MEXICO CITY, 27 August 2010 (Zenit<)—The Church in Mexico is calling for justice and respect for all immigrants, as authorities in the nation are trying to identify the bodies of 72 Central and South Americans slain as they tried to reach the United States.Read more<
August 2010—ICMC has released its 2009 Annual Report, offering a snapshot of the organization’s ongoing work on behalf of vulnerable migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons over the course of the past year.Read more<
GENEVA, 19 August 2010—On the occasion of the second annual World Humanitarian Day, ICMC pays tribute to the courage, dedication and sacrifices of all humanitarian staff working under extreme conditions to support those most in need of protection.Read more<
TORONTO, 17 August, 2010 (CNS<)—For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.Read more<
16 August 2010— The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF) urges the international community to play its part in meeting the immediate needs of millions of Pakistanis, as well as tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, and also warns that without long-term funding, rebuilding this devastated country will prove virtually impossible.Read more<
GENEVA, 6 August 2010—Humanitarian disaster faces Pakistan in the aftermath of the heaviest monsoon rains in the country’s history. Heavy flooding due to these rains has left over 1500 dead and has affected at least 6 million people,most of whom are in urgent need of food, safe drinking water, as well as medical services.Read more<
BRAZIL, 6 August 2010—Concerned by continuing upward trends in human trafficking, representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Ministry of Justice of Brazil, community leaders, members of civil society and members of the press joined with the Church organization Sector Pastoral da Mobilidade Humana (Sector of Human Mobility) of Brazil to reaffirm their commitment to strengthen anti-human trafficking efforts, launching a new publication entitled, Confronting human trafficking.Read more<
MALTA, July 2010—In a statement issued by JRS Malta, the agency expressed grave concern about the return of the 27 Somali asylum seekers, rescued on Saturday night from a vessel in distress within Malta’s SAR, to Libya.Read more<
SINTRA, PORTUGAL, 16 June 2010—Over 45 participants and facilitators from 13 European countries gathered in Sintra last week for three days of networking and targeted knowledge-sharing on the reception and integration of resettled refugees.Read more<
AUSTRALIA, June 2010—Longserving ICMC Governing Committee Member Sister Maryanne Loughry R.S.M., received Australia’s highest honours last month, when she was granted a Member of the Order of Australia award in recognition of decades’ worth of service to migrants and refugees.Read more<
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