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.
Syrian Arab Republic   News bites Syrian refugees streaming into Jordan, reports Fox NewsZAATARI, Jordan – A wave of 21,000 Syrian refugees in the past week, moving into northern Jordan at about five times the usual daily rate, has overwhelmed this crowded camp that's already struggling with flooding, short supplies and tent fires.Read more< News bites Sanctions hit humanitarian aid to Syria, IRIN saysDAMASCUS, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Humanitarian and developmental aid agencies in Syria say international sanctions against the country have made their operations harder.Read more< 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<  ICMC work reported in the New York Times Syrian Refugees Strain Resources in JordanMAFRAQ, JORDAN — Shaking with fear, Abu Abdel Hadi tripped and fell three times in the dark as he fled across the desolate desert from Syria into Jordan. The 65-year-old was clutching his grandchildren, intent on shielding them from snipers who often lie in wait along the border. But that night the family — 19 members in all — made it safely through the danger zone.Read more<  Crises: Syria EU not doing enough for Syrian refugees, NGOs sayInternational Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Amnesty International, and Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) urged the European Union to step up its efforts to alleviate the suffering of civilians in Syria. In particular they asked that EU members allow entry and grant international protection to Syrian asylum seekers, increase funding of the UN Syria Regional Response Plan, expand programs for Syrian and third-country refugee resettlement, and support the neighbouring countries receiving these refugees. LeSoir Face aux 500.000 réfugiés syriens, la machine humanitaire a des ratésDans la capitale jordanienne, tous les matins, c’est la même chose. Devant l’immeuble du haut-commissariat de l’ONU aux réfugiés (HCR), des centaines de personnes se pressent, bravant le froid piquant. Beaucoup de Syriens, et encore plus de Syriennes. Les yeux des femmes sont rouges, quand ils ne sont pas encore gorgés de larmes.Read more<  |
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