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.
Lebanon   News bites NYT reports on Syrian refugees in Lebanon (23 January 2013)AL-MINYA, LEBANON — For Mohammed al-Ahmad and his wife Zuhour, this is the second cold, wet winter of the war. They passed the first in the Bab Amr district of Homs, a onetime rebel stronghold that was taken back by government forces last February, after a long and unrelenting siege. Much of the neighborhood was destroyed. They have no home to go back to.Read more< Crises: Syria Catholic Organizations coordinate their action to face humanitarian needs of affected populations in and out of SyriaNovember 9th 2012: Catholic Organizations coordinate their action to face humanitarian needs of affected populations in and out of SyriaRead more< Harb drafts laws to protect domestic workersBEIRUT, 11 February 2011 (Daily Star<)—The “first step” in bringing order to the domestic worker sector was unveiled Thursday by caretaker Labor Minister Butros Harb, in the form of a draft law that would compel employers to pay their employees on time every month, give them a weekly day off, and ensure they live in decent conditions.
Lebanon Landmark case sets precedent for protecting migrant rightsBEIRUT—Four years after a Filipina migrant worker was first referred to the ICMC-Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre for protection, legal support and assistance in returning home, her employer has been found guilty of abuse in a landmark case that sets new precedent for protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers and victims of human trafficking who suffer under abusive and/or exploitative employers.Read more< Lebanon Abuse against migrant domestic workers: Landmark case sets precedent for protecting migrant rightsBEIRUT—Four years after a Filipina migrant workers was first referred to the ICMC-Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre for protection, legal support and assistance in returning home, her employer has been found guilty of abuse in a landmark case that sets new precedent for protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers and victims of human trafficking who suffer under abusive and/or exploitative employers.Read more<  Turkey US Consul General visits ICMC TurkeyISTANBUL 5 February 5, 2009 — ICMC Turkey, the regional Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, had the pleasure of receiving Sharon Wiener, the United States Consul General in Istanbul.Read more<  |
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