27 January 2011 (Caritas<)—Bishop Joseph Coutts, President of Caritas Pakistan, talks about the challenges Caritas faces in Pakistan six months after the country was devastated by extensive floods.Read more<
AMMAN, January 2011—With the generous support of private donors in Jordan, Germany and the United States, twenty disadvantaged Iraqi, Jordanian and Somali families gathered to enjoy a thanksgiving lunch where the shared sense of community took precedence over daily struggles.Read more<
Between January and June 2010, ICMC deployees working in 24 countries worldwide, referred 27,435 refugees for resettlement. While the final figures for the full year have not yet been confirmed, it is likely that ICMC deployees will build on the success of 2009, when they submitted a total of 54,780 refugees for resettlement consideration.Read more<
SAO PAOLO, 11 December 2010 (CNBB<)—In a year-end message widely distributed in mainstream media throughout Brazil, H.E. Odilo P. Cardinal Scherer "invites humanity to overcome its divisions, unjust relations and indifference before everything that goes against the dignity of the other", highlighting the challenges and opportunities afforded by migration. Read more<
GENEVA, 16 January 2011—On the occasion of the 97th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) celebrates the human drive to belong, to protect, to grow and to share in family, and the immeasurable importance of family in the lives of migrants and refugees in all corners of the world.Read more<
MEXICO CITY, 13 January 2011 (CNA<)—Auxiliary Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez of Durango, Mexico is asking Catholics in his country to be hospitable to immigrants and refugees who enter Mexico through its southern border.Read more<
LITTLE ROCK, 8 January 2011 (Arkansas Catholic<)—"Do you know what I am going to do to you?" The cold steel of the pistol against his temple and the acrid smell of gunpowder in the air, Ayman Abbosh knew what the terrorist was going to do, but he dared not answer.Read more<
1 March 2011 (JRS Malta<)—Some 2000 Eritrean asylum seekers stranded in Libya have made a desperate appeal for help to the Catholic Church in Tripoli. Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, has urged the international community to rescue them by providing a way out of Libya to safety.Read more<
GENEVA, 17 December 2010—Having served over fifteen years as an active member ICMC and its Governing Committee, the International Catholic Migration Commission celebrates the life and contributions of H.E. Archbishop François Gayot, who passed away 16 December 2010 at the age of 83.Read more<
GENEVA, 10 December 2010—On International Human Rights Day, the human rights community is celebrating the new UN guidance that offers specific recommendations on regulating and monitoring recruitment processes and working conditions for migrant domestic workers, avoiding sponsorship and other high-risk immigration policies, and increasing access to justice and family unity.Read more<
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