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.
Tunisia   Eritrean family leaves Tunisia border camp for new life in BelgiumCHOUCHA CAMP, Tunisia, 20 July 2011 (UNHCR<)—Filmon was born in Eritrea and says his heart is there, that he never dreamed nor wished to be far removed from his country. Yet this week he and his family boarded a plane and headed for a new life over 5,000 kilometres away.Read more< Tunisians save hundreds as another Lampedusa-bound boat capsizesTUNISIA, 3 June 2011 (UNHCR<)—At least 150 people have drowned and scores remain missing following a boat capsizing off the Tunisian coast on Wednesday afternoon. This appears to be one of the worst and the deadliest incidents in the Mediterranean so far this year.Read more< UNHCR urges more international support to ease tensions at Tunisia border campCHOUCHA CAMP, Tunisia, May 27 2011 (UNHCR<)—The UN refugee agency has urged donor and resettlement countries to step up assistance for thousands of refugees and migrant workers caught up in this week's disturbances at a camp near the Tunisia-Libya border.Read more<  ICMC responds to emergency situation in Libya, urgently deploying protection experts to Egypt and TunisiaGENEVA, 17 March 2011—Amid urgent calls for the protection of those fleeing violence in Libya, ICMC bolsters key partnerships and rapidly deploys six refugee protection experts to UNHCR emergency resettlement operations in Egypt and Tunisia, assisting efforts to find solutions for the increasing number of refugees in the region.Read more<  |
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