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 & PresentationsICMC expresses the concerns of migrants and ICMC Members at international and regional platforms in Brussels, Geneva, Strasbourg and Washington DC. ICMC representatives further particpate in numerous high-level conferences and advocacy activities benefitting displaced people around the world, from Kiev to Nairobi, Mexico City to Manila. Bishops Institute for Christian Advocacy Migrants to and from Asia and their families: Responses to new challenges in advocacyThere is an opportunity--and urgency--to contribute a distinctly Asian voice, values and perspectives on regional and global migration challenges.Read more< 2007 UNHCR High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges Call for the formal recognition of gaps in protection for migrant victims of violence and trauma crossing borders and a collaborative international reponseICMC underscores the need to work together now to ensure that the complimentary capacities of civil society, governments and international organisations provide more pragmatic responses for those with urgent protection needs.Read more< UN Committee on Migrant Workers Presentation of issues and questions regarding migrant workers and their families in and from BoliviaAt the seventh session of the UN Migrant Workers' Committee, ICMC delivered a response to the first report submitted to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers by Bolivia, emphasizing the rights of migrant families.Read more< ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalisation Mobile, global and hard at work: Revaluing migrant options, risks and dignity in an age of globalisationIf it is true that history repeats itself, we may be seeing elements of the same dynamic of resistance to labour changes and migrant workers in some countries as were seen in the Age of Globalisation.Read more< Council of Europe: European Committee on Migration Call for the development of humantarian standards of response to migrant victims of violence or trauma crossing bordersOne of the more complicated challenges facing Europe today is how to respond to mixed migration flows and those who may be injured or traumatised within them.Read more< Woodstock Theological Center Reflection on Migration Meeting needs, filling gaps: How the Church and other international institutions respond to migration in an age of mobilityIn its unique place at the international table on migration, the Church plays a number of special roles in response to gaps in response to migration today.Read more< UNHCR Standing Committee Call for the development of international humanitarian standards and services for migrants injured or traumatised during transitNGOs encourage and stand ready to partner with the UN Refugee Agency and governments for a more organised reflex of rescue and protection for all those within mixed migration flows.Read more< European Alpbach Forum Getting practical in migration and developmentUnderscoring the significant contribution that NGOs can make towards practical programming and policy building in the area of migration and development.Read more< UN Committee on Migrant Workers Issues concerning migrant workers and their families in and from EcuadorAt the sixth session of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers, ICMC delivered a response to the first report submitted to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers by Ecuador, emphasizing the rights of migrant families.Read more< |
 
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