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.
Turkey   News bites Canada to take in 5,000 refugees from Turkey, reports Today's ZamanCanadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, who paid a visit to Syrians living in refugee camps in Turkey on Monday, has stated that his country would resettle up to 5,000 refugees currently living in Turkey by 2018.Read more< ICMC Turkey Resettlement Support Center (RSC) for refugee resettlement
 ICMC Resettlement Support Center Turkey and Middle East Assistant Secretary Anne Richard of the US Department of State’s Population, Refugees, and Migration visited the ICMC Istanbul officeISTANBUL, 13 September 2012 - Assistant Secretary Anne Richard of the US Department of State’s Population, Refugees, and Migration visited the Istanbul office of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). The Assistant Secretary toured the program offices, observed an interview with a refugee being considered for resettlement to the United States, and participated in an adult and youth cultural orientation class for refugees ready to depart for the US.Read more<  U.S. State Department Officials enjoy ICMC visit with refugees in IstanbulISTANBUL, 8 March 2012—ICMC’s Resettlement Support Center (RSC) for Turkey and the Middle East was honoured to receive the visit of Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), David Robinson, on March 8 and 9. Ambassador Robinson was accompanied by U.S. Consul General Frederic Kilner, PRM Deputy Director of the Office of Europe, Central Asia, and The Americas Nancy R. Iris, Refugee Coordinator Steven Ruken and PRM Program Officer Alden Greene.Read more<  Turkey: Governor’s welcome offers refugees a refreshing reprieve on World Refugee DayTURKEY, 20 June 2011—Rarely able to travel far beyond their host city of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, nearly 200 refugees relished the opportunity to gather at the 26th of August Natural Park for a festive day of food, games and children’s crafts some 20 kilometers outside of the town centre, in celebration of World Refugee Day.Read more< Turkey Turkey: Decision to lift fees on refugee residence permits welcomedISTANBUL, 25 March 2010—ICMC welcomes the decision made by the Turkish Ministry of Interior to allow Turkish residence permits to be issued free of charge to asylum seekers and refugees who meet certain criteria.Read more<  |
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For over 60 years the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) has served hundreds of thousands of refugees from around the world. The resettlement of refugees from countries of first asylum to the United States has been at the heart of ICMC’s activities since its creation.