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.
   Publications and researchICMC produces a number of publications independently and with partners that contribute to greater awareness and protection of migrant rights, the promotion of refugee resettlement and improved assistance to vulnerable displaced people, as well as to the general understanding of the work and service of the Commission. Additionally, ICMC frequently carries out evaluations in regions where we are working, and publishes research on issues related to our work to better inform advocacy efforts and strengthen on-the-ground programming.  2009 Welcome to Europe! A guide to resettlement: A comparative review of resettlement in Europe, 2009 UpdateThis publication aims to reinforce the essential role of resettlement in Europe. Considered one of the three durable solutions, resettlement in a "third country" is a lasting welcome for people in need of international protection.Read more< Migrant domestic workers Prospects and process of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers General CommentIn June of 2009, the International Labour Organization (ILO) voted to prepare an international instrument enumerating, for the first time, labour standards specifically for domestic workers. This paper describes the movement being made in that direction, focused specifically on addressing the concerns and basic rights of migrant domestic workers.Read more<  A fresh look at managing international migration Connecting the dotsOver a period of three months, ICMC has consulted leading policy makers and actors within the migration field, bringing them together for informal discussions on the diverse challenges associated with global migration flows and approaches, and to discuss ways to improve international migration management. Connecting the dots offers a summary report of these first conversations, including recommendations for next steps.Read more<  Field-based review of gender approaches Promotion of access to services and protection for vulnerable people in Northern PakistanICMC Pakistan offers this publication of a field-based review of gender approaches as part of an effort to integrate gender mainstreaming in project planning and field activities, offering a collection of good practices in addressing gender-based power imbalances between men and women in project programming.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< Voices from the field Observations and recommendations on the resettlement expectations of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and SyriaFollowing reports from various agencies that a rising number of Iraqi refugees are unhappy with their lives in resettlement countries, ICMC-UNHCR Resettlement Deployee, Frauke Riller, shares her first-hand observations and sets forth recommendations towards better managing refugee expectations.Read more<  2009 Guide to ratification of the International Migrant Workers ConventionICMC has joined with the International Steering Committee for the Campaign for Ratification of the Migrant Rights Convention in launching, on 30 April 2009, a new, user-friendly Guide on ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.Read more< University research paper Trans-Saharan voyages of vulnerability: The serial victimization of boat people before the boatICMC Policy intern Brandon Stinchfield demonstrates that the trans-Saharan migratory experience of boat people is equally, if not more, important to research and understand as their perilous sea journeys.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<  2008 Dignity across bordersAn ICMC publication providing gaps and recommendations regarding migrants and their families in an age of mobility.Read more< |
 
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