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Unveiling of new website brings invitation to apply now for GFMD Civil Society Days

GENEVA, 19 August 2011—In the countdown to the 2011 Global Forum on Migration and Development, a new website providing broad information about the GFMD has been launched, together with the invitation for civil society representatives to apply now to participate directly in the 2011 Civil Society Days.Read more<

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Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011

GFMD 2011: Support for Civil Society receives boost with appointment of new programme staff

GENEVA, 4 July 2011—The International Catholic Migration Commission is pleased to welcome Ms. Wies Maas, Senior Programme Officer, and Mr. Andrés Morales, GFMD Programme Officer, to its Geneva headquarters, in support of Civil Society activities related to the 2011 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).Read more<

ICMC Headquarters<Migration and development<

Catholic groups and partners call for ratification of ILO Convention on Domestic Workers

GENEVA, 21 June 2011—“After adoption, ratification!” was the call of over 70 NGOs and labour groups from 5 continents, including domestic workers themselves, at a conference hosted by the International Catholic Centre of Geneva on June 3rd and 4th, 2011.Read more<

ICMC Headquarters<Migration policy and governance<

International Labour Conference

Holy See draws attention to drivers of innovation and progress at ILO conference

GENEVA, 8 June 2011—Congratulating the ILO for its "steadfast service" to social development on the ocassion of the 100th session of the International Labour Conference, H.E. Silvano Tomasi notes the sizeable challenges resulting from a "financial crisis of unprecedented depth" and calls for explicit attention to the social and economic impacts of youth unemployment, employment conditions for women and the protection of domestic workers.Read more<

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Ethiopian Bishops to UN: “The crying voices of migrants in the Sinai are getting louder and louder at our doors”

GENEVA, 6 June 2011—Ethiopian Bishops’ Conference Secretary General and ICMC member, Abba Hagos Hayish, made a plea to governments, international organizations and civil society representatives gathered at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling for action on behalf of the hundreds of migrants kidnapped and held hostage for ransom in the Sinai desert.Read more<

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A regional workshop to exchange practices and expertise

Responding to boat arrivals and mixed migration flows in the Mediterranean

SICILY, 10 May 2011—Lending a particular sense of urgency to the issues at hand, nearly one thousand migrants arrived at the island of Lampedusa last week as policy makers, public service providers and local practitioners from eight European countries gathered in Catania, Italy for an experts workshop on practical responses to boat arrivals and mixed migration flows in the Mediterranean.Read more<

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A letter from the Secretary General

‘Pooling' sovereignty into new definitions of international responsibility

Amid the resurgence of boat arrivals of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to some of the European Union’s (EU) Mediterranean shores, discussions on appropriate responses and levels of responsibility amongst EU Member States have risen to unprecedented levels.Read more<

Commission mixte Méditerranée

Les évêques de la Méditerranée pour un autre regard sur les migrants

TUNIS, 4 mai 2011 (La Croix<)—L’immigration était au cœur d’une rencontre entre évêques catholiques d’Europe et du Maghreb, qui s’est achevée hier à Tunis.Read more<

Africa<Church networking and action<Europe<

Vatican takes part in migrant forum in Australia

3 May 2011 (Vatican Radio<)⎯The Vatican’s Council for Migrants and Itinerant People President Archbishop Antonio Vegliò, and under-secretary Fr Gabriele Bentoglio are in Australia from 2 to 14 May on the invitation of the late Bishop Joseph Grech (former Bishops Delegate for the Pastoral care of Migrants and Refugees).Read more<

Australia<Church networking and action<Pacific<

Iraqi refugees in Jordan falling into "absolute poverty"

MILAN, 13 April 2011 (TerraSanta.net<)—Many Iraqi refugees in Jordan are falling into poverty because the government prohibits them from working or settling in the country, a Vatican official has said.Read more<

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