Background: Since August 2012, ICMC, with funding from BPRM, has been conducting a comprehensive outreach to vulnerable Syrian refugees in northern Jordan (Al-Mafraq, Ramtha, Irbid and Zarqa, Amman). To date a total of 925 Syrian households have been interviewed, collecting data on the family overview, health conditions, economic situation, the situation of children, housing conditions and gaps in assistance.

GENEVA, 18 March 2011-Amid urgent calls for the protection of those fleeing violence in Libya, ICMC bolsters key partnerships and rapidly deploys six refugee protection experts to UNHCR emergency resettlement operations in Egypt and Tunisia, assisting efforts to find solutions for the increasing number of refugees in the region.

"The speed and scale with which the humanitarian crisis has unfolded has proven extremely challenging to the mechanisms in place in the region for dealing with the large number of people now needing protection", explains Linda Besharaty, ICMC

Executive Summary

Violence has forced millions of Iraqi children, women and men to flee their homes and seek refuge both inside and beyond their country's borders. In light of the challenges preventing refugees from returning to Iraq and of the obstacles to local integration in host countries like Jordan and Syria, for many of the most vulnerable refugees, resettlement in a new country is the only durable solution.

With this report, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Among displaced Iraqis today, many-if not most-face a dizzying array of social, economic and psychological difficulties as they grapple with the loss of their former lives, homes, jobs and communities and, in all too many cases, loved ones. Unfortunately, however, many survivors encounter serious obstacles to finding the psychological and medical support that they need.

ICMC programmes in Jordan and Syria reach out to and support to extremely vulnerable Iraqis and host country nationals, including unaccompanied and separated children, at-risk individuals, single-headed

The humanitarian crisis in Pakistan has been worsening by the day. To date, an estimated 2.5 to 3 million people have been forced to leave their homes in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Malakand and in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) due to intense fighting.

In response, ICMC conducted a rapid needs-assessment in the Mardan District immediately following the arrival of the first IDPs to the area. Temporarily hosted in government schools, ICMC's initial assessment found that over 8,000 conflict-affected individuals in the Mardan District

PART ONE

Introduction

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that more than four million Iraqis have been displaced by the war in Iraq. Two million found asylum in neighbouring countries like Syria and Jordan, smaller numbers fled to Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey. Their lives are threatened by sectarian violence, kidnapping of family members (including children), and when they are perceived as sympathisers of an international military presence, international contractors or international humanitarian agencies (UN, NGOs). If Iraqis are perceived

Executive Summary

This protection assessment mission to Syria is a joint effort of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB-MRS). The mission was funded by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM). The main objective of the mission was to provide an in-depth evaluation and analysis of the protection needs of vulnerable Iraqi individuals and families residing in Syria, to assess the existing system of response to

European Parliament says "international community has a duty" towards Iraqi refugees and displaced

ICMC commends the European Parliament resolutions adopted this past week:

• Urging countries bordering Iraq to continue to admit Iraqi refugees;
• Committing Europe to share in the response by resettling a number of those refugees who will clearly never be able to return to Iraq;
• Urging EU Member States to swiftly and fairly determine the claims of Iraqi asylum-seekers;
• Calling for a significant part of the

Continued violence in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip has once again generated flows of displaced and refugees. More than 80 air strikes over the past days have driven an estimated half a million civilians out of their homes. Millions of others are facing the consequences of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation.
While thousands of foreign nationals are leaving, the Lebanese fear the further escalation of this war once foreigners have left the country. Civilians in the southern suburbs of Beirut and in the southern part of the country face water and food shortages