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ICMC Marks the End of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

As COVID-19 has increased the risk of gender-based violence, ICMC has intensified its efforts to prevent and eliminate it. During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, ICMC Jordan and its partners organized several activities, mobilizing to raise awareness…

ICMC Europe Joins Civil Society Call For EU To Restore Rights and Values at the Border With Belarus and To Protect Children

ICMC Europe joins civil society coalitions to demand immediate humanitarian assistance and access to asylum for those caught in the ongoing humanitarian…

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…

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

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.

At a recent meeting, Catholic Bishops from El Salvador and Honduras met with Church representatives and lay men and women…

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…

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

Refugee children are some of the most impressive but, at times, the most vulnerable people on the move. Their capacity…

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ICMC Programs Help Harness the Human Potential of Mobility

Source: Vatican News

Harnessing the human potential of uprooted people benefits both individuals and communities, says ICMC General Secretary Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo in this Vatican News interview for the UN International Migrants Day. He shares how ICMC programs support migrants as contributors and agents of change.

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.

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Filipino Bishop Welcomes New Department for Migrant Workers

Source: Manila Bulletin

A new Department of Migrant Workers created by the Filipino government will serve to protect the rights of overseas workers, Bishop Ruperto C. Santos of the Episcopal migrant commission told Radio Veritas. He called the initiative a “very necessary and timely Christmas gift” for migrant workers.

Cardinal Urges Church in Africa to Support Refugees, Others Who Suffer

Source: Vatican News

The Church in Africa needs to side with people who suffer, such as refugees and the internally displaced, said H.E. Philippe Cardinal Ouedraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), in a New Year message in his role as president of SECAM, the grouping of Episcopal Conferences on the continent.

Pope to Welcome Migrants through Italy’s Humanitarian Corridors

Source: The Catholic Register

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis is welcoming up to 50 uprooted people currently in Cyprus in the coming weeks through Italy’s Humanitarian Corridors initiative, a program supported by the Episcopal Conference and other Catholic-inspired organizations.

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ICMC Europe Joins Civil Society Call For EU To Restore Rights and Values at the Border With Belarus and To Protect Children

Supporting Unaccompanied Migrant Children Living on the Streets of Djibouti City

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

Coordination Is Key to Protecting Vulnerable Children in Libya

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

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

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