Perspectives & Positions

Caritas Internationalis statement for the Global Forum on Migration and Development

Statement to the 2008 GFMD emphasing the well-being of migrants, refugees, victims of trafficking, and asylum-seekers with the hope that the forum on migration and development will work to implement policies that achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

And if they were supported by their families, given assistance and recognised before the law?

A short paper outlining the basic requirements for the full protection and integration of migrant children in destination countries.

Migration e-consultation on youth migration

Voices of Youth, created by UNICEF in 1995, is dedicated to dealing with issues of youth migration by involving young people from all around the world. This briefing paper discusses the hard socio-economic conditions that drive youth migration, and the opinions of young people on the issues and solutions involving youth migration.

Family and forced migration: Two “F’s” for policy coherence and social cohesion

Paper submitted to the 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Migration Affairs at its meeting in Kiev on the 4-5 September 2008 dealing with the issues of forced migration and family with a special focus on human dignity.

ICMC statement to the Global Forum

ICMC statement at the 2008 GFMD that focuses on what ICMC perceives as the four main issues concerning migration and development: a shift back to family, a shift to a focus on forced migration, a shift towards greater fairness in migration policies, and a shift to the value of international frameworks in migration contexts.

Dignity across borders

An analysis of gaps and recommendations regarding migrants and their families in an age of mobility, based on a consultation on issues and priorities on migration in and from Asia.

A right to family reunification

An argument for the development of legal frameworks that offer real prospects for integration, social stability, and cohesion with a central focus on the value of unified families.

Looking, weighing and acting together on migration within and from Africa

A presentation to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in Nairobi, Kenya, discussing the role, and potential action, of the Church in Africa within the context of migration and development.

Return: Solutions for change

Looking to viable solutions to reduce enforcement-related returns and irregular migration that contemplate the needs of families to be together, the mutual needs of employers and workers worldwide, the imperative of social cohesion and the need to match laws with realities.

Migrants to and from Asia and their families: Responses to new challenges in advocacy

A presentation of seven priority areas for regional and global discussions on migration and development, including: the participation of civil society - including migrants - in policy-making processes, the protection of family and special commitment to the most vulnerable in migration and development, especially victims of human trafficking and smuggling.

Statement of the ICMC to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families: Republic of Bolivia

The International Catholic Migration Commission welcomes the first report submitted to the Committee on Migrant Workers by the Republic of Bolivia and presents a series of questions to the Government concerning the protection of migrant workers residing in and originating from the Republic of Bolivia.

To leave or not to leave: The right not to migrate and what the Church is doing to help people stay at home

An argument for ensuring that migration is by choice and not necessity by calling for root causes to be addressed and increased attention to programs and opportunities that will allow those who choose to stay at home.

Statement of the ICMC to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families: Ecuador

The International Catholic Migration Commission welcomes the first report submitted to the Committee on Migrant Workers by Ecuador and present a series of questions to the government concerning the protection of migrant workers and their families residing in and originating from Ecuador.

Statement of the ICMC to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families: El Salvador

ICMC welcomes the first report submitted to the Migrant Workers Committee by El Salvador and presents a series of questions to the Government regarding the protection of migrant workers both residing in and originating from El Salvador.

Migration and development: Some concrete orientations

Comments on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions dealing with the link between migration and development and the importance of human dignity in the migration debate.

Contribution to the debate on the communication by the Commission on a community immigration policy

Document expressing the concerns of European Churches on the topic of the relationship between a migrant's country of origin and its host country and how migrants should have the right to travel between the two without issues.