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FLIGHT AND MIGRATION Between Homelessness and Hospitality One World Theology (Volume 13) OWT Vol.13 (MIGRATION AND FLIGHT) 5.25x8.5 (278 pp) 4th draft.indd 1 26/11/2019 2:58 PM FLIGHT AND MIGRATION BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND HOSPITALITY 13 Edited by Klaus Krämer and Klaus Vellguth CLARETIAN COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC. OWT Vol.13 (MIGRATION AND FLIGHT) 5.25x8.5 (278 pp) 4th draft.indd 2-3 26/11/2019 2:58 PM FLIGHT AND MIGRATION Between Homelessness and Hospitality Contents (One World Theology, Volume 13) Copyright © 2019 by Verlag Herder GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau Published by Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. U.P. P.O. Box 4, Diliman 1101 Quezon City, Philippines Preface ......................................................................................... ix Tel.: (02) 8921-3984 • Fax: (02) 8921-6205 [email protected] www.claretianpublications.ph Causes of Migration and Flight Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. (CCFI) is a pastoral endeavor of the Determinants and Organization of Migration in Asia ........... 3 Claretian Missionaries in the Philippines that brings the Word of God to people from all walks of life. It aims to promote integral evangelization and renewed spirituality that is Graziano Battistella geared towards empowerment and total liberation in response to the needs and challenges of the Church today. Poverty, Violence and Marginalisation ................................ 13 CCFI is a member of Claret Publishing Group, a consortium of the publishing houses of Causes of Migration and Displacement in Latin America the Claretian Missionaries all over the world: Bangalore, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Chennai, Josef Estermann Colombo, Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Macau, Madrid, Manila, Owerry, São Paolo, Varsaw and Yaoundè. Causes of Migration and Flight in the African Context ........ 23 Jordan Nyenyembe Pull Factors as a Blessing ................................................... 33 Migration as a valuable impetus for European societies in more than just economic and demographic terms Klaus Vellguth Situation of Migrants/Refugees in Different Contexts Coexistence and Interaction between Immigrant ............... 53 and Local Catholics in Germany Tobias Keßler Out to Work ......................................................................... 67 International labor migration and changing parental roles in the Philippines Maruja M. B. Asis, Valentin Mendoza and Cecilia-Ruiz Marave Cover design by Novel Bernabe P. Estillore Layout design by Ma. Myreen Q. Gayos All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without written permission from the publisher. ISBN: 978-621-426-116-1 v OWT Vol.13 (MIGRATION AND FLIGHT) 5.25x8.5 (278 pp) 4th draft.indd 4-5 26/11/2019 2:58 PM vi Flight and Migration Contents vii Migration Movements in Latin America ................................ 75 The Response of the Church to the Challenge of Migration and the Caribbean Pastoral Care for and among Migrants – ............................ 205 Current Situation, Pastoral Support and a A Plea for “Catholic Diversity” within the Church Theology of Migration Luigi Sabbarese Jorge E. Castillo Guerra The Response of the church to the Challenge .................... 213 Situation of Migrants/Refugees in African Context ............. 87 of Migration Mathias Burton Kafunda A Philippine experience Sr. Mary John Mananzan Theological and Socio-ethical Perspectives on Migration / Flight Theological and ethical Perspectives .................................. 99 The Responses of the Church to the Challenge .................. 227 on Human Mobility of Immigration Fabio Baggio Gioacchino Campese How much Migration can Theology tolerate? ..................... 111 The Response of the Church in Africa ................................. 237 Theological and Socio-ethical Perspectives on Migration to Human Migration and Refugees Polykarp Ulin Agan Muthuphei Albert Mutavhatsindi and Maniraj Sukdaven Migration and Memory ........................................................ 127 Appendix An Ethic for Migrants Index of Authors ................................................................... 251 Peter C. Phan Index of Translators ............................................................. 257 Theological and Socio-ethical Perspectives ........................ 149 on Migration / Flight Jaco Beyers Pastoral Care for Migrants in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe Pastoral Care for Refugees and Migrants ........................... 161 Stefan Heße Witness as Withness .......................................................... 171 Pastoral Care of Migrants in Asia Gemma Tulud Cruz The Pastoral of Human Mobility in Latin America ................ 