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Geneva

Ambassador Sergio Marchi joins ICMC

GENEVA, 1 September 2009—ICMC is pleased to welcome Ambassador Sergio Marchi to its Geneva Headquarters where he will contribute to a greater understanding of the potentials offered by more fluent global mobility and labour markets in his role as Special Advisor to the Secretary General beginning 1 September 2009.Read more<

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Spain

Cardinal: "Don't condemn migrants to death"

RIMINI, ITALY, 27 August 2009 (Zenit<)—Amid an Italian debate over the fate of some African immigrants, Madrid's archbishop is appealing for help for those who undertake the difficult voyage in search of a better future.Read more<

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Italy

Prelate appeals for consideration of migrants' needs

VATICAN CITY, 25 August 2009 (Zenit<)—The secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers is stating that a new Italian law making irregular migration a criminal offense is an "original sin."Read more<

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Italy

Vatican, bishops urge respect, help for migrants

VATICAN CITY, 25 August 2009 (CNS<)—Prompted by a sea tragedy involving the apparent deaths of dozens of Eritreans trying to reach Italy in a rubber raft, the Vatican and the Italian bishops urged authorities to guarantee rescue, medical help and respect to migrants in trouble.Read more<

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Italy

Migrants council affirms right to be helped

VATICAN CITY, 23 August 2009 (Zenit<)—There is a human right to be welcomed and helped, says the president of the Vatican's council on migrants, who lamented the death of several dozen North Africans who died in the Mediterranean as they tried to reach Italy.Read more<

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Sri Lanka

UK Agency calls for Tamil resettlement

LONDON 20 August 2009 (UCAN<) — As heavy rain worsens the already poor conditions in Sri Lanka's refugee camps, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) in the UK, has added its voice to calls for Tamils displaced by the civil war to be allowed to return home.Read more<

ICMC Governing Committee

Patriarch Gregorios III participates in meeting of the International Catholic Migration Commission

GENEVA 19 August 2009 (Byzantine Catholic Church in America<)—Recently elected to the Governing Committee of the ICMC, His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III was keen to attend its meeting in Geneva on 13 July.Read more<

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Sri Lanka

Archbishop calls for expediting resettlement of refugees

MADHU SHRINE, SRI LANKA 18 August 2009 (UCAN<) — Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has called on the government to speed up the resettlement of refugees displaced from their homes around the popular Madhu shrine in the north of the country.Read more<

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Pakistan

Displaced minorities return to Swat Valley

MARDAN, PAKISTAN 7 August 2009 (UCAN<) — Christian and Sikh families have started returning to the Swat Valley and surrounding areas following their displacement during military operations against Taliban militants.Read more<

Pakistan

"Protecting rights to the life we deserve", ICMC Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 10 August 2009 (CAFOD<) — CAFOD interviews ICMC staff member Zahra Hassan*, as they work to protect vulnerable people in Northern Pakistan.Read more<

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