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displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
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2008 Global Forum on Migration and Development
MANILA October 2008 - Welcoming the new energy and spirit of cooperation of the 2008 Global Forum on Migration and Development, ICMC and its Members call for a shift towards discourse and policy making on migration and development that centres upon the fundamental human dignity of a migrant his or her labour and family unity. Faced today with global economic dislocations of epic proportion, and quite predictable and dangerous social impulses to scapegoating and xenophobia, "we can no longer afford" to trifle with or delay policies needed to build and reinforce social cohesion. In preparation for the 2008 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), ICMC consulted with its worldwide network of Members, and found that four issues cut across all others: family, forced migration, fairness and frameworks. In this statement to governments and civil society stakeholders at the GFMD Civil Society Days, ICMC argues that opportunities for family unity and re-unification play an important role in promoting social cohesion, including within labour migration schemes. ICMC further contends that "migration should be by choice, not by necessity", requiring thinking and strategies to support decent work and sustained development in countries of origin. no  Church Networking and Action ICMC and U.S. Bishops partner to expand protection for unaccompanied minorsWashington DC, 17 April 2014 (ICMC) - Since 2012 the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S./Mexico border has risen from 24,120 to an estimated 60,000. The majority come from the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, where they have been forced to flee gangs and high levels of generalized violence. The dangers follow them in their perilous journey through Mexico; by the time they reach the U.S., many have been subjected to beatings, rapes, starvation, kidnapping, and trafficking.Read more< ICMC Members Number of unaccompanied minors in the US is risingMIAMI, 29 March 2014 (Miami Herald) - Irene Granados celebrated her 16th birthday while walking through the desert two years ago trying to reach the United States — and safety. Brothers Javier and Denis Girón, 13 and 17, floated on a raft across the Rio Grande last year — also in a bid to reach safety. Granados and the Girón brothers were fleeing their native Central American countries where gang violence is spreading. The three are part of a surge in unaccompanied children and teenagers flowing across the Mexican border to the United States.Read more< |
 
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