The International Catholic Migration Commission
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Asia   2011 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs Triple jeopardy: Young, migrant and statelessGENEVA, 28 June 2011—Speaking as part of a panel of experts at the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs, ICMC U.S. Liason Officer, Jane Bloom, discusses the intersections of migration and trafficking, of demographic imbalances and mobility, of cross-border marriages and lapses of nationality, all of which are "unfinished pieces" of the rapidly expanding globalization puzzle.Read more<  Pakistan: Displaced Afghans recount personal experiences of hardship while looking to the futurePAKISTAN, 20 June 2011—Having survived war, hardship and insecurity in Afghanistan, refugees whose lives were again touched by disaster in the wake of last year’s flooding in Pakistan gather in a rural Pashtun village to share their experiences and perspectives on the future on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2011.Read more<  Combating gender-based violence (GBV) among urban refugees in MalaysiaGender Based Violence (GBV) takes many forms, including physical, verbal, and sexual abuse as well as deprivation techniques (financial, legal, psychological) designed to control and disempower the victims. The perpetrators can be spouses, parents, siblings, and members of the refugee community, employers, or authority figures, such as police or soldiers.Read more<  Bondaged souls: Migration and the situation of trafficking in Sabah, MalaysiaComplimentary to an accompanying DVD, the Bondaged Souls counter-trafficking training manual provides step-by-step recommendations for running effective workshops for policy makers and other stakeholders concerned about cross-border human trafficking, particularly in Malaysia.Read more< Good Shepherd Asia Pacific Workshop From migration to trafficking: A slippery slopeKUALA LUMPUR, 16 February 2011—Gathered together with more than 50 counter trafficking experts from across South East Asia, ICMC U.S. Liaison Officer Jane Bloom presented workshop participants with an analysis of the multiple facets for migration and trafficking and the church's collective role in preventing trafficking, and in protecting those most likely to become victims.Read more<  |
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