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 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< Sri Lanka Insecurity, jobs drive Sri Lanka's boat peopleCOLOMBO, 21 October 2009 (AFP<)—Fear of persecution and a lack of jobs at home are driving thousands of Sri Lankans to risk perilous boat rides to developed countries, according to officials and politicians.Read more< Pakistan Pakistan offensive heightens fear of refugee crisisISLAMABAD, 21 October 2009 (WSJ<)—Thousands of refugees fled a Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants Tuesday, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis compounded by dangerous conditions and the onset of winter weather.Read more< Indonesia Boat people sinking in despair as RI officials sit on fenceMERAK, 19 October 2009 (Jakarta Post<)—A dilapidated wooden boat tucked away in the port of Merak, Banten, remains a floating shelter for 255 Sri Lankan migrants caught by the Navy on Oct. 10 drifting in Indonesian waters while trying to sail to Australia.Read more< Indonesia Sri Lankan refugees refuse to leave boat in IndonesiaJAKARTA, 19 October 2009 (VOA<)—A stand-off between Indonesian authorities and a boatload of Sri Lankan refugees attempting to reach Australia is continuing. Indonesian authorities intercepted the boat more than a week ago, but the refugees refuse to leave the vessel until their demands are met. A convicted people smuggler is one of six Indonesian men detained for assisting the group.Read more< Nepal Number of refugees from Bhutan resettled from Nepal passes 20,000 markKATHMANDU, 8 September 2009 (UNHCR<)—Eight-year-old Sita Budhathoki this week became the 20,000th refugee from Bhutan to leave Nepal for a new life in a third country, under one of UNHCR's largest resettlement programmes.Read more<  |
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