Rome: As the world marks the Jubilee of Migrants, Brother Michael Schöpf, SJ, International Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), has issued a stark reminder: providing aid to migrants and refugees is a moral imperative, not a choice. Speaking to Vatican News, Brother Schöpf highlighted the mounting challenges faced by displaced populations worldwide and warned that political neglect has shifted from oversight to deliberate exclusion.

According to Brother Schöpf, 2025 has seen a dangerous escalation in the vulnerability of displaced people. “We have entered a period of deliberate starvation of refugees,” he said, reflecting on years spent at the frontline of forced migration. He described a global landscape in which solidarity is eroding, political hostility is rising, and socie

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