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   Canada Toronto archbishop leads by example, sponsors Iraqi refugee familyTORONTO, 17 August, 2010 (CNS<)—For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.Read more< Refugee resettlement UN chief announces 100,000 landmark in resettlement of Iraqi refugeesAL HASSAKEH, 18 June 2010 (UNHCR<)—UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, announced today a major landmark in resettlement of Iraqi refugees, with 100,000 people having been referred for resettlement from the Middle East to third countries since 2007. Guterres made the announcement during his visit to Syria, which according to government estimates, hosts over 1 million refugees, the majority from Iraq.Read more< Middle East/Asia Partial reforms fail migrant domestic workersNEW YORK, 28 April 2010 (HRW<)—The reforms undertaken by Middle Eastern and Asian governments fall far short of the minimum protections needed to tackle abuses against migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said today in a report released in advance of May 1, International Labor Day. Despite recent improvements, millions of Asian and African women workers remain at high risk of exploitation and violence, with little hope of redress, Human Rights Watch said.Read more< Yemen Somali refugee flow slows down despite ongoing violenceADEN, 9 April 2010 (AlertNet<)—The number of people crossing the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in the mixed migration flow from the Horn of Africa has nearly halved during the first quarter of the year in comparison with the same period in 2009. Since the beginning of the year, some 9,400 people reached the shores of Yemen in contrast to nearly 17,000 between January and March 2009.Read more< Turkey Turkey: Decision to lift fees on refugee residence permits welcomedISTANBUL, 25 March 2010—ICMC welcomes the decision made by the Turkish Ministry of Interior to allow Turkish residence permits to be issued free of charge to asylum seekers and refugees who meet certain criteria.Read more< Jordan Iraqi refugees contribute to success of Oscar-winning film, "The Hurt Locker"AMMAN, 1 April 2010 (UNHCR<)— Nader and Ala'* were delighted when "The Hurt Locker" won this year's Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. Not only did the film about a gung-ho bomb disposal expert help refocus flagging international attention on the suffering in their native Iraq, but they also had a personal role in its making.Read more<  |
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