War is bad enough. Having to settle down in a foreign country as a refugee can be traumatic, but to be forced to uproot once again after finally settling down, just seems too much to bear. Read about what’s threatening the refugees from Rwanda, who’ve settled down in Zambia if the relevant governments get their way. Thankfully the bishops are taking the side of the voice-less and marginalized. This is what ENI-News reports under the heading  “Zambian Catholic bishops oppose repatriation of Rwandan refugees: Roman Catholic bishops in Zambia are protesting a government attempt to repatriate nearly 5,000 refugees who fled different episodes of inter-ethnic violence in Rwanda between 1959 and 1994. The bishops are urging the government to consider integrating migrants into the local community, since many have lived in Zambia for more than 50 years. “We are greatly disturbed by complaints among refugees, especially those from Rwanda, that the Ministry of Home Affairs in agreement with the local United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and possibly the government of Rwanda, is trying to forcefully repatriate Rwandese refugees from Zambia,” said the bishops in a statement. [419 words, ENI-12-0071]