Who We Are

Origins of Crosscare Migrant Project
Crosscare Migrant Project was established as ‘Emigrant Advice’ in 1987 as an updated response by the Dublin Diocese to the increased rate of emigration in the 1980s. Its predecessor was the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau established in 1942, which offered advice and assistance to emigrants of the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.

Crosscare Migrant Project is one of the 11 programmes of Crosscare, the Dublin Diocese Social Care Agency. Since 1987, Crosscare Migrant Project has been working with migrants in vulnerable situations. Originally, Crosscare Migrant Project (as Emigrant Advice) worked with intending emigrants. In recent years, clients of Crosscare Migrant Project include intending emigrants, emigrants, immigrants, returnees and intending returnees. Importantly, the common factor for all of Crosscare Migrant Project’s clients is that they are migrants in vulnerable situations.

Download our annual reports here: 2003, 2004, 2005.

Please click here for the Crosscare Annual Report 2006

Crosscare Migrant Project aims:

• to provide a quality information and support service in order to enable people involved in a migration decision or experience, especially the most vulnerable, make informed choices;
• through our engagement with clients and in collaboration with others to effect positive change in migration policy.

The decision to migrate is a major one. The availability of high quality information and advice is crucial to enable the migrant to settle and adjust to life in a new country. Information is the tool that enables the person to participate fully in a new society.

Services

Crosscare Migrant Project provides information and advocates on behalf of emigrants, returnees and immigrants through its walk-in, outreach, phone and email services, website, publications, and support to generalist information services.