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.
Belgium   Belgium Wasting skills and talents is an economic and social nonsenseBRUSSELS, 15 April 2010 (ECRE)<—Today and tomorrow, EU Integration Ministers will meet in Spain to discuss immigrant integration policies, including migrants’ access to employment. The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) urges Ministers to make the most of refugees and asylum seekers’ talent by enabling them to participate in the labour market.Read more< Brussels Migrant integration: Commission announces a new EU strategy and presents the third 'Handbook' at the Zaragoza Ministerial ConferenceBRUSSELS, 15 April 2010 (EUROPA<)—Representatives from all Member States are gathering for two days in Zaragoza from 15 to 16 April to discuss how migrant integration can become a driver for social cohesion in the EU. At this Ministerial Conference, the European Commission will release the third edition of its 'Handbook on Integration for policy-makers and practitioners', focussing on the role of mass media in integration, the importance of awareness-raising and migrant empowerment, dialogue platforms, acquisition of nationality and practice of active citizenship, immigrant youth, education and the labour market. The 'Handbook' completes the set of measures foreseen by the 2005 Common Agenda for Integration, which also included the setting up of the National Contact Points on Integration, the European Web Site on Integration, the European Integration Forum and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-country Nationals. Commissioner Malmström has announced a new EU strategy on integration for the coming years.Read more< Belgium EU Commission strengthens the fight against trafficking in human beingsBRUSSELS, 29 March 2010 (Europa<)—The European Commission today proposed new rules to step up the fight against trafficking in human beings. The new proposal will help to combat modern slavery by ensuring consistency of national rules on crimes and penalties, better assistance for victims and tougher action to prosecute criminals responsible for trafficking.Read more< ICMC Europe Hazel Williams appointed ICMC Resettlement CoordinatorBRUSSELS, 1 February 2010—The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is pleased to welcome Ms. Hazel Williams to the ICMC Europe office in Brussels, Belgium as Resettlement Coordinator, where she will work in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to strengthen the engagement of European Union Member States in refugee resettlement.Read more< Belgium Five NGOs open a camp in the heart of Brussels, BelgiumBRUSSELS, 18 November 2009 (MSF<)—Vluchtelingenwerk, Vlaanderen, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Medecins du Monde and Caritas International - see no other option but to go ahead and build a refugee camp in the heart of Brussels in order to provide care to asylum seekers.Read more<  NGOs call on the EU to live up to their responsiblility toward IraqIn a panel discussion organised tomorrow in Brussels, an Iraqi refugee, the director of the Iraqi Youth League and several other international experts will address the role of the EU in the Iraqi displacement crisis.Read more<  |
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