Hazel brings to ICMC Europe more than seven years’ experience working with refugees and asylum seekers, having worked most recently as Resettlement Operations Manager with the British Refugee Council and as a Caseworker with Refugee Action. She holds a law degree from Leeds University and is a trustee of Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS).

As ICMC European Resettlement Coordinator, and together with project partners, Hazel will lead work on the reception and integration of resettled refugees through the coordination of training programmes, a good practices user manual and national meetings of resettlement stakeholders. She can be contacted at: hwilliams@icmc.net< or by phone, +32 2 227 97 29.

The new fifteen-month project is financed by the European Commission and is jointly implemented by ICMC, IOM and UNHCR. Participating countries include Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the United Kingdom, Slovakia and Sweden.

ICMC is an international non-governmental organization working directly with migrants and refugees in more than 40 countries around the world, and actively contributing to policy development work at the international level. ICMC advocates and implements rights-based policies and durable solutions for vulnerable refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants across the globe, regardless of faith, race, ethnicity or nationality.

European refugee resettlement: Hazel Williams appointed ICMC Resettlement Coordinator (357.58 KB)