ICMC child protection experts give refugee children a chance to rebuild their lives

Suwedi Yunus Abdallah is a child protection expert in Uganda

19 September 2013, Geneva (ICMC) – Suwedi, a Tanzanian educated in India and Britain, is ICMC's child protection specialist working today for UNHCR in Kampala, Uganda.Read more<

Young, motivated and skilled: ICMC caseworkers in Beirut on a mission to help refugees

More than 6,700 Iraqi and some 500 Sudanese refugees registered with UNHCR live in Lebanon. There is no legal framework for refugees in Lebanon, Refugees cannot legally reside in Lebanon, which has not ratified the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; subsequently, many refugees are illegally residing in the country . Without a residence permit, they are often forced to work illegally in precarious conditions.Read more<

Ben Lumsdaine: Recruitment and Outreach Officer, ICMC-UNHCR Resettlement Deployment Scheme

While studying law in Sydney, Ben began volunteering with immigration detention centres and saw first hand the enormous challenges that refugees face upon arrival in Australia.

After graduating in law and social science in 2007, Ben became a policy officer with the New South Wales Justice Department in Sydney.Read more<