The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Policy Building & AdvocacyICMC’s policy building and advocacy activities form a central pillar of the work and service of the commission, promoting a positive approach to migration that embraces the human dignity of all migrants─regardless of his or her immigration status. With strategically located offices in Brussels (ICMC Europe), Geneva (Headquarters) and Washington DC (ICMC Inc), ICMC gives voice and representation to its Members─and the migrants they serve─in a variety of critical policy debates and decision-making processes on international and regional levels. Thanks in part to close working relationships with international institutions such as the Council of Europe, European Commission (EU), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), as well as with governments, faith-based organisations and civil society more broadly, ICMC not only amplifies the voice of the Church on migration internationally, but also serves as a knowledgeable resource on current migration-related developments for its Members, staff and partners around the world. In particular, ICMC has continued to lead civil society efforts to reinforce the centrality of human dignity, rights and well-being with migration and development related processes, such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development. As a part of this work, ICMC launched MigrationAndDevelopment.net, an on-line point of reference and exchange for NGOs, faith-based and labour organisations, scholars and policy-makers working within the field of migration and development. In addition to policy and advocacy activities on international levels, ICMC also engages with local authorities, government ministries and civil society to provide training and capacity building towards the improved development and implementation of national migration-related laws, policies and standards. ICMC staff supporting our on-the-ground programmes further advocate for uprooted people on a case-by-case basis, often for survivors of human trafficking and other extremely vulnerable individuals.
   News bites Statement on Trafficking in Human BeingsEach human being is a free person, whether man, woman, girl or boy, and is destined to exist for the good of all in equality and fraternity. Any relationship that fails to respect the fundamental conviction that all people – men, women, girls and boys – are equal and have the same freedom and dignity constitutes a grave crime against humanity.Read more< 2011 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs Triple jeopardy: Young, migrant and statelessGENEVA, 28 June 2011—Speaking as part of a panel of experts at the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, ICMC U.S. Liason Officer, Jane Bloom, discusses the intersections of migration and trafficking, of demographic imbalances and mobility, of cross-border marriages and lapses of nationality, all of which are "unfinished pieces" of the rapidly expanding globalization puzzle.Read more< Good Shepherd Asia Pacific Workshop From migration to trafficking: A slippery slopeKUALA LUMPUR, 16 February 2011—Gathered together with more than 50 counter trafficking experts from across South East Asia, ICMC U.S. Liaison Officer Jane Bloom presented workshop participants with an analysis of the multiple facets for migration and trafficking and the church's collective role in preventing trafficking, and in protecting those most likely to become victims.Read more< |
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