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   ICMC Governing Committee Patriarch Gregorios III participates in meeting of the International Catholic Migration CommissionGENEVA 19 August 2009 (Byzantine Catholic Church in America<)—Recently elected to the Governing Committee of the ICMC, His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III was keen to attend its meeting in Geneva on 13 July.Read more< Displaced Iraqis Surviving in the cityGENEVA, 27 July 2009 (UNHCR) — "Nothing really prepared us for this operation, so we had to adopt an unconventional approach to the way we did business." Those are the words of a UNHCR staff member in the Syrian capital of Damascus, referring to the challenge of responding to the massive Iraqi refugee exodus that has taken place since 2006.Read more< Displaced Iraqis "Greater efforts needed to help refugees outside Iraq," says senior UN officialGENEVA, 21 July 2009 (UNHCR<) — A senior official with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has pressed Iraqi authorities to do more to include refugees living outside the country’s borders in its national reconciliation process.Read more<  Research on urban refugees Protection, mobility and livelihood challenges of displaced Iraqis in urban settings in JordanICMC consultant Geraldine Chatelard examines the motivations, current context and effects of both the Iraqi displacement and the conspicuous urban preference, framing central issues and approaches to assistance and protection for Iraqis during their displacement and beyond.Read more< ICMC Pakistan Rapid assessment reportIn response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, ICMC conducted a rapid needs-assessment in the Mardan District immediately following the arrival of the first IDPs to the area.Read more<  Palestinian refugees arrive in Romania en route to resettlementTIMISOARA, Romania - 59 Palestinian refugees have been evacuated to Romania from the Al Waleed desert camp in Iraq.Read more<  |
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