181 Carmem Lussi Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees in Africa ............... 193 David Holdcroft OWT Vol.13 (MIGRATION AND FLIGHT) 5.25x8.5 (278 pp) 4th draft.indd 6-7 26/11/2019 2:58 PM Preface The challenges posed by migration and flight are the center of interest in this volume of the One World Theology series in which theologians from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe present their specific, context-related perspectives on a number of key theological, missiological and universal Church issues. The discussion of migration and flight in this volume reflects both the character and the objective of the One World Theology series with its focus on missiology and the universal Church. One of its main aims is to ensure that the topics concerned are seen and debated from differing standpoints. Hence, in each of the anthologies in the series theologians from different geographical and cultural backgrounds have an opportunity to set out their views and thus to contribute to a polyphonic universal Church discourse. In the first chapter of the present volume the authors inves- tigate the causes of migration and flight in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe. In the second chapter they turn their attention to the situation of refugees and migrants in the different regions and con- tinents. The third chapter presents theological and socio-ethical per- spectives on flight and migration while the fourth chapter is devoted to the provision of pastoral care for migrants in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. In the fifth and final chapter the contributors examine the responses of the Church to the challenges arising from migration and flight on the different continents. In his article on “Determinants and Organization of Migration in Asia”, Graziano Batistella shows that there are many different ways of regulating migration on the continent and tackling it in a constructive manner. He points to the migration corridors that exist and says that the organisation of migration has become a lucrative, albeit problem- atical business. He argues that the migrants themselves should be treated as subjects in the regulatory schemes and advocates their involvement in the development of viable concepts. In conclusion ix OWT Vol.13 (MIGRATION AND FLIGHT) 5.25x8.5 (278 pp) 4th draft.indd 8-9 26/11/2019 2:58 PM x Flight and Migration Preface xi Batistella categorises the phenomenon of migration in words that ring in more than just economic and demographic terms” in which he true in both Asia and beyond: “Migration is a statement against the looks at why refugees and migrants choose Germany as a country unjust order of the world. The division between affluence and poverty, of destination. He begins with a historical retrospective in which he protected for centuries by arms and policies of exclusion, is being makes it clear that migration is inseparably bound up with the history questioned in the US, in Europe and in Asia. It is no longer possible of Homo sapiens as a race. He goes on to examine the pull factors that some will enjoy prosperity because others suffer impoverishment. for migration to Germany, making a distinction between refugees The well-being of some requires the inclusion of all.” and asylum seekers, on the one hand, and migrant workers on the other. He concludes by showing that the Church’s position on In his contribution entitled “Poverty, Violence and Marginalisation migration at the beginning of the third millennium correlates with – Causes of Migration and Displacement in Latin America” Josef an economic perspective in which migration is recognised as a Estermann says that the composition of modern-day Latin America positive economic factor. is the outcome of three movements of migration and conquest. First of all, there was the migration of the mestizos, whose ancestors In the second chapter the authors look into the situation facing originally came from Europe. They mixed with the indigenous popu- migrants and refugees in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. In lation to varying degrees. Secondly, there is the original indigenous his article on “Coexistence and Interaction between Immigrant and population who were severely decimated and have been virtually Local Catholics in Germany” Tobias Keßler points out that migration excluded from public life for a long period of time. Thirdly, there is and flight cannot be seen exclusively as a challenge to society. On the the Afro-American population, the descendants of African slaves, who contrary, as exemplified in the work carried out by Giovanni Batista continue to suffer discrimination and exclusion. The impoverishment Scalabrini, migration can be seen as an expression of God’s plan of of large sections of the population of Latin America has led to internal salvation, through which He aims to bring together all