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ICMC Europe's Anna Coulibaly at the European Migration Forum

European Migration Forum Elects ICMC Europe to Represent European Civil Society

Following her election as a European civil society representative on the Bureau of the European Migration Forum for 2024-26, we...
GFMD cicil society delegation 2024

ICMC Coordinates Civil Society Participation at the 14th Summit of the 2022-24 Global Forum on Migration and Development

The plight of missing migrants and their families, the role of migrants’ stories in shaping policies, and the importance of...
Statement

Joint Statement: Labour Migration – Comments on the latest Positions of the European Parliament in view of the Triloges

January 8, 2024

Christian organizations released a joint-statement to comment on the on-going discussions happening at the European Parliament and Council regarding the migration directives Single Permit (SP) and Long Term Residence (LTR).

Panel speakers participate in a GFMD thematic discussion on climate change and mobility, held in Paris on June 28 2023

Bringing Civil Society Voices to Global Discussions on Migration and Development

Coordinated by ICMC, the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism facilitated civil society contributions to workshops in Paris on migration, climate change,...
ICMC Joins the Bishops of the Episocial Conferences of North America, Central America, and the Caribbeans’ Call To Address Root Causes of MigrationICMC

ICMC Joins Call by Bishops’ Conferences of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean to Address Root Causes of Migration

Following their 9th meeting on Human Mobility held in El Salvador from 21 to 25 August, the Bishops of the...
109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 24 September 2023 - Message from the Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 1

109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 24 September 2023.

Message from the Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Dear visitors to the ICMC website – representatives of our...
Statement

Share Network: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe

September 19, 2023

Ahead of EU Member States submitting their pledges for the EU resettlement scheme by 15 September, we call on leaders to ambitiously expand safe pathways to international protection and better reflect Europe’s capacity to welcome.

Share Network: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe 2

Share Network: Seven Priorities to Expand Resettlement and Safe Pathways to Europe

Ahead of EU Member States submitting their pledges for the EU resettlement scheme by 15 September, we call on leaders...

Annual Report 2022

ICMC: Catholic Advocate Says It’s Time to ‘Change the Narrative’ on Migration

Source: Crux

ICMC Secretary General Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo discusses Pope Francis' call for governments to come to the help of migrants in North Africa and the suffering they and their families experience. He also addresses the response of European and African governments and how it could be improved, as well as ICMC efforts to assist migrants and refugees.

The Pope Impelled Action in Lampedusa

Source: National Catholic Reporter

On the 10-year commemoration of Pope Francis' visit to Italy's Lampedusa island, ICMC and partners note 'global indifference' remains a real risk. Church advocacy had a significant impact on how the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration were subsequently framed, says ICMC's Secretary General, Robert J. Vitillo, but increasingly signatories are not honoring commitments.

"Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity" - Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Francis' Visit to Lampedusa

“Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity” – Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Visit to Lampedusa

On 8 July 2013, Pope Francis visited the island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside of Rome since...
Statement

“Traces of a Shipwrecked Humanity”

July 6, 2023

Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Pope Francis' Visit to Lampedusa

Statement

Joint Letter Calling For Mechanism on Human Rights Violations at Borders

June 22, 2023

On 19 June 2023, ICMC, along with 193 civil society organisations and groups, signed a joint letter calling on member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement immediate measures to address global pattern of deaths, torture and grave human rights violations at international borders.

ICMC and U.S. Bishops Welcome Announcement of Increased Refugee Resettlement, Urge for the Respect Migrants’ Right to Request Asylum

ICMC and U.S. Bishops Welcome Announcement of Increased Refugee Resettlement, Urge for the Respect Migrants’ Right to Request Asylum

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration Chairman urges the U.S. Administration to “respect the rights and dignity of persons...

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