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.
Haiti    Stranded Haitian children find new hope for the futureWASHINGTON, 25 March 2011—More than one year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, unaccompanied Haitian children with especially complex situations remain ‘in limbo’ in shelters in the Dominican Republic (DR), awaiting decisions on their best long term interests for the future.Read more< Haiti Deportations to Haiti should be halted, say USCCB Migration Committee Chair and Chairman of Catholic Relief ServicesWASHINGTON, 7 February 2011 (USCCB<)—In a joint letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano February 7, Archbishop José H. Gomez, Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, chairman of the Board of Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ international humanitarian agency, expressed opposition to the recent resumption of deportations to the nation of Haiti.Read more< Haiti US repatriates 88 Haitians amid criticismSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 16 February 2010 (The Associated Press<)—The US Coast Guard repatriated 88 Haitians to the country's north coast on Tuesday, days after they were rescued from a sinking boat off a nearby island.Read more<  Haiti Catholic service agencies call for rigorous safeguards in protecting Haitian childrenWASHINGTON, 4 February 2010 (USCCB<)—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4th, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian children in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.Read more<  Haiti earthquake Haiti: ICMC applauds solidarity, highlights role of migrants in post-disaster recoveryGENEVA, 15 January 2010—In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, ICMC joins with its member bishop’s conferences worldwide in expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families, and the essential role that Haitian migrants can play in the country’s recovery.Read more< Canada Canada looking at fast-tracking Haitian immigrants, refugees in wake of quakeOTTAWA, 16 January 2010 (The Canadian Press<)—The federal government is looking at ways to make it easier for Haitians to come to Canada as immigrants or refugees, in response to the devastating earthquake in the Caribbean country.Read more<  |
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