'Our doors are always open, we do not reject anyone.'
Fr. Gabriel is the director of the St. Charles' Clinic for women in La Rochelle, #SouthAfrica , that provides bacic healthcare for migrants, refugees and underprivileged South African women.
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📢LAST CALL to our #EUPassworld Roundtable on Complementary Education Pathways in Europe!

Join us to share lessons & good practices on developing sustainable education pathways for displaced students & workers.

Registration for online attendance open🔗bit.ly/4bAg9nT

Congolese Bishops issued a strongly worded statement condemning 3 May attacks on 2 camps for #IDPs near Goma that killed at least 12 people. DIA CENCO called for an independent international investigation into what they said was “a denial of humanity.”

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Migrants are a 'valid and necessary resource,' ConferenciaEpiscopal stressed in a 6 May pastoral address. The Bishops denounced 'political instrumentalization' of migration and called for legal pathways and the closure of migrant detention centers.

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' I also thank ICMC, which has worked to coordinate and manage the project.'
Pope Francis received the participants of the 'Care is Work, Work is Care' consultation, during which his holiness advocated for decent work and fair treatment of migrants. bit.ly/3ygkEpy
The Future of Work, Labour after Laudato si’

An upcoming conference in the Vatican entitled “Care is work, Work is care” will focus on labour rights.

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'You might as well be dead as far as anybody is concerned, because if you are not registered, you don't exist.' H.E. Buti Thlagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg and Spokesperson of SACBC, discusses the impact lack of documentation has for migrants.
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“We provide emergency assistance at borders and build community capacity. Peacebuilding is what makes this sustainable.” Find out how ICMC's member in South Sudan is responding to displacement caused by conflict in Sudan bit.ly/4cUDna5 #StandWithRefugees #SouthSudan

Bishops in the #Philippines defend the right of return of the #Indigenous #Ati people who have been displaced from their ancestral lands by property development. “The Ati are the rightful owners of the land,” says Bishop Valentin Dimoc CBCPNews bit.ly/4a0cL4R

Regularize status of undocumented #migrants & address factors driving #migration , said Mons. Luis Argüello, head of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, as the IPL citizen initiative for legal recognition of some irregular migrants was up for parliamentary debate bit.ly/3U9Nf7d

The Churches' Commision for Migrants in Europe is seeking to fill the position of Executive Secretary at CCME as a half time position, initially for a year, ideally from mid June onwards.
Please find the job specification and application details at:
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Faith-based orgs unite for health & dignity! ICMC's workshop gathered reps from 20+ countries to tackle healthcare access for migrants & combat #HIV . Together, they crafted a Call to Action for #AIDS2024 . UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 PEPFAR UNAIDS Global World Council of Churches (WCC)
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'In Ukraine, a woman once showed me the burned remains of her home – she then cried out, “Tell the world what they are doing to us!'
Listen to Msgr. Robert Vitillo interview with Radio Cité Genève as he reflects on his 8 years as ICMC Secretary General.
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Odesa Eaxarchate blessed 3 new chapels in medical facilities in the south of #Ukraine , offering hope to doctors and patients amid war. With rural hospitals overwhelmed, Church support is vital. Msgr. Robert Vitillo attended the ceremonies. #PrayforUkraine 🇺🇦 #CR4U
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22 civil society organizations, including ICMC Europe and @ShareNetwork3, urge the EU and its Member States to enact priority actions that could make the newly-adopted Union Resettlement Framework an effective tool to increase refugee resettlement.

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“As EU civil society representative, I'll bring the SHARE Network’s diverse multistakeholder network of actors and communities to the EU level.” ICMC Europe’s Anna Coulibaly reflects on her election to the Bureau of the European Migration Forum. Read more bit.ly/3TxoUZO

Live from #Ukraine :
Join Hospital Sisters HS Mission Outreach's Erica Smith, CatholicHealthAssoc's Bruce Compton and ICMC's Msgr. Msgr. Robert Vitillo for a webinar to discuss efforts made to support the Ukrainian people.
🗓️ Tomorrow, 11 am ET
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May you and your families be filled with much peace, joy, and hope
during the Holy Season of Easter 2024!

From the President, Governing Committee,
Secretary General and Staff
of the International Catholic Migration Commission

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Despite the constant roar of rockets and sirens, hope and solidarity endure in #Ukraine !
Read Msgr. Robert Vitillo's latest reflections on his solidarity visit to Ukraine with CatholicHealthAssoc's Bruce Compton and Mission Outreach's Erica Smith.
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