The Role of Churches and Christian Organisations in Community-based Sponsorship Programmes of Refugees in Europe: challenges, opportunities and next steps

On 18 and 19 September 2017, ICMC Europe in collaboration with Caritas International and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), hosted a two-day conference in Brussels to discuss the pioneering role of Churches and faith-based actors in the development of private sponsorship programmes in Europe, namely: Humanitarian Corridors in Italy and France; community sponsorship in the United Kingdom, and private sponsorship for family reunification in Germany and Ireland.