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.
Europe   Sweden 500 refugee children in urgent need of housingSTOCKHOLM, 16 November 2009 (The Local<)—Swedish migration authorities have decided to more than double the number of municipalities assigned to receive refugee children, regardless of the local councils' views on the matter.Read more< The Vatican Pope calls on international community to help Sri LankaVATICAN CITY, 12 November 2009 (UCAN<)—Pope Benedict XVI has added his voice to international pressure on the Sri Lankan government to speed up resettlement of thousands of people displaced by the 25-year civil war.Read more< The Vatican See migrants as a resource, Pope urgesVATICAN CITY (UCAN<)—Migrants are a "resource" and not a "problem," Pope Benedict XVI told the Sixth World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees.Read more< The Vatican Slavery: Hidden crime of the 21st centuryVATICAN CITY, 10 November 2009 (UCAN<)—Migrants and refugees face unimaginable horrors when they meet people who are out of touch with their own humanity, Augustinian Father John Murray, who works with migrants in Thailand, writes from the Sixth World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and RefugeesRead more< Greece Mexico receives the presidency of the Global Forum on Migration and DevelopmentATHENS, 8 November 2009 (ISRIA<)—Mexico receives the Presidency of the Global Forum on Migration and Development; will host the 4th meeting in 2010Read more< Greece UNSG addresses Global Forum on Migration in AthensATHENS, 5 November 2009 (Emportal<)—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined three challenges facing the planet vis-à-vis the issue of migration, paying particular attention to the modern-day scourge of human trafficking, especially of women and children, during his address to the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), which opened in Athens on Wednesday.Read more<  |
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