The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects the needs of uprooted people, refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, with operations in 30 countries of the world, including Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Turkey.

ICMC advocates for durable solutions and rights-based policies directly and through a worldwide network of 172 member organizations.

ICMC's expertise and core programming consists of refugee resettlement, return and reintegration, local integration, work with extremely vulnerable individuals, counter-trafficking and rescue, NGO capacity-building, technical cooperation and government institution-building, emergency response and advocacy.

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La migration, dernière chance du développement ? Six défis essentiels- présentés par le Secrétaire Général de la CICM 2ème Carrefour Genevois de la Solidarité Forum Meyrin, Geneva, January 24-26 (text in French)

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Special Focus on displaced Iraqis Services provided by the International Catholic Migration Commission Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan A Report of the ICMC-USCCB Mission to Assess the Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum Seekers in Jordan

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A presentation of a few Human Trafficking Situations, ICMCs work in combating trafficking and its response to the problem.

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Call for help for migrants hurt and traumatized during crossings by land and sea

Workers from a Yemeni non-governmental organisation hand out food before transporting newly arrived Somalis and Ethiopians to the Mayfa'a reception centre. © UNHCR/J.Björgvinsson/March 2007

• Call for the Development of Humanitarian Standards of Response to Migrant Victims of Violence and Trauma Crossing Borders - Submitted to the Council of Europe - October 11-12, 2007
  
  
• Urgent Call for an International Response to Boat People and Other Migrants Injured or Traumatized Crossing Borders - September 24, 2007
  
  
• Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, Msgr. Giorgio Bertin’s testimony to UNHCR’s pre Executive Committee panel - September 24, 2007
  
  
• Migrant deaths and disappearances in border crossings - NGO Statement on UNHCR’s activities in relation to the asylum-migration nexus - drafted and presented on behalf of all NGO’s for presentation to the UNHCR Standing Committee - June 25-27, 2007
  
  
• Holy See statement calling for related norms and protection - June 25, 2007
  
  
• Statement of Policy - Calling for the Development of International Humanitarian Standards and Services for Migrants Injured or Traumatized in Transit.

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The Exodus Series is a compilation of eleven teaching units intended to serve as formation material for the training of pastoral workers in the migrant ministry. It is composed of 11 booklets as part of the Exodus Formation Program. They are published by The Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) a non-profit research institute established in 1987 and based in Manila, Philippines. SMC is dedicated to encourage and facilitate the study of socio-demographic, economic, political, psychological, historical, legislative and religious aspects of human migration and refugee movements from and within Asia. For more information: www.smc.org.ph.

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An introduction to ICMC

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WORLD MIGRATION MAP

A new data tool… Did you ever wonder where migrants came from? Where they go? Where they transit through?

Click on the following link: www.migrationinformation.org to see the origins and destinations of migrants to and from nearly every country in the world. Developed by the University of Sussex’s Development Research Centre for Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, this new data tool provides a wealth of information!!

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Peruvian Episcopal Conference, information bulletin of the Departamento Pastoral de la Movilidad Humana

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Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea. Newsletters.

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Insituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos, of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference. Information bulletin (in portuguese- PDF 3 MB).

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Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office - NEWSLETTER - Issue 2 - December 2007 (PDF 14 MB)

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Canadian Bishops Issue Pastoral Letter: Canada must demonstrate every effort to welcome immigrants and refugees with dignity (Version en français)

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Mexican Episcopal Conference - Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People-Boletin Huellas (PDF 1.15 MB)-December 2007.