ICMC has a long history of assisting governments with processing refugees and migrants accepted for resettlement. ICMC is currently managing the OPE in Istanbul, processing refugees referred for resettlement to the United States by UNHCR in Turkey, Lebanon, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Pakistan and India. ICMC maintains permanent offices in Pakistan and in Turkey while covering other locations through temporary missions.

ICMC prepares the case files (including case history, security checks, and relevant references) upon which the interview of the refugee by the US government adjudicating officer is based. Upon acceptance of the case, ICMC conducts brief cultural orientation courses for all refugees (one case may comprise more than one refugee), facilitates medical check ups and refers the case to US based resettlement agencies charged with receiving refugees upon arrival in the United States. Travel arrangements are made by IOM.

Iranian and Iraqi refugees currently constitute the bulk of the cases processed, though Somalis, Afghans, Sudanese, and Bhutanese are also represented. 8000 refugees were processed by ICMC in 2008 while we expect to process the same number in 2009.