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Voices from the field

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

A Family Resemblance

A refugee story by ICMC-UNHCR deployee, Emad, about the incredible interview that marked his deployment in Beirut, Lebanon.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

Three months in Dadaab

A look into deployee Karen Read's experience working as a Best Interests Determination (BID) specialist in Dadaab, Kenya from January to April 2009.Read more

Refugee resettlement

Life after Iraq: Separate lives

Hakim* and his sister are Iraqi refugees, having fled their country when violence touched their lives. While both are refugees, he and his family now live in Madison Heights, USA, while she and her family are in Damascus, Syria, awaiting resettlement. Here is his story.Read more

ICMC Pakistan

Achieving a sustainable source of income

Faruq Hafeez* shares his story about how a microcredit grant received through ICMC Pakistan and the Sarhad Rural Support Programme changed his life and the well being of his family.Read more

ICMC Pakistan

Most significant change: Search for light

Jaffar Haseeb Ahsan* tells of how he has found new hope in life after his wife was selected to learn how to start and run a business through ICMC Pakistan and the Sarhad Rural Support Programme.Read more

ICMC Pakistan

Search for destination

Saeed Ghazali* shares his story of 'most significant change', recalling how a cash grant from ICMC Pakistan and the Sarhad Rural Support Programme for establishing his own micro enterprise has improved his standard of living and enabled him to feel happy with his life.Read more

ICMC Pakistan

Undefeated woman

Nahid Hafeez* shares her story of how life has changed for her and her family since receiving cash grant support from ICMC Pakistan and the Sarhad Rural Support Programme to open a small general store in her home village.Read more

ICMC Pakistan

Most significant change: New hope

Bibi Amir Elahi* tells of how she has found new hope in life after she received micro enterprise training from ICMC Pakistan and the Sarhad Rural Support Programme and was able to start a small livestock business.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

Securing a future for separated children and unaccompanied minors

ICMC Deployee, Kimberly Haynes, describes her experience working with refugee children in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

Beyond numbers and quotas: Agony between the lines

ICMC deployee, Viveka Bergh, reflects on the stories of so many Iraqi refugees hoping for resettlement, and finds inspiration in seeing the most vulnerable cases find acceptance in countries such as Sweden.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

Shattered lives, but hope for the future

Marisa Gomez, shares her experience as an ICMC Deployee with UNHCR in Tanzania, where she has witnessed the importance of resettlement as a protection tool for refugees who have suffered untold violence and trauma.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

When resettlement is the only alternative

ICMC deployee, Tycho Walaardt, shares his experience working with Somali and Sudanese refugees in camps in Eritrea.Read more

ICMC Resettlement Deployee

Experiencing Gabon through the eyes of refugees

ICMC deployee Sari Sirva reflects on the situation of refugee Women-At-Risk who have found temporary refugee in Gabon, but remain in dire need of more permanent protection.Read more

A glimpse into refugee resettlement

An interview with Katrien Ringelé, ICMC European Resettlement Network Coordinator

There is still little knowledge in Europe on how resettlement of refugees works in practice. ICMC European Resettlement Network Coordinator, Katrien Ringelé, talks about her experience with refugee resettlement and its importance for European countries.Read more