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International Forum on Migration and Peace

The role of the Church in promoting social cohesion

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ANTIGUA 29 January 2009 - ICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, presents five core fields of action that demonstrate how the Church meaningfully contributes to and engages in promoting social cohesion and peace, both in programming and in policy building.

Five core ranges of action are essential in the Church's efforts to achieve a paradign shift in the global discussion of migration and development. Namely,

  1. the Church's promotion of social cohesion between migrants and local communities, towards a more holistic, human vision of development;
  2. strengthening the tools that regulate the transit from less humane conditions to more humane ones;
  3. promoting families and family unity, as a part of social cohesion;
  4. generating and strengthening a rights-based approach;
  5. and accompanying individuals in their journey and in their relations with local communities.

ICMC argues that migration must be discussed, not only with respect for the economic and social forces involves, but also for the lives, hopes, challenges, contributions and common good that migrants and citizens share and can benefit from together.


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