GENEVA, 28 January 2011 (UNHCR<)—The UN Refugee Agency welcomes a new law adopted by Mexico on protection of refugee and asylum seekers. The new law was formally signed by President Felipe Calderón on Wednesday, by which the law enters into force.Read more<
ATHENS, 26 January 2011(MSF<)—“The Greek government should immediately improve living and hygiene conditions in the border police stations and detention centres for migrants and asylum seekers in Evros region,” said the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The situation in these facilities has reached emergency levels. Every day men, women, children, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors are experiencing a cruel and inhumane reality that has serious implications for the physical and mental health of the migrants.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2011 (ECRE<)—Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).Read more<
GENEVA, 17 December 2010 (UNHCR<)—UNHCR is dismayed that on 15th December Sweden once again forcibly returned a group of some 20 Iraqis to Baghdad. Among this group – sent back on the eve of Ashura – were five Christians originally from Baghdad.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 16 December 2010 (December 18<)—Yesterday, on the eve of International Migrants Day, a delegation of international, European and Belgian civil society organizations and trade unions delivered a petition to the Belgian EU Presidency urging the EU Member States to ratify the UN Migrant Workers Convention.Read more<
GENEVA, 18 December 2010 (IOM<)—Governments need to open their eyes to the benefits of migration and share that vision with the public at large, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants Day.Read more<
GENEVA, 14 December 2010 (UNHCR<)—The head of the UN refugee agency, António Guterres, marked today’s 60th anniversary of the organization he heads by appealing for strengthened global impetus in tackling the world’s new and fast-evolving displacement and statelessness problems.Read more<
QOSH, IRAQ, 12 December 2010 (New York Times<)—A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling to protect them.Read more<
GENEVA, 10 December 2010—UNHCR is urging EU member states, and FRONTEX as the EU's external border agency, to ensure that asylum in Europe is not being threatened in the drive for tighter policing of the continent's external borders. Our concern is that in its efforts to stem illegal migration, Europe should not forget that among those seeking to enter the EU are people who need international protection and are at risk of their lives.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 9 December 2010—Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the political spectrum were recently confronted with evidence of substantial inequalities in access to healthcare across the EU. A Public Hearing held on 8 December in Brussels highlighted how undocumented migrants—especially undocumented pregnant women and children – are threatened by both legislative and practical barriers when trying to access healthcare.Read more<
WASHINGTON, 4 February 2010 (USCCB<)—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4th, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian children in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 1 February 2010—The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is pleased to welcome Ms. Hazel Williams to the ICMC Europe office in Brussels, Belgium as Resettlement Coordinator, where she will work in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to strengthen the engagement of European Union Member States in refugee resettlement.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 1 March 2010—ICMC Europe joins forces with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), launching a new project on refugee resettlement in Europe 8-9 March in Timisoara, Romania.Read more<
VIENNA, 23 January 2010—High-level Church leaders gathered in Vienna discuss global approaches to migration and appeal for solidarity with Haiti at the 109th meeting of the International Catholic Migration Commission Governing Committee.Read more<
GENEVA, 15 January 2010—In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, ICMC joins with its member bishop’s conferences worldwide in expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families, and the essential role that Haitian migrants can play in the country’s recovery.Read more<
GENEVA, 18 December 2009—Practical and humane solutions are within reach for governments and all people, combining good sense with solidarity in how societies respond to men, women and children who migrate to and from other countries.Read more<
TAIWAN, 13 December 2009—Spearheaded by the Migrants’ Empowerment Network in Taiwan (MENT), Church-based organizations and local NGOs in Asia call attention to the plight of domestic workers and caregivers in Taiwan with a public rally and statement.Read more<
TURKEY, 5-13 November 2009—ICMC representatives join delegates from the US Department of State, the American embassy and the UN Refugee Agency in a field mission to promote and strengthen the US refugee resettlement process locally.Read more<
ATHENS, 3 November 2009—Joining with some 235 civil society representatives and over 140 governments for the third Global Forum on Migration and Development in Athens, Greece this week, ICMC calls for rights, sensibility and a new look at the global governance of migration.Read more<
GENEVA, 14 October 2009—The International Catholic Migration Commission, other NGOs, government representatives, international organizations, and labor organizations joined Members of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers for the day of discussion on Migrant Domestic Workers, leading up to a process the International Labor Organization (ILO) has launched to develop an international convention with labor standards for all domestic workers.Read more<
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