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Focus on the Middle East

Reaching out to vulnerable displaced Iraqis

Displaced by conflict and lack of security at home, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi families have sought refuge in neighbouring countries including Jordan and Syria. 

ICMC is reaching out to vulnerable displaced Iraqis by providing outreach, humanitarian and medical assistance, education and training, as well as support for resettlement.Read more

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ICMC News

Haiti

Catholic service agencies call for rigorous safeguards in protecting Haitian children

WASHINGTON, 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
A fresh look at managing international migration

Connecting the dots

Over 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
ICMC Governing Committee

Church leaders share vision on migration at 109th meeting of the ICMC Governing Committee

VIENNA, 23 January 2010—High-level Church leaders gathered in Vienna discuss global approaches to migration and appeal for solidarity with Haiti at the 109th meeting of the International Catholic Migration Commission Governing Committee.Read more

Pakistan

ICMC Pakistan launches new publication on the promotion of access to services and protection for vulnerable people

ISLAMABAD, January 2010—ICMC Pakistan has released a new publication entitled Promotion of access to services and protection for vulnerable people in Northern Pakistan: 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

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN

A perilous realm: The stateless-migrant nexus

NEW YORK, 17 December 2009—ICMC US Liaison Officer, Jane Bloom, advocates for workable protection and empowerment strategies for "under-served, often invisible, unprotected and highly vulnerable stateless people" before the UN Migration Committee, Committee on the Status of Women and the Committee on the Family.Read more