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   Promotion of resettlement in the European Union through practical cooperation by EU Member States and other stakeholdersTogether with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), ICMC has begun a new project intended to promote refugee resettlement in Europe by strengthening the engagement of European Union Member States.Read more Annual UNHCR consultations with NGOs Boat people: Different people, different needs and rights to protectionGENEVA, 1 July 2010—Stressing the need for a first focus on immediate response to all individuals who have undergone dangerous border crossings, and a secondary focus on differentiation for the particular rights and responses that many are entitled to under international and regional conventions, ICMC DRIVE Referral Coordinator, Alice Bloomfield chaired a hearing on boat people among key NGO, IFRC, UNHCR and UNODC representatives. Read more Greece 16 migrants drown trying to reach Greece from TurkeyTHESSALONIKI, Greece, 30 June 2010 (Hurriyet Daily News)—Greek police have found the bodies of 16 migrants believed to have drowned in a river that flows along the Turkey-Greek border as they tried to enter the country, a police source said Wednesday.Read more Europe Christian organisations comment on proposed recasts of European directives on asylumBRUSSELS, June 2010—Christian organisations representing Churches throughout Europe offer joint comments on the recast asylum directives in Europe, calling for a "more ambitious and constructive approach in the Council negotiations".Read more  A report on joint resettlement in the European Union 10,000 refugees from IraqPublished by ICMC and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), this report provides an examination of how far European Union (EU) Member States have come to meet the EU Council Decision of November 2008, as well as an analysis of how Iraqi resettlement in EU countries involved in this first experience of joint resettlement in the European Union, and a series of key recommendations to policy-makers.Read more  Europe Vulnerable Iraqi refugees continue looking to Europe for resettlementBRUSSELS, 11 May 2010—A new report released by ICMC and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today at the European Parliament draws attention to the still dire situation of vulnerable Iraqi refugees in the Middle East, and the critical role of European Member States in providing assistance and opportunities for resettlement.Read more  |
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