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.
Asia   Sri Lanka Church struggles to pick up pieces for returning refugeesJAFFNA, 23 November 2009 (UCAN<)—The government program to resettle Tamils displaced in the 26-year civil war is descending into chaos as thousands of people are dumped in a Jaffna sports stadium without adequate resources, Church workers say.Read more< Philippines In Philippines strife, uprooting is a constantDATU PIANG, 22 November 2009 (NY Times<)—For most refugees here, the long-running conflict between the Philippine government and Muslim separatists on the island of Mindanao has become such a part of their lives’ rhythms that they have lost track of how often fighting has displaced them.Read more< Indonesia Shots fired after bribe demand refused: refugeeTANJUNG PINANG, 16 November 2009 (SMH<)—Indonesian authorities opened fire on a boat full of Afghan refugees, wounding two people, after demanding a bribe the Afghans could not afford to pay, one of the refugees says.Read more< Philippines Men flock to counseling website for overseas workersQUEZON CITY, 12 November 2009 (UCAN<)—A Jesuit university center's free online counseling service for overseas Filipino workers is attracting an overwhelming majority of males seeking help, an "unheard of" phenomenon, says the founder.Read more< Philippines 'Migrants boost local economies but see rights ignored'QUEZON CITY, 10 November 2009 (UCAN<)—Migrant workers are invaluable to economic development and yet their rights are often disregarded, Father Fabio Baggio, director of the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC), says.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<  |
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