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Panel speakers participate in a GFMD thematic discussion on climate change and mobility, held in Paris on June 28 2023

Bringing Civil Society Voices to Global Discussions on Migration and Development

Coordinated by ICMC, the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism facilitated civil society contributions to workshops in Paris on migration, climate change,...
ICMC Joins the Bishops of the Episocial Conferences of North America, Central America, and the Caribbeans’ Call To Address Root Causes of MigrationICMC

ICMC Joins Call by Bishops’ Conferences of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean to Address Root Causes of Migration

Following their 9th meeting on Human Mobility held in El Salvador from 21 to 25 August, the Bishops of the...
109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 24 September 2023 - Message from the Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 1

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...

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 1

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...
Representatives of the Governing Committee of ICMC during the meetings in Rome

At Rome Meetings, ICMC Highlights Significant Expansion in 2023

Keeping pace with increased capacity to resettle refugees in the United States, ICMC will increase the number of people supported...
Statement

“Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity”

July 6, 2023

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

Statement

Joint Letter Calling For Mechanism on Human Rights Violations at Borders

June 22, 2023

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

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

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.

African Civil Society and Diaspora Launch the 2023 Global Civil Society GFMD Process in Abuja, Nigeria

African Civil Society and Diaspora Launch the Global Civil Society GFMD Process for 2023

During a recent forum in Abuja, Nigeria, civil society actors called on States to respond to climate-induced mobility, protect the...
An Invitation to Welcome the Stranger

An Invitation to Welcome the Stranger in 2023

\"As we begin this first month of 2023, let us all remain acutely aware of our duties, as people of...
An Invitation to Welcome the Stranger

New Years Message 2023

The Holy Family was forced to flee, too

Source: Vatican News

In his Christmas message this year, ICMC's Secretary General, Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, reminds us that the Holy Family was made up of internally displaced persons, who later became full-fledged refugees when Herod threatened the life of the Holy Child. Today, more than 100 million displaced people suffer the challenges Mary and Joseph did.

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