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    Emergency in the South Mediterranean: NGOs issue joint call for actionBRUSSELS, 6 April 2011—Amid news of the arrivals and disappearances of boats carrying people fleeing from continuing turmoil in Libya, and with thousands of others still seeking safety within the North African region, NGOs have issued a joint statement calling for action and cooperation anchored in the core values of the Union that is solidarity, humanity and respect for human rights.Read more< Europe's Bishops request aid for African refugeesST. GALLEN, Switzerland, 4 April, 2011 (Zenit<)—The Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) is underlining the need for solidarity in aiding refugees from Africa who are fleeing to Europe due to wars in their homelands.Read more< EU to admit Africans from Libya24 March 2011 (The European Voice<)—Member states and European Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss fate of thousands of Africans who have fled Libya.Read more< New migrant arrivals on Lampedusa lead to massive overcrowdingGENEVA, 21 March 2011 (IOM<)—The arrival of more than 1,630 irregular migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday 20 March and overnight Monday 21st has led to massive overcrowding at the migrant reception centre where IOM and partners monitor reception assistance and provide legal counselling to migrants,asylum-seekers and unaccompanied minors.Read more< Improved sea conditions cited as reason for large migrant arrivals to LampedusaROME, 8 March 2011—Another nine boats carrying 660 irregular migrants, all Tunisian, arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last night. The migrants are said to have left from Tunisa.Read more< Fleeing turmoil in North Africa: Need for shared regional response and protection urgentBRUSSELS, 24 February 2011—Already in recent weeks, more than 5,000 boat people have arrived to the Italian island of Lampedusa from Tunisia; some 32,000 boat people arrived to that same island in 2008—before governments in the region abruptly cut off departures from North Africa.Read more<  |
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