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   UNHCR reports increase in flight of Iraqi Christians; reiterates advice on protection needsGENEVA, 17 December 2010 (UNHCR<)—UNHCR is dismayed that on 15th December Sweden once again forcibly returned a group of some 20 Iraqis to Baghdad. Among this group – sent back on the eve of Ashura – were five Christians originally from Baghdad.Read more< More Christians are fleeing Iraq after new violenceQOSH, IRAQ, 12 December 2010 (New York Times<)—A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling to protect them.Read more<  ICMC Middle East Refugee families, disadvantaged Jordanians to enjoy thanksgiving lunchAMMAN, November 2010—On Saturday, 4 December 2010, disadvantaged Jordanian and refugee families in Amman will be gathering to enjoy a thanksgiving lunch that will provide a unique opportunity for children to play freely, and for adults to relax, socialize and take their minds off their daily struggles.Read more< Iraqi refugees torn between homesickness and fearDAMASCUS, 23 November 2010 (Global Post<)—Thirty-eight-year-old Um Mustafa* enters the living room of her Damascus apartment carrying a tray with tea and biscuits for each of her guests. Handing them out, she laughs as she explains that this July day is the third anniversary of her family’s flight from Iraq to Syria.Read more< USCIRF Condemns terrorist attack on Baghdad churchWASHINGTON, D.C., 3 November 2010 (USCIRF<)—The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on Baghdad’s Our Lady of Salvation Catholic church and expressed its sincere condolences to the victims and their families. Reports indicate that at least 40 worshippers, two priests, and 10 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed, and more than 60 people were wounded.Read more< Saudi Arabia Nails removed from 'tortured' Sri Lankan maid27 August 2010—Doctors have removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body.Read more<  |
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