DAMASCUS, 23 November 2010 (Global Post<)—Thirty-eight-year-old Um Mustafa* enters the living room of her Damascus apartment carrying a tray with tea and biscuits for each of her guests. Handing them out, she laughs as she explains that this July day is the third anniversary of her family’s flight from Iraq to Syria.Read more<
STRASBOURG, 18 November 2010 (UNHCR<)—The integration of foreigners into European societies is the subject of a heated and sometimes acrimonious debate in Europe. What is often missing from this discussion is an understanding of the specific challenges that refugees, as opposed to other foreigners, face when trying to integrate in this important region.Read more<
PAKISTAN, 5 November 2010 (United Nations<)—The United Nations says more than 27 million people are displaced within more than 50 countries around the world as a result of armed conflicts. At least half this group—more than 13 million—are children. The world body is introducing guidelines to help governments and humanitarian agencies protect and provide for this group's special needs.Read more<
WASHINGTON, D.C., 3 November 2010 (USCIRF<)—The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on Baghdad’s Our Lady of Salvation Catholic church and expressed its sincere condolences to the victims and their families. Reports indicate that at least 40 worshippers, two priests, and 10 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed, and more than 60 people were wounded.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 29 October 2010 (ECRE<)—In a letter to EU governments, ECRE and its member organisations across Europe call on EU countries to follow the example of Belgium, the UK, Iceland and Norway, which have stopped sending asylum seekers to Greece and are examining the cases nationally.Read more<
25 October 2010 (BBC News<)—The EU is for the first time sending border guards to help Greece stem an influx of migrants entering across the land border with Turkey.Read more<
SAN DIEGO, 19 October 2010 (10News<)—Two sisters who were born and raised in Iraq but separated for the past 12 years finally reunited in San Diego on Tuesday.Read more<
GENEVA, 8 October 2010 (UNHCR<)—A recent UNHCR survey of Iraqi refugees living in Syria has found that most are still reluctant to return home on a permanent basis.Read more<
7 October 2010 (BBC News<)—Migrant workers are suffering worst in the aftermath of the global recession, according to a special report commissioned by the BBC World Service.Read more<
GENEVA, 30 September 2010 (AFP<)—Fourteen international agencies Thursday took a historic united stance against the ill-treatment of tens of millions of irregular migrants, warning of a global trend cast under security concerns.Read more<
GENEVA, 30 September 2009—The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) has launched Conversations on the Global Governance of Migration, a new initiative intended to deepen reflection and convergence in a critical area of migration policy.Read more<
GENEVA, 17-18 September, 2009—UN and government leaders—together with international organizations and civil society leaders, including ICMC—came together to emphasize the need for greater protection of migrants rights at the 12th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.Read more<
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<
STOCKHOLM, 25 August 2009—UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner, Erika Feller, notes the "vital role" that NGOs including ICMC play in refugee resettlement, and encourages States to increase the available resettlement places and build resettlement into "comprehensive solutions strategies".Read more<
Thanks to the support of our Members, partners and donors, 2008 marked ICMC's 57th year of service to vulnerable people on the move. The 2008 ICMC Annual report provides a brief snapshot of the ways in which ICMC policy and operational programmes are making a tangible difference in the lives of uprooted people across the globe.Read more<
VATICAN, 7 July 2009—The Vatican released today Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate, focussing on the human development in charity and truth.Read more<
Events this past month demonstrate the complexity-and risk-of mixing reflexes of rescue at sea that are commendable and comply with international law, with newer policies that go in other directions in unprecedented fashion and speed. The immediate return to Libya of 238 people rescued in international waters was a step across the red line of human dignity, towards a downward slope of diminished human dignity for us all.Read more<
ISTANBUL 5 February 5, 2009 — ICMC Turkey, the regional Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, had the pleasure of receiving Sharon Wiener, the United States Consul General in Istanbul.Read more<
GENEVA, 11 November 2008 — ICMC is pleased to announce the launch of www.MigrationAndDevelopment.net<, a new civil society website on migration and development that will facilitate and support operational programming and partnerships within the field of migration and development.Read more<
GENEVA, 30 October 2008 (ICMC)—ICMC releases a new publication, based on a consultation on migration with ICMC Members throughout Asia, which was held in Manila in August 2008 and jointly organised by ICMC and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.Read more<
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