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.
Caribbean    Fifth regional meeting on migration Latin American Bishops Meet on Migration: “A Global Phenomenon with Pastoral Implications”SANTA DOMINGO, 30 May 2012—Representatives of Bishops’ Conferences from ten (10) countries in Central America, Caribbean, the U.S., and Mexico gathered together in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for their fifth regional meeting on migration. This annual event works to promote the rights of migrants and evaluate country-specific church responses culminating in a statement which highlights priority needs and calls for action to close protection gaps of migrants.Read more<  Stranded Haitian children find new hope for the futureWASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—More than one year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, unaccompanied Haitian children with especially complex situations remain ‘in limbo’ in shelters in the Dominican Republic (DR), awaiting decisions on their best long term interests for the future.Read more< Haiti Deportations to Haiti should be halted, say USCCB Migration Committee Chair and Chairman of Catholic Relief ServicesWASHINGTON, 7 February 2011 (USCCB<)—In a joint letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano February 7, Archbishop José H. Gomez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, chairman of the Board of Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ international humanitarian agency, expressed opposition to the recent resumption of deportations to the nation of Haiti.Read more< The Americas Regional bishops issue joint statement on migrationWASHINGTON, 4 June 2010 (USCCB<)—Participants at the Catholic bishops’ Regional Consultation on Migration in Washington, June 2-4 issued a joint statement calling for protection, hospitality, service and justice to immigrants throughout the hemisphere.Read more< Haiti US repatriates 88 Haitians amid criticismSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 16 February 2010 (The Associated Press<)—The US Coast Guard repatriated 88 Haitians to the country's north coast on Tuesday, days after they were rescued from a sinking boat off a nearby island.Read more<  Haiti Catholic service agencies call for rigorous safeguards in protecting Haitian childrenWASHINGTON, 4 February 2010 (USCCB<)—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4th, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian children in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.Read more<  |
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