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   Syria Undocumented, overlooked and struggling to surviveDAMASCUS, 31 March 2010 (IRIN<)—Thousands of non-Iraqi and non-Palestinian refugees and asylum-seekers in Syria risk deportation and ill-treatment, and cannot get the help they need, according to refugee agencies.Read more< Displaced Iraqis Surviving in the cityGENEVA, 27 July 2009 (UNHCR) — "Nothing really prepared us for this operation, so we had to adopt an unconventional approach to the way we did business." Those are the words of a UNHCR staff member in the Syrian capital of Damascus, referring to the challenge of responding to the massive Iraqi refugee exodus that has taken place since 2006.Read more< Displaced Iraqis "Greater efforts needed to help refugees outside Iraq," says senior UN officialGENEVA, 21 July 2009 (UNHCR<) — A senior official with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has pressed Iraqi authorities to do more to include refugees living outside the country’s borders in its national reconciliation process.Read more<  Palestinian refugees arrive in Romania en route to resettlementTIMISOARA, Romania - 59 Palestinian refugees have been evacuated to Romania from the Al Waleed desert camp in Iraq.Read more<  ICMC Welcomes European Resettlement of Vulnerable RefugeesThe International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) welcomes recent decisions by Iceland and Sweden to resettle vulnerable Palestinian refugees from camps in Iraq, and in neighbouring border areas.Read more< ICMC Resettlement Deployee Beyond numbers and quotas: Agony between the linesICMC deployee, Viveka Bergh, reflects on the stories of so many Iraqi refugees hoping for resettlement, and finds inspiration in seeing the most vulnerable cases find acceptance in countries such as Sweden.Read more<  |
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