Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011Civil Society Urges Governments to Fill Leadership Gaps in MigrationGENEVA, 2 December 2011—The Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development concluded with high energy at the “common space” between civil society and governments on the morning of December 1st. After two days of working sessions that built upon the recommendations of past GFMDs and brought to light new concerns, civil society presented a statement to governments calling for more engagement and leadership to combat xenophobia and promote rights-based migration policies. The statement was followed by a debate on demographics, development and positive alternatives to irregular migration, moderated by BBC correspondent Zeinab Badawi with over 700 participants present.Read more |
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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 NewsInternational Migrants Day Panel on Migrants in Crisis Situations: Human Security ConcernsNEW YORK, 13 December 2011—ICMC U.S. Liaison Officer Jane Bloom speaks before the Panel on Migrants in Crisis Situations at the United Nations in New York, highlighting the weakened and precarious human security of migrants in conflict situations and the ongoing and critical need to strengthen emergency response and assure protection of the most vulnerable.Read more A joint IOM, UNHCR and ICMC project: Linking in EU Resettlement BRUSSELS, 16 December 2011—A second IOM UNHCR ICMC project to further strengthen expertise in resettlement in Europe - under the name "Linking in EU Resettlement" - started in September 2011 and will run until the end of 2012. The project covers all phases of the resettlement process, particularly networking in the reception and integration of resettled refugees.Read more See and protect ICMC publishes study of legal obligations and responses to boat people arriving across the Mediterranean and North Atlantic Global Forum on Migration and Development 2011 ICMC welcomes civil society delegates to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, 29-30 November GENEVA, 28 November 2011—Civil society delegates have begun assembling in Geneva for the Global Forum on Migration and Development. As coordinator of the civil society days, ICMC is pleased to highlight the diversity of this year’s representatives and what is new in the GFMD this year.Read more ICMC in Pakistan Humanitarian and Emergency Response ICMC Resettlement Deployee Among the Asylum Seekers Refugees 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 |
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