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   United Kingdom JRS remembers forced migrants on World Food DayLONDON, 17 October 2009 (ICN<)—For the occasion of World Food Day, and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty today, the Jesuit Refugee Service Europe (JRS) is drawing attention to the desperate situation of destitute forced migrants in Europe. All over the European Union the service accompanies migrants who for good reasons cannot return to countries of origin but are completely excluded from social services in the countries where they are living.Read more< European Union Commission wants EU-wide laws on asylum processBRUSSELS, 15 October 2009 (European Voice<)—Rule changes would affect refugee claims but some member states want to water down proposals.Read more< Malta 20 Refugees leave Malta for USMALTA, 23 September 2009 (Times of Malta<)—Twenty refugees from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia have left Malta to begin a new life in the United States, raising the number of refugees who have been taken in by the US from Malta to 320.Read more< France Afghan migrants brace for eviction from French 'jungle'CALAIS, France, 22 September 2009 (AFP<)—More than 200 mostly Afghan boys and men braced Monday for a showdown with French riot police preparing to raze the "jungle," a makeshift migrant camp on the Channel coast they call their home.Read more< Ireland Human toll of asylum process queriedLIMERICK, 12 September 2009 (The Irish Times<)—The worldwide leader of the Jesuit Order has expressed his concerns over the long-term institutional effects of the asylum process in this country.Read more< Europe EU plans to admit more refugeesBRUSSELS, 2 September 2009 (BBC News<)—The European Commission has unveiled plans to allow more refugees from conflict zones and poor nations into European countries.Read more<  |
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