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.
Assist survivors of violence and trauma   Per hoc minui studium suum existimans Paulus, ut erat in conplicandis negotiis artifex dirus, unde ei Catenae inditum est cognomentum, vicarium ipsum eos quibus praeerat adhuc defensantem ad sortem periculorum communium traxit. et instabat ut eum quoque cum tribunis et aliis pluribus ad comitatum imperatoris vinctum perduceret: quo percitus ille exitio urgente abrupto ferro eundem adoritur Paulum. et quia languente dextera, letaliter ferire non potuit, iam districtum mucronem in proprium latus inpegit. hocque deformi genere mortis excessit e vita iustissimus rector ausus miserabiles casus levare multorum. Circa hos dies Lollianus primae lanuginis adulescens, Lampadi filius ex praefecto, exploratius causam Maximino spectante, convictus codicem noxiarum artium nondum per aetatem firmato consilio descripsisse, exulque mittendus, ut sperabatur, patris inpulsu provocavit ad principem, et iussus ad eius comitatum duci, de fumo, ut aiunt, in flammam traditus Phalangio Baeticae consulari cecidit funesti carnificis manu. The Vatican Slavery: Hidden crime of the 21st centuryVATICAN CITY, 10 November 2009 (UCAN<)—Migrants and refugees face unimaginable horrors when they meet people who are out of touch with their own humanity, Augustinian Father John Murray, who works with migrants in Thailand, writes from the Sixth World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and RefugeesRead more< Democratic Republic of Congo Ethnic clashes in DRC cause thousands to fleeGENEVA, 10 November 2009 (VOA<)—The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people who fled ethnic violence in the remote Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 21,800. The mass exodus from the DRC into neighboring Republic of Congo began less than a week ago when fighting between two tribes erupted over farming and fishing rights.Read more< The Vatican Congress seeks response on migration, refugee issuesVATICAN CITY, 4 November 2009 (UCAN<)—Delegates from 12 Asian countries arrive in Rome this week for the World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, which begins on Nov. 9.Read more< Australia Australia puts its refugee problem on a remote island, behind razor wireCHRISTMAS ISLAND, 4 November 2009 (NYTimes<)—Deep in the jungle on this small island lost in the Indian Ocean, Australia’s new $370 million refugee detention center reaches its full power after its lights come on at dusk. Bracketed by rain forest, steep cliffs and the sea, it rises from the enveloping darkness and becomes visible from the island’s only inhabited corner, about 10 miles away.Read more< Australia Twelve Sri Lankans lost in asylum sea tragedySYDNEY, 3 November 2009 (The Australian<)—A dozen Sri Lankan asylum-seekers are feared dead after their vessel capsized in heavy seas as they sailed direct from Sri Lanka, apparently in an attempt to avoid the Rudd government's "Indonesian solution".Read more< Sri Lanka Lankan boat people: human smuggling racket suspectedCOLOMBO, 25 October 2009 (Sunday Times<)—The escalation in the number of Sri Lankan Tamils attempting to enter other countries illegally is causing the government concern and giving rise to speculation that a large-scale human-smuggling racket is under way.Read more<  |
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