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.
ICMC-UNHCR Resettlement Deployment Scheme  
Since 1998, the ICMC-UNHCR Resettlement Deployment Scheme has offered the opportunity for skilled professionals from a variety of backgrounds to work directly in refugee protection operations in the field. Today, the roster of qualified deployees has grown to include more than 200 resettlement professionals from over 30 countries and from diverse backgrounds ranging from the private sector, to government and NGO. These expert deployees provide temporary support to UNHCR offices throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East in identifying and referring refugees for resettlement. Please click here< to find out how to apply for the ICMC-UNHCR Deployment Scheme.
 ICMC Resettlement Deployee Among the Asylum SeekersRefugees arrive at our offices early. Often a line starts forming by 5:30 a.m. There are Sudanese men with the parallel scars of manhood etched on their foreheads, Ethiopian women draped in white scarves, and Somalis floating by in their red and black hijabs trailing the scent of eucalyptus in their wake. They tote their food for the day in plastic containers and thermoses, knowing the wait may be long. Here is the story.Read more< ICMC Resettlement Deployee Three months in DadaabA look into deployee Karen Read's experience working as a Best Interests Determination (BID) specialist in Dadaab, Kenya from January to April 2009.Read more< ICMC Resettlement Deployee A Family ResemblanceA refugee story by ICMC-UNHCR deployee, Emad, about the incredible interview that marked his deployment in Beirut, Lebanon.Read more< ICMC Resettlement Deployee Securing a future for separated children and unaccompanied minorsICMC Deployee, Kimberly Haynes, describes her experience working with refugee children in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.Read more< |
