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.
US Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat trafficking in Persons (GTIP)   Malaysia Victims of bonded labour in SabahKota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 25 June 2010 (The Star<)—More than a third of the 150,000 migrants who arrive in Sabah every year are victims of bonded labour, an Indonesian non-governmental organisation said.Read more< Malaysia Human trafficking victim 'sold' twiceKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA, 25 June 2010 (Borneo Post<)—It was the worst 16 days of Albert Joseph’s life. During that short period, he was ’sold’ twice and was forced to work on two jobs foreign to him.Believing that he was a victim of human trafficking, the 37-year-old disclosed that his determination to escape and luck had helped him to be reunited with family members back home.Read more<  Indonesia, Malaysia Counter-trafficking efforts in South East Asia centre on raising awareness, protecting human dignityKOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA—In a press conference held with members of the Malaysian media, ICMC and Archdiocesan Human Development Committee (AHDC) representatives shared how they will be intensifying efforts to raise public awareness of human trafficking, and strengthen the capacity of local organizations involved in counter-trafficking work.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<  |
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