinced European — to be a member of this European Union,“ said Martin Dutzmann, the authorized representative of the Protestant Churches in Germany (EKD) at the German government and the EU after returning from his recent visit to the overcrowded and chaotic refugee camp Moria on Lesvos Island. And, he adds, “the EU has kept the situation in the camps on the Greek islands at bay for years.”