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.
Middle East   News bites Canada to take in 5,000 refugees from Turkey, reports Today's ZamanCanadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, who paid a visit to Syrians living in refugee camps in Turkey on Monday, has stated that his country would resettle up to 5,000 refugees currently living in Turkey by 2018.Read more<  Crises: Syria ICMC and other agencies provide critical assistance to Syrian refugees in JordanICMC distributed 220 winterization assistance packages (funded by ECHO) to extremely vulnerable Syrian refugees and host community members in Sarih, Irbid (in coordination with the Sarih Orphans Centre) and Ramtha (in coordination with Kitab Wa Sunna). Each beneficiary received a good quality gas heater, a gas cylinder and vouchers for three gas re-fills, allowing them to keep warm throughout the coldest period of the winter. In the coming days, ICMC will distribute a further 130 winterization assistance packages in Al-Mafraq.Read more< LeSoir Face aux 500.000 réfugiés syriens, la machine humanitaire a des ratésDans la capitale jordanienne, tous les matins, c’est la même chose. Devant l’immeuble du haut-commissariat de l’ONU aux réfugiés (HCR), des centaines de personnes se pressent, bravant le froid piquant. Beaucoup de Syriens, et encore plus de Syriennes. Les yeux des femmes sont rouges, quand ils ne sont pas encore gorgés de larmes.Read more< ReliefWeb Urban Refugees in Amman: Mainstreaming of HealthcareMainstreaming of refugees into host country health, education and social service programs presents unique challenges in urban areas. Even when governments are open to such mainstreaming, refugees experience numerous barriers to utilization of mainstream programs while host communities find that often limited resources are stretched thin while accommodating a new population in need of services. To respond to these challenges, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) adopted policy guidelines in 2009 that set out new approaches for addressing the needs of urban refugees.Read more<  Turkey: Governor’s welcome offers refugees a refreshing reprieve on World Refugee DayTURKEY, 20 June 2011—Rarely able to travel far beyond their host city of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, nearly 200 refugees relished the opportunity to gather at the 26th of August Natural Park for a festive day of food, games and children’s crafts some 20 kilometers outside of the town centre, in celebration of World Refugee Day.Read more< The hidden injuries of Iraqi refugees3 June 2011 (Aljazeera<)—Little attention has been given in the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq to the health and well-being of refugees and their children. Indeed, with the advent of the Arab Spring, the situation of displaced Iraqi refugees has left media, public and national policy agendas altogether. But almost a decade after US and British troops first touched down on Iraqi soil, families continue to lack basic resources. Children are living in a very fragile and tense social environment—which in countries such as Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is getting worse by the day, given the current social uprisings.Read more<  |
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