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.
Latin America   International Federation of Catholic Universities Colloquium Mobility 'slicing' and fuller societal responseBOGOTA, 21 June 2010—ICMC Secretary General travels to Colombia to engage in exchange with academics from Asia and Latin America in an International Federation of Catholic Universities colloquium on displacement. In his opening presentation, Ketelers stressed that, in addition to methodological approaches to identifying distinct categories among the displaced, the "real focus of our concern" must lie with the human person.Read more< The Americas Regional bishops issue joint statement on migrationWASHINGTON, 4 June 2010 (USCCB<)—Participants at the Catholic bishops’ Regional Consultation on Migration in Washington, June 2-4 issued a joint statement calling for protection, hospitality, service and justice to immigrants throughout the hemisphere.Read more< Ecuador Ecuador holds big drive to register Colombian refugeesIBBARA, 31 March 2010 (BBC<)—It is the start of an important day for 100 Colombian refugees and their families here in Ibarra, an Ecuadorean city half-way between the capital city, Quito, and the Colombian border.Read more<  Latin America ICMC Member denounces increase in abuse, criminalization of migrantsGUATEMALA CITY—Concerned by the increase in kidnappings and extortion against migrants and their families in transit, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala calls for an “end to incoherent policies,” and urges “greater progress” towards comprehensive migration policies that effectively defend the human rights of migrants and their families.Read more< Argentina African immigrants drift toward Latin AmericaBUENOS AIRES, 15 November 2009 (Reuters<)—Stowed away on cargo ships and unsure where their dangerous journeys will take them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are arriving in Latin America as European countries tighten border controls.Read more< Costa Rica Costa Rica seizes migrant shipMIAMI, 13 September 2009 (BBC News<)—Officials in Costa Rica have said that a boat with 54 African migrants on board has been intercepted off the country's Caribbean coast.Read more<  |
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