The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
   Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 GFMD 2011: Support for Civil Society receives boost with appointment of new programme staffGENEVA, 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<  Turkey: Governor’s welcome offers refugees a refreshing reprieve on World Refugee DayTURKEY, 20 June 2011—Rarely able to travel far beyond their host city of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, nearly 200 refugees relished the opportunity to gather at the 26th of August Natural Park for a festive day of food, games and children’s crafts some 20 kilometers outside of the town centre, in celebration of World Refugee Day.Read more<  "Paving the way": New handbook provides ‘rich inspiration’ for refugee resettlement in EuropeBRUSSELS, 7 June 2011—Joined by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Catholic Migration Commission launched today a new handbook for policy makers and local practitioners working in the area of refugee reception and integration.Read more<  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<  ICMC salutes the “spirit of ‘51”: Organizing mobility, then and nowGENEVA, 5 June 2011—Sixty years ago today, in times of epic post-war displacement and emigration from Europe to the Americas, lay people and clergy from Italy, Germany and the United States joined the future Pope Paul VI and Cardinal Joseph Frings of Germany in calling for the creation of a new, international Catholic commission to support refugees and migrants ‘with special care and unremitting aid’.Read more<  New appointment consolidates relationship between Pontifical Council for Migrants and ICMCGENEVA, 19 May 2011—Testimony to the importance of consolidated cooperation on migration issues, Pope Benedict XVI has nominated ICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, as a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.Read more< A letter from the Secretary General ‘Pooling' sovereignty into new definitions of international responsibilityAmid 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<  Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 ICMC to take leading role in coordination of Civil SocietyGENEVA, 27 April 2011⎯Under a new format intended to boost interaction with States and drive action on issues that affect the world’s 215 million international migrants, their families, and countries to and from which they migrate, ICMC has accepted the invitation to organize civil society activities connected to this year’s Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).Read more<  Emergency in the South Mediterranean: NGOs issue joint call for actionBRUSSELS, 6 April 2011—Amid news of the arrivals and disappearances of boats carrying people fleeing from continuing turmoil in Libya, and with thousands of others still seeking safety within the North African region, NGOs have issued a joint statement calling for action and cooperation anchored in the core values of the Union that is solidarity, humanity and respect for human rights.Read more<  Stranded Haitian children find new hope for the futureWASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—More than one year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, unaccompanied Haitian children with especially complex situations remain ‘in limbo’ in shelters in the Dominican Republic (DR), awaiting decisions on their best long term interests for the future.Read more< |
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