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   Iraqi refugees in Jordan falling into "absolute poverty"MILAN, 13 April 2011 (TerraSanta.net<)—Many Iraqi refugees in Jordan are falling into poverty because the government prohibits them from working or settling in the country, a Vatican official has said.Read more< UNHCR calls for international support for Tunisia and Egypt amid exodus from LibyaGENEVA, 25 February 2011—UNHCR commends the humanitarian spirit shown by the Tunisian and Egyptian governments in welcoming and caring for people fleeing Libya. In addition we are seeing unprecedented support being offered by local people who are driving to the borders of both countries to help. We call upon the international community to provide substantial humanitarian support for these two countries.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< Harb drafts laws to protect domestic workersBEIRUT, 11 February 2011 (Daily Star<)—The “first step” in bringing order to the domestic worker sector was unveiled Thursday by caretaker Labor Minister Butros Harb, in the form of a draft law that would compel employers to pay their employees on time every month, give them a weekly day off, and ensure they live in decent conditions.
Home of happiness: Catholic Iraqi refugees get new startLITTLE ROCK, 8 January 2011 (Arkansas Catholic<)—"Do you know what I am going to do to you?" The cold steel of the pistol against his temple and the acrid smell of gunpowder in the air, Ayman Abbosh knew what the terrorist was going to do, but he dared not answer.Read more< Libya Statement by Jesuit Refugee Service Malta on Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Libya1 March 2011 (JRS Malta<)—Some 2000 Eritrean asylum seekers stranded in Libya have made a desperate appeal for help to the Catholic Church in Tripoli. Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, has urged the international community to rescue them by providing a way out of Libya to safety.Read more<  |
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