May Refugee Vigil at the Home Office

Home Office Vigil

Victims of global migration who died in May last year will be remembered at a prayer vigil outside The Home Office from 12.30pm to 1.30pm next Monday 15 May. This is the monthly remembrance of migrants who have lost their lives fleeing war, persecution and famine.

The list of the dead to be remembered includes Hassan from Sudan who committed suicide on 11 May 2022 and was found hanging in trailer in Transmarck, near Calais, after the rejection of being refused asylum in three countries. Also a Syrian fleeing the bloodshed in his country who was shot by Turkish border guards near Ain Dewar (Syria) while trying to cross the Syrian/Turkish border 12 May 2022, and 76 people who drowned, when their crowded boat on the way from Libya sank off Tunisia.

The monthly one-hour vigil remembers and prays for all who died on their perilous journeys in the same month last year. Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the 'Fatal Policies of Fortress Europe': border closure, push backs, asylum laws, detention policy and deportations. It is held on the third Monday of every month from 12.30pm, remembering those who have died and praying for those still struggling for safety. It is organised by the London Catholic Worker, the Diocese of Westminster Justice and Peace Commission and the London Churches Refugee Fund.

The liturgy for the vigil can be found at:

https://westminsterjusticeandpeace.org/