Taking the floor at the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Migrants held during the 34th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) voiced deep concerns at the worrisome trends of several countries rejecting migrants and refugees and even returning people who seek protection to their home countries.
During a recent United Nations event on migrant rights held in Geneva, ICMC strongly reiterated its call for a wider ratification and better implementation of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Entered into force in 2003, the Convention today counts only 48 State parties.
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Since Venezuelans began fleeing their country in large numbers in 2015, 1.5 million of them have reached Ecuador. The local Church, inspired by Pope Francis’ call to welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants, is accompanying them.
An awareness-raising campaign focusing on human trafficking and gender-based violence in Malaysia invites people to join forces to eradicate these phenomena. As part of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence global campaign, Good Shepherd Services has published a series of stories and testimonies on human trafficking, a modern-day form of slavery.
A broad civil society coalition has put forward 10 priorities to help shape a key international agreement on migration that governments will negotiate in early 2018.
The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) welcomed the resolution on “Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights” adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September. The Human Rights Council voiced concern about the risks faced by unaccompanied or separated children who may suffer grave abuses and human rights violations in countries of transit or destination.
A compassionate, dynamic leader, Saira Bukhari spearheads the ICMC Pakistan’s response to Child Protection activities of the UNHCR-funded project, which serves refugee victims of violence and other vulnerable individuals in need of protection.
Following a “Walls come down!” rally at the famous Brandenburg Gate, where the Berlin wall was torn down after almost 30 years of keeping people apart, over 250 civil society leaders from around the world—a majority migrants, refugees or the children and grandchildren of migrants and refugees—met during the Civil Society Days of this year’s Global Forum on Migration and Development in Berlin, 28 June – 1 July 2017.
The Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD CSD) came to an end on Saturday 1st July, with a clear message from civil society delegates to governments and the world: we need to focus on the implementation of commitments.
