CHICAGO, 26 August 2010 (NALACC)—On Wednesday August 24, 2010, news began to come out about one of the worst massacres ever occurred in Mexico, near the border with Brownsville, TX. According to news reports, the 72 bodies discovered were all Latin American migrants, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador and Brazil. In response to this abhorrent and sad news, leaders of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), the largest umbrella organization of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants in the U.S., issued the following statement.Read more
28 August 2010 (AFP)—The Czech Republic's foreign minister on Saturday condemned France's expulsion of Roma Gypsies and said he could not avoid the suspicion that 'racist' thinking played a part in the policy.Read more
ISLAMABAD, 24 August 2010—As flood waters continue to cover acres of land in Pakistan, ICMC makes an urgent appeal to donors to support the organisation’s front-line response to the medical needs of thousands of families in flood-affected areas.
An estimated 18 million people have been affected by Pakistan’s most recent natural disaster, and the sheer scale of the catastrophe has been described by United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon as “almost defying comprehension.” “This is far more than a disaster for Pakistan alone,” he said earlier this week, “this represents one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our time.”
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JAKARTA, 27 August 2010—Indonesian Church spokesmen and a group of NGOs have criticized the government over its apparent lack of concern for hundreds of imprisoned migrant workers who face the death penalty in Malaysia.Read more
27 August 2010—Doctors have removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body.Read more
MEXICO CITY, 27 August 2010 (Zenit)—The Church in Mexico is calling for justice and respect for all immigrants, as authorities in the nation are trying to identify the bodies of 72 Central and South Americans slain as they tried to reach the United States.Read more
August 2010—ICMC has released its 2009 Annual Report, offering a snapshot of the organization’s ongoing work on behalf of vulnerable migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons over the course of the past year.Read more
GENEVA, 19 August 2010—On the occasion of the second annual World Humanitarian Day, ICMC pays tribute to the courage, dedication and sacrifices of all humanitarian staff working under extreme conditions to support those most in need of protection.Read more
18 August 2010 (NY Times)—Standing under leaden skies in Pakistan last Sunday, I saw a sea of suffering. Flood waters have washed away thousands of towns and villages. Roads, bridges and homes in every province of the country have been destroyed.Read more
TORONTO, 17 August, 2010 (CNS)—For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.Read more
ISLAMABAD, 24 August 2010—As flood waters continue to cover acres of land in Pakistan, ICMC makes an urgent appeal to donors to support the organisation’s front-line response to the medical needs of thousands of families in flood-affected areas.
An estimated 18 million people have been affected by Pakistan’s most recent natural disaster, and the sheer scale of the catastrophe has been described by United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon as “almost defying comprehension.” “This is far more than a disaster for Pakistan alone,” he said earlier this week, “this represents one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our time.”
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August 2010—ICMC has released its 2009 Annual Report, offering a snapshot of the organization’s ongoing work on behalf of vulnerable migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons over the course of the past year.Read more
GENEVA, 19 August 2010—On the occasion of the second annual World Humanitarian Day, ICMC pays tribute to the courage, dedication and sacrifices of all humanitarian staff working under extreme conditions to support those most in need of protection.Read more
16 August 2010— The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF) urges the international community to play its part in meeting the immediate needs of millions of Pakistanis, as well as tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, and also warns that without long-term funding, rebuilding this devastated country will prove virtually impossible.Read more
GENEVA, 6 August 2010—Humanitarian disaster faces Pakistan in the aftermath of the heaviest monsoon rains in the country’s history. Heavy flooding due to these rains has left over 1500 dead and has affected at least 6 million people,most of whom are in urgent need of food, safe drinking water, as well as medical services.Read more
BRAZIL, 6 August 2010—Concerned by continuing upward trends in human trafficking, representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Ministry of Justice of Brazil, community leaders, members of civil society and members of the press joined with the Church organization Sector Pastoral da Mobilidade Humana (Sector of Human Mobility) of Brazil to reaffirm their commitment to strengthen anti-human trafficking efforts, launching a new publication entitled, Confronting human trafficking.Read more
SINTRA, PORTUGAL, 16 June 2010—Over 45 participants and facilitators from 13 European countries gathered in Sintra last week for three days of networking and targeted knowledge-sharing on the reception and integration of resettled refugees.Read more
AUSTRALIA, June 2010—Longserving ICMC Governing Committee Member Sister Maryanne Loughry R.S.M., received Australia’s highest honours last month, when she was granted a Member of the Order of Australia award in recognition of decades’ worth of service to migrants and refugees.Read more
GENEVA, June 2010—The rights and responsibilities of migrant domestic workers took centre stage at the International Labour Organization’s 99th Annual Conference in Geneva last month, where ICMC joined with the Holy See and faith-based organizations including Caritas Internationalis, Kolping International and numerous civil society groups in insisting upon the urgent need for formal guarantees of international protection.Read more
GENEVA, 28 June 2010—Join UNHCR and ICMC on Thursday, July 1 2010 from 13:15-14:45 (Palais des Nations, Geneva, Room XXII) at YOUR presentation—a hearing board on how the needs of displaced people forced to flee by boat can be differentiated and matched to their rights, and to practical responses of protection and assistance.Read more
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