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.
United States of America   News bites U.S. Doubling Non-lethal Assistance to the Syrian Opposition and New Humanitarian Aid for the Syrian Crisis, announces U.S. Department of StateFollowing his meetings with Syrian Coalition President al-Khatib, members of the Coalition’s leadership, and international partners supporting the Syrian opposition, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States’ intention to double non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as provide additional humanitarian aid to Syrians in need.Read more U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ms. Anne C. Richard: A meeting with refugees in IstanbulUSA, 18 September 2012 - Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Anne C. Richard visited Istanbul to learn more about the situation of refugees in Turkey. At the Resettlement Support Center run by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), one of PRM's long-standing partners, she had the opportunity to meet with refugees from different countries and obtained an insight to ICMC's resettlement work in Turkey. Read more about Assistant Secretary of State Ms. Richard's experience on DipNote, the U.S. Department of State official blog.Read more A Catholic's perspective on immigration and US/Mexico relationsWASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—Bishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, California, leads the USCCB conference on migration. He spoke at a conference at the Catholic University of America where bishops of Mexico were present, along with Mexico's ambassador to the US.Read more Bishops commend House resolution seeking protection for religious minorities in IraqWASHINGTON, 29 November 2010 (USCCB)—The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq and calls for the U.S. government to work with the Iraqi government to protect these vulnerable groups.Read more United States Minnesota Catholic bishops release statement on immigrationNew Ulm, Minnesota, 15 June 2010 (Sleey Eye Herald)—On June 15, 2010, the Catholic Bishops of Minnesota released their Immigration statement, calling attention to the urgent need of comprehensive immigration reform.Read more United States Solving illegal immigration requires fixing economic causes, stresses Bishop WesterWASHINGTON DC, 4 June 2010 (CNA)—Meeting with other bishops in a conference on immigration reform on Thursday, Bishop John C. Wester underlined the need “to address the economic root causes of migration and seek economic policies which would help create jobs” in other countries. This, he stressed, “is the lasting and humane solution to the challenge of illegal immigration.”Read more  |
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