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   Putting “needs-first” in rights-based approaches to mixed migrationAppearing in Refúgio, Migrações e Cidadania, Cuaderno de Debates, a quarterly publication produced by the Instituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos, this document serves as a useful backgrounder to the issues arising in situations of so-called 'mixed migration', including the challenge of responding adequately to the protection needs of all those involved.Read more< France Suspicion of 'racist' thinking on Roma expulsions28 August 2010 (AFP<)—The Czech Republic's foreign minister on Saturday condemned France's expulsion of Roma Gypsies and said he could not avoid the suspicion that 'racist' thinking played a part in the policy.Read more< ICMC Europe DRIVE Referral: A project to improve identification and referral of boat people at arrival in the MediterraneanThis project, led by ICMC Europe, in partnership with 7 other non-governmental organizations (NGOs): ACCEM, CEAR (The Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid), CIR (Italian Council for Refugees Foundation), ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles), JRS (Jesuit Refugee Services) Malta, PRAKSIS and Save the Children Italy, runs from March 2010 until August 2011. It is co-funded by the European Refugee Fund and Council of Europe.Read more< Malta JRS Malta issues statement on return of asylum seekersMALTA, July 2010—In a statement issued by JRS Malta, the agency expressed grave concern about the return of the 27 Somali asylum seekers, rescued on Saturday night from a vessel in distress within Malta’s SAR, to Libya.Read more< Promotion of resettlement in the European Union through practical cooperation by EU Member States and other stakeholdersTogether with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), ICMC has begun a new project intended to promote refugee resettlement in Europe by strengthening the engagement of European Union Member States.Read more< Annual UNHCR consultations with NGOs Boat people: Different people, different needs and rights to protectionGENEVA, 1 July 2010—Stressing the need for a first focus on immediate response to all individuals who have undergone dangerous border crossings, and a secondary focus on differentiation for the particular rights and responses that many are entitled to under international and regional conventions, ICMC DRIVE Referral Coordinator, Alice Bloomfield chaired a hearing on boat people among key NGO, IFRC, UNHCR and UNODC representatives. Read more<  |
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