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.
Sri Lanka   Sri Lanka Church finds ways to help vulnerable migrantsTEWATTA, 7 December 2009 (UCAN<)—Sri Lanka can thank its migrant workers for more than a third of its foreign exchange, however many have experienced severe physical abuse while abroad, says a nun.Read more< Sri Lanka Church struggles to pick up pieces for returning refugeesJAFFNA, 23 November 2009 (UCAN<)—The government program to resettle Tamils displaced in the 26-year civil war is descending into chaos as thousands of people are dumped in a Jaffna sports stadium without adequate resources, Church workers say.Read more< Sri Lanka Lankan boat people: human smuggling racket suspectedCOLOMBO, 25 October 2009 (Sunday Times<)—The escalation in the number of Sri Lankan Tamils attempting to enter other countries illegally is causing the government concern and giving rise to speculation that a large-scale human-smuggling racket is under way.Read more< Sri Lanka Insecurity, jobs drive Sri Lanka's boat peopleCOLOMBO, 21 October 2009 (AFP<)—Fear of persecution and a lack of jobs at home are driving thousands of Sri Lankans to risk perilous boat rides to developed countries, according to officials and politicians.Read more< Sri Lanka Archbishop calls for expediting resettlement of refugeesMADHU SHRINE, SRI LANKA 18 August 2009 (UCAN<) — Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has called on the government to speed up the resettlement of refugees displaced from their homes around the popular Madhu shrine in the north of the country.Read more<  New Guidelines to Improve Psychological and Social Assistance in EmergenciesInternational humanitarian agencies have agreed on a new set of guidelines to address the mental health and psychosocial needs of survivors as part of the response to conflict or disaster.Read more<  |
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