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109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 24 September 2023.

Message from the Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Dear visitors to the ICMC website – representatives of our...

West Papuans in Papua New Guinea

It is a refugee crisis few have ever heard of: people from West Papua, part of Indonesia, have been fleeing...

Statement

Share Network: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe

September 19, 2023

Advocacy Resettlement & Complementary Pathways Migration Policy

Ahead of EU Member States submitting their pledges for the EU resettlement scheme by 15 September, we call on leaders to ambitiously expand safe pathways to international protection and better reflect Europe’s capacity to welcome.

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Share Network: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe

Ahead of EU Member States submitting their pledges for the EU resettlement scheme by 15 September, we call on leaders...

Annual Report 2022

ICMC: Catholic Advocate Says It’s Time to ‘Change the Narrative’ on Migration

Source: Crux

ICMC Secretary General Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo discusses Pope Francis' call for governments to come to the help of migrants in North Africa and the suffering they and their families experience. He also addresses the response of European and African governments and how it could be improved, as well as ICMC efforts to assist migrants and refugees.

ICMC Members Take Action to Combat Human Trafficking and Assist Victims and Survivors

On the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, held each year on 30 July, we take a...

A Shared Vision for the Future of Chicago’s Hospitality Labor

At a June event in Chicago, stakeholders of various backgrounds met to discuss the future of labor in the hospitality...

“Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity” – Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Visit to Lampedusa

On 8 July 2013, Pope Francis visited the island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside of Rome since...

Statement

“Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity”

July 6, 2023

Advocacy Migration Policy

Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Francis' Visit to Lampedusa

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Statement

Joint Letter Calling For Mechanism on Human Rights Violations at Borders

June 22, 2023

Advocacy Civil Society Coordination Protection & Prevention Borders Civil Society Migration Policy

On 19 June 2023, ICMC, along with 193 civil society organisations and groups, signed a joint letter calling on member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement immediate measures to address global pattern of deaths, torture and grave human rights violations at international borders.

ICMC Calls for Social Justice to Drive Global Sustainable Development at the International Labour Conference

In a statement delivered to the 111th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, ICMC\'s president called for the...

Statement

ICMC Statement at 2023 International Labour Conference

June 8, 2023

Advocacy Decent work Future of Work Migrant Workers

In an 8 June statement delivered at the 111th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, ICMC President Christine Nathan called for the rights and dignities of the world’s most vulnerable workers to be prioritized within global responses.