Dignity across Borders. Gaps and Recommendations regarding Migrants and their Families in an Age of Mobility
- Document number
- 1984
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Dignity across Borders. Gaps and Recommendations regarding Migrants and their Families in an Age of Mobility
- Author/publisher
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- The lives and hopes, the sacrifices and contributions, the needs and rights of migrants and their families worldwide call all of us to explore how civil society, including Church institutions, can organize to better promote human dignity, family unity and universal common good within migration policies at national, regional and international levels. In order to exchange experiences and to better respond to these and the many other challenges, the International Catholic Migration Commission regularly consults its members, the Bishops Conferences worldwide. Very recently ICMC invited its members in Asia for a consultation meeting, which was considered by all participants to be an important step in exchanging useful information and achieving better analysis of identified focal points. What you will find here is a series of on-the-ground perspectives from leaders and practicioners directly engaged with and accompanying migrants and their families in countries of origin, transit and destination, in Asia and worldwide. The gaps in migration policies and practices noted here - and the recommendations to address them - are presented in a spirit of collegiality, collaboration, and conviction, for further commitment and action.
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