Border Churches Help Migrants On Two Continents04:14
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April 21, 2016

Churches are helping migrants across the world – at the United States-Mexico border, as well as in Europe. Above, a nun washes her hands at El Comedor, a free dining hall in the Mexican border town of Nogales. (Stina Sieg/KJZZ)

The immigration crisis in Europe and in the American Southwest have generated powerful, polarized reactions. Two churches, one in Arizona, the other in Italy are working together to help migrants from across their respective borders. Stina Sieg of Here & Now contributor station KJZZ in Phoenix reports.

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Stina Sieg, senior field correspondent for KJZZ. She tweets @StinaSieg.

This segment aired on April 21, 2016.

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