AfricaAfter seven days of horror around the world Mayday!An International distress call from ICMC to help boat people, in response to seven days filled with tragedies suffered by boat people off the coasts of Africa, Asia and the Americas.Read more< 96th Council Session of IOM The importance of "unmixing" migrationIn a presentation at the 96th Council Session at the IOM on December 5th, ICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, addressed the gaps in mixed migration flows.Read more< The Mediterranean "Illegal immigration needs political solution," says PopeVATICAN CITY, 31 August 2008 (Reuters<) — Pope Benedict today called for an effective political solution to deal with the human problems of illegal immigration from Africa to Europe.Read more< Learning from the cayuqueros: What the African "boat people" are teaching Spain-and Europe-about immigration policyThe lessons learned from contemporary migration situations such as the African boat people have every potential to serve as useful catalysts for the development and implementation of coherent, applicable and collaborative approaches to migration policy.Read more< Paroles d'ExilsOuvrage rassemblant près de 200 témoignages et récits de vie de migrants entre l'Afrique et l'Europe.Read more< Council of Europe: European Committee on Migration Call for the development of humantarian standards of response to migrant victims of violence or trauma crossing bordersOne of the more complicated challenges facing Europe today is how to respond to mixed migration flows and those who may be injured or traumatised within them.Read more< |