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.
Europe   Improved sea conditions cited as reason for large migrant arrivals to LampedusaROME, 8 March 2011—Another nine boats carrying 660 irregular migrants, all Tunisian, arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last night. The migrants are said to have left from Tunisa.Read more Fleeing turmoil in North Africa: Need for shared regional response and protection urgentBRUSSELS, 24 February 2011—Already in recent weeks, more than 5,000 boat people have arrived to the Italian island of Lampedusa from Tunisia; some 32,000 boat people arrived to that same island in 2008—before governments in the region abruptly cut off departures from North Africa.Read more Spain Spain's salad growers are modern-day slaves, say charities7 February 2011 (The Guardian)—The exploitation of tens of thousands of migrants used to grow salad vegetables for British supermarkets has been uncovered by a Guardian investigation into the €2bn-a-year (£1.6bn) hothouse industry in southern Spain.Read more Switzerland Minister to restore confidence in asylum policyBERN, 1 February 2011 (SwissInfo)—Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has pledged to boost credibility in the government’s asylum and immigration policy to counter public concern.Read more Greece Immediate action needed to improve unbearable living conditions in detention facilities in Evros and ensure the physical and mental health of migrantsATHENS, 26 January 2011(MSF)—“The Greek government should immediately improve living and hygiene conditions in the border police stations and detention centres for migrants and asylum seekers in Evros region,” said the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. The situation in these facilities has reached emergency levels. Every day men, women, children, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors are experiencing a cruel and inhumane reality that has serious implications for the physical and mental health of the migrants.Read more Europe Major blow to the Dublin System: Returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human RightsBRUSSELS, 21 January 2011 (ECRE)—Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).Read more  |
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