Where we work
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 DeployeesSince 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. To learn more about the Scheme and the work of ICMC Deployees, please click here.  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-UNHCR Deployment Scheme Partnering to resettle thousands of refugeesIn countries and communities around the world, the need for protection and long-term solutions continues to be urgent. Working directly with refugees in UNHCR field offices, ICMC deployees play a key role in identifying those who are most vulnerable, assessing their eligibility for resettlement and giving them hope for a new beginning.Read more Leaving limbo: Refugees look to resettlement with hope for a long-term solutionHaving fled their homes in fear of persecution, thousands of refugees in Africa and elsewhere are living in crowded camps without any likely possibility for local integration or voluntary return to their home communities. Many have been living in limbo for upwards of 20 years. ICMC deployees working alongside refugees in UNHCR field offices worldwide are striving to see that resettlement remains a practical solution for restoring dignity and hope to those have have suffered extreme hardship and violence.Read more ICMC Deployee More refugees leave Malawi for resettlement in the United StatesLILONGWE, Malawi, 27 May 2010 (Xinhua)—Eighty refugees have left Malawi for resettlement to the United States of America between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total number of resettled refugees to the US to 112 in the month of May alone, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR confirmed on Wednesday.Read more  ICMC Deployee ICMC Resettlement deployee instrumental in developing new tool for measuring refugee integrationBUDAPEST—ICMC deployee, Areti Sianni, has been instrumental in developing a new online tool that will help Central European governments measure how well refugees are becoming integrated within their new communities in countries of asylum.Read more Voices from the field Observations and recommendations on the resettlement expectations of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and SyriaFollowing reports from various agencies that a rising number of Iraqi refugees are unhappy with their lives in resettlement countries, ICMC-UNHCR Resettlement Deployee, Frauke Riller, shares her first-hand observations and sets forth recommendations towards better managing refugee expectations.Read more |
 
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