Archbishop tells UN protection for refugees is insufficient

VATICAN CITY (CNS<)—The number of refugees is growing and resettlement space is shrinking, highlighting a need for international solutions, a Vatican official said.Read more<

Roma: Moving from social stigma to moral and structural responses

September 2010—In the face of recent mass expulsions and return of Roma in France, serious concerns have been raised about the diminished respect for the human person and his or her rights, and the effectiveness and usefulness of forced returns. ICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, reflects on the need to positively manage human mobility without limiting or rejecting numbers or targeted groups of people.Read more<

Fighting trafficking a challenge in Malaysia

PENANG, 20 September 2010 (UCAN<)—Malaysia is becoming a key transit point as well as destination for global human trafficking activities, a workshop learnt recently.Read more<

Pakistan flood survivor: "I have nothing but my family"

ISLAMABAD, 24 August 2010—As flood waters continue to cover acres of land in Pakistan, ICMC makes an urgent appeal to donors to support the organisation’s front-line response to the medical needs of thousands of families in flood-affected areas.

An estimated 18 million people have been affected by Pakistan’s most recent natural disaster, and the sheer scale of the catastrophe has been described by United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon as “almost defying comprehension.” “This is far more than a disaster for Pakistan alone,” he said earlier this week, “this represents one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our time.”Read more<