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Supporting Unaccompanied Migrant Children Living on the Streets of Djibouti City
Supporting Unaccompanied Migrant Children Living on the Streets of Djibouti City
For the past 20 years, Caritas Djibouti, ICMC’s member in the country, has been working with street children, most of them unaccompanied minors from neighboring Ethiopia. The organization’s day center provides them with meals, showers, healthcare, and educational activities. Since…
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ICMC Jordan Takes Part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Global Campaign

ICMC Jordan Takes Part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Global Campaign

As part of the 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is organizing…
Coordination Is Key to Protecting Vulnerable Children in Libya

Coordination Is Key to Protecting Vulnerable Children in Libya

An ICMC expert deployed to UNICEF Libya under a new partnership agreement with support from USAID is playing a crucial…

ICMC Statement on Scam Calls Masquerading as the Organization and Its Officers – အဖဲွအစညး် င၎့် ငး်၏အရာိများအေနြဖင ့် လိမ်လည်လည့်ြဖားဖနး်ေခ ဆိမများအေပ ICMC ထတ်

ICMC wishes to warn the public at large about this fraudulent activity being perpetrated using the name of the organisation,…
Latin American Bishops Urge Governments to Address The Root Causes of Migration. 1

Latin American Bishops Urge Governments to Address The Root Causes of Migration.

At a recent meeting, Catholic Bishops from El Salvador and Honduras met with Church representatives and lay men and women…
NGOs Call for International Action on Internal Displacement

NGOs Call for International Action on Internal Displacement

ICMC joins over 25 other international non-governmental organizations calling for recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement to…
Creating Peace at Home: ICMC Malaysia’s New Video Series 2

Creating Peace at Home: ICMC Malaysia’s New Video Series

In response to COVID-19 lockdowns, ICMC Malaysia’s Peace-at-Home videos provide activities for families to do together, as well as tips…
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Fratelli Tutti and the Plight of the Displaced 2

Fratelli Tutti and the Plight of the Displaced

The latest encyclical of Pope Francis calls for a more just, more human, and more fraternal world based on love…
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Forty Years on, Why the U.S. Should Continue To Welcome Refugees

This year, the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program marks its 40th anniversary. As the historic global leader of refugee resettlement, the…
How Refugee Children Are Bearing the Brunt of the COVID Pandemic 1

How Refugee Children Are Bearing the Brunt of the COVID Pandemic

Refugee children are some of the most impressive but, at times, the most vulnerable people on the move. Their capacity…
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Serving and Protecting Uprooted People in the COVID Era

Source: L’Osservatore Romano

In this interview in Italian with the Vatican City newspaper, ICMC Secretary General Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo reflects on current migration contexts, challenges to protecting uprooted people, and efforts by ICMC to promote the implementation of the Global Compacts on migration and for refugees.

ICMC Official Welcomes Papal Call to Walk with Uprooted People

Source: Vatican News

On the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the ICMC Secretary General welcomed Pope Francis’s call for Catholics to walk together with uprooted people. It is important to highlight the Christian responsibility to welcome the stranger, Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo said in an interview with Vatican News.

ICMC Secretary General Remembers 11 September 2001

Source: kath.ch

ICMC Secretary General Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo was in Washington, D.C., on 11 September 2001. Twenty years later, he reflects on his memories of that day and on its long-term effects. “We need the slow building of trust and respect for the dignity of all human beings,” he urges in this interview in German.
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Filipino Bishop Urges Protection of Rights of Overseas Workers

Source: Manila Bulletin

The rights of Filipino migrant workers overseas must be protected, stressed Bishop Ruperto C. Santos of the Episcopal Conference’s migrant commission. He highlighted the vital contribution overseas workers make to the country’s economy, calling them “our economic front liners against COVID-19.”

Polish Bishops Appeal for Support to Assist Migrants and Refugees

Source: Polish News

On 21 November, the Polish Bishops’ Conference launched a fundraising effort in Catholic parishes nationwide to assist migrants and refugees on the country’s border with Belarus. Solidarity for human beings in need must take precedence, stressed a joint statement signed by the Archbishop of Warsaw.

Italian Bishops Support Humanitarian Corridor for Afghan Refugees

Source: Agenzia DiRE

The Italian Episcopal Conference is one of several faith-based organizations set to welcome 1,200 Afghan refugees over the next two years through the humanitarian corridor program. The model has been providing vulnerable refugees a complementary pathway to resettlement since 2016.
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