PICUM — The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrant

Advocating for the Human Rights of Undocumented Migrants: Strategies, Successes and Opportunities

aprile 2012

PICUM held a workshop for its members in Brussels,Belgium, on 24 June 2011, to discuss strategies, successes andopportunities to advocate for the human rights of undocumented migrants. It marked PICUM’s ten-year anniversary and was attended by an unprecedented number of PICUM member organisations and individuals, who took the occasion to strengthen the PICUM network by actively participating and sharing experiences.

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Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe - Country Brief Belgium

marzo 2012

This brief (in French) has been prepared to support the Belgian workshop on children in an irregular migration situation: “Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Belgium”, which took place in April 2012 in Brussels. It is outlining the laws and policies relating to the rights to healthcare, education and housing of children in an irregular migration situation in Belgium and the situation in practice. The brief is part of the Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe project, co-funded by the European Commission Daphne III programme.

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Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe - Country Brief Netherlands

febbraio 2012

This brief (in Dutch) has been prepared to support the Netherlands workshop on the local reception of undocumented families: “Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in the Netherlands”, which took place in February 2012 in Leiden. It is outlining the laws and policies relating to the rights to healthcare, education and housing of children in an irregular migration situation in the Netherlands and the situation in practice. The brief is part of the Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe project, co-funded by the European Commission Daphne III programme.

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Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe - Country Brief United Kingdom

ottobre 2011

This brief has been prepared to support the UK workshop:“Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in the United Kingdom”, which took place in October 2011 in London. It is outlining the laws and policies relating to the rights to healthcare, education and housing of children in an irregular migration situation in the UK and the situation in practice. The brief is part of the Building Strategies to Protect Children in an Irregular Migration Situation in Europe project, co-funded by the European Commission Daphne III programme. Other country briefs will be prepared for Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

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Preventing Undocumented Pregnant Women and Children from Accessing health Care: fostering health inequalities in Europe

marzo 2011

This report highlights the presentations and discourse which took place during the public hearing on 8 December 2010, in the European Parliament on “Preventing Undocumented Pregnant Women and Children from Accessing Health Care: Fostering Health Inequalities in Europe”. The event was coordinated by the EuropeanAnti-Poverty Network (EAPN), European Women’s Lobby (EWL), Médecins du Monde (MdM), and thePlatform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM). This report was prepared by PICUM.

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Violence and Exploitation of Undocumented Migrant Women: Building Strategies to End Impunity

marzo 2011

PICUM held a workshop in Brussels, Belgium on 25 June 2010 to discuss current challenges, opportunities and trendsregarding the protection of undocumented women’s rights in Europe.

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Conference report on a workshop organized by PICUM and the United Methodist Women Immigrant/Civil Rights Initiative, "The Exploitation of Undocumented Migrant Women in the Workplace"

novembre 2009

On March 1, PICUM, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants and the United Methodist Women Immigrant/Civil Rights Initiative issued the report  "The Exploitation of Undocumented Migrant Women in the Workplace," at the UN-Commission on the Status of Women in New York, as part of the "Beