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Timisoara

ICMC, Working Group on Resettlement meet in Timisoara

TIMISOARA, 11 March 2010—ICMC joins governments, UNHCR and twelve other NGOs for targeted discussions towards strengthening and enhancing common efforts on refugee resettlement during the annual meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement.Read more

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UN Human Rights Council

Holy See calls on governments to respect, promote right to religious freedom

GENEVA, 12 March 2010—Speaking before governments at the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Holy See calls upon States to respect and promote the right to freedom of religion in all its aspects, through national legislation, including appropriate sanctions against violators to eradicate impunity effectively.Read more

Church networking and action

Istanbul

Migrants are ‘an opportunity for host societies’, European church meeting told

ISTANBUL, 8 March 2010—Causes of migration are complex and multiple and often the reaction of host societies are mainly focussed around the fears and challenges which migration poses and not seeing the opportunity it provides to migrants and host societies, according to Doris Peschke, Director of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME).Read more

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UN Human Rights Council

Holy See: "Human rights provide positive contribution for solution to financial crisis"

GENEVA, 3 March 2010—At the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the delegation of the Holy See restated its conviction that the perspective of human rights provides a positive contribution for a solution to the current financial crisis, recalling that "the enjoyment of human rights becomes possible when States translate principles into law and make change on the ground a reality."Read more

Church networking and action

Philippines

Migrants’ Sunday observance highlights Church’s concern for OFWs

MANILA, 19 February 2010 (CBCP News)─The Catholic Church will again pay tribute to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in national celebration on 21 February, in an effort to make society understand and appreciate more the sacrifices OFWs endured to provide their families a decent life.Read more

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ICMC Pakistan

Families displaced by landslide receive essential aid

ISLAMABAD, 17 February 2010—Following days of torrential rains, ICMC and the Strengthening Participatory Organization reach out to families affected by massive landslides that caused four Northern Pakistani villages to slide into a nearby lake, causing serious damage to hundreds of homes and businesses.Read more

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Rome

ICMC joins international Catholic-inspired organizations gathered in Rome for Forum meeting

ROME, 12 February 2010—ICMC joins nearly 190 participants representing 90 international Catholic-inspired organisations, representatives of the Holy See, apostolic nuncios and dicastery representatives for the 2rd Forum of Catholic-inspired NGOs.Read more

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Haiti

Catholic service agencies call for rigorous safeguards in protecting Haitian children

WASHINGTON, 4 February 2010 (USCCB)—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4th, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian children in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.Read more

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European refugee resettlement

ICMC Europe undertakes new project with IOM, UNHCR

BRUSSELS, 1 March 2010—ICMC Europe joins forces with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), launching a new project on refugee resettlement in Europe 8-9 March in Timisoara, Romania.Read more

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ICMC Europe

Hazel Williams appointed ICMC Resettlement Coordinator

BRUSSELS, 1 February 2010—The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is pleased to welcome Ms. Hazel Williams to the ICMC Europe office in Brussels, Belgium as Resettlement Coordinator, where she will work in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to strengthen the engagement of European Union Member States in refugee resettlement.Read more

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