Perspectives & Positions
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In the context of migration-related development, a myriad of civil society organisations - including NGOs, migrant, diaspora and labour organisations - are dedicated to capacity building, skills and livelihood training, voluntary return and reintegration programming, co-development opportunities, remittances and reinvestment, as well as the full range of community building and other more traditional development projects. Within this work, there is an unequivocal commitment to address the root causes of migration and, in particular, the factors that not only "push" but compel people to migrate, often under life-threatening conditions that compromise the dignity of the human person. The dedication of civil society actors in these areas is not only concrete, but also visible and measurable; the work is well-documented in reports to donors and partners, in academic research, position papers, conference documents, advocacy materials and compilations of migrant experiences.
- 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.
- Jesuit Refugee Service statement for the 2nd annual Global Forum on Migration and Development
- JRS statement concerning their history and stance on the issues of migration to be presented at the 2008 Global Forum on Migration and Development.
- Protecting the human rights of migrant victims of violence or trauma: A question of implementation?
- Set within the framework of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a perspective on how the basic reception, first aid and recovery needs of migrant victims of violence or trauma must be protected in order to ensure effective conditions for development.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mobile, global and hard at work: Re-evaluating migrant options, risks and dignity in an age of globalisation
- Discussing the need to need to think in terms of every person, rather than workers; of respect for the family, rather than individuals; and of the dignity of each human being, migrant or citizen - working or not - rather than rights alone.
- Jesuit Refugee Service position on incorporating the forcibly displaced into development
- JRS position paper to the European Union describing ways to deal with the influx of migration into Europe.
- 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 International Catholic Migration Commission to the High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development
- ICMC statement that outlines the issues they find most pressing on the topic of migration and development: protecing human rights of migrants, reducing forced migration, and eliminating human trafficking.
- 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.
- Message of the Holy Father John Paul II
- Pope John Paul's message to the world for the 90th World Day of Migrants and Refugees in 2004 calling for the protection of the rights and human dignity of refugees and migrants.
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