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.
   Research Bondaged souls: Migration and the situation of trafficking in Sabah, MalaysiaComplimentary to an accompanying DVD, the Bondaged Souls counter-trafficking training manual provides step-by-step recommendations for running effective workshops for policy makers and other stakeholders concerned about cross-border human trafficking, particularly in Malaysia.Read more< Background paper Women in need of international protectionThis background paper was prepared for the Caritas Internationalis conference on "The female face of migration", held in Saly, Senegal in December 2010. It addresses displacement,and the need to integrate women’s issues in all stages of programme planning, women-oriented policies, needs assessments and data collection, and more creative needs-based programmes for women. Read more<  Working in concert: Building common ground for the global governance of migrationIn the lead up to the 2010 Global Forum on Migration and Development, ICMC has released its latest report, Working in concert. The report represents a synthesis of findings borne of the informal dialogue that was held with a broad range of senior migration actors to help stimulate public discourse of the need of a global governance of migration, facilitate relevant benchmarks and encourage decision makers to take up the cause with appropriate urgency.Read more< Putting “needs-first” in rights-based approaches to mixed migrationAppearing in Refúgio, Migrações e Cidadania, Cuaderno de Debates, a quarterly publication produced by the Instituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos, this document serves as a useful backgrounder to the issues arising in situations of so-called 'mixed migration', including the challenge of responding adequately to the protection needs of all those involved.Read more<  A report on joint resettlement in the European Union 10,000 refugees from IraqPublished by ICMC and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), this report provides an examination of how far European Union (EU) Member States have come to meet the EU Council Decision of November 2008, as well as an analysis of how Iraqi resettlement in EU countries involved in this first experience of joint resettlement in the European Union, and a series of key recommendations to policy-makers.Read more< Migrant domestic workers Prospects and process of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers General CommentIn June of 2009, the International Labour Organization (ILO) voted to prepare an international instrument enumerating, for the first time, labour standards specifically for domestic workers. This paper describes the movement being made in that direction, focused specifically on addressing the concerns and basic rights of migrant domestic workers.Read more<  Research on urban refugees Protection, mobility and livelihood challenges of displaced Iraqis in urban settings in JordanICMC consultant Geraldine Chatelard examines the motivations, current context and effects of both the Iraqi displacement and the conspicuous urban preference, framing central issues and approaches to assistance and protection for Iraqis during their displacement and beyond.Read more< University research paper Trans-Saharan voyages of vulnerability: The serial victimization of boat people before the boatICMC Policy intern Brandon Stinchfield demonstrates that the trans-Saharan migratory experience of boat people is equally, if not more, important to research and understand as their perilous sea journeys.Read more< Learning from the cayuqueros: What the African "boat people" are teaching Spain-and Europe-about immigration policyThe lessons learned from contemporary migration situations such as the African boat people have every potential to serve as useful catalysts for the development and implementation of coherent, applicable and collaborative approaches to migration policy.Read more< |
 
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