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.
   Statements and Presentations Reflections by ICMC Secretary General Caritas in Veritate and the call for a rights-based approach to migrationICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, reflects on Pope Benedict's encyclical letter, Caritas in Veritate<, and the invitation to understand migration and global mobility as the key to building global solidarity. "It is not about immediate solutions", notes Ketelers, "but rather about a road towards better humanity".Read more< European Union "Stockholm programme" Recommendations for the migration and asylum policies in the EUFaith-based organisations from across Europe jointly present suggestions to the EU Stockholm Programme, which shall determine the direction of European Union policies in the area of freedom, security and justice for the next five years.Read more< European Commission green paper Migration and mobility: Challenges and opportunities for EU education systemsBased on a vast and long-standing experience in providing social services and educational support to migrants and migrant children, ICMC and its network of Christian organisations across Europe puts forward some considerations found to be particularly important in the context of the EC's green paper.Read more< European Commission green paper On the future Common European Asylum SystemICMC and organisations representing Churches and agencies throughout Europe concerned with migrants and refugees jointly present comments on the European Union's aim to create "a more accessible, equitable and effective international protection regime.”Read more< Steering Committee for the Ratification of the UN Migrant Workers' Convention Rights, migration and development: Bridging the gapAs the world takes a new approach to global migration, it is time for a fresh look at the Migrant Workers' Convention -- and a new push for more ratifications.Read more< European Commission communication On policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third country nationalsICMC and organisations representing Churches and agencies throughout Europe jointly present comments on the efforts by the European Union to tackle irregular migration and protect and promote human rights both internally and externally.Read more< UN Committee on Migrant Workers Issues concerning migrant workers and their families in and from EgyptICMC responds to the first report submitted by Egypt to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers, emphasizing the rights of migrant families.Read more< European Commission Reflections on the implementation framework of the thematic programme for cooperation with third countries in the area of migration and asylumICMC and faith-based organisations from across Europe express their concerns about the implementation framework of the Aeneas programme and the participation of NGOs within it.Read more< |
 
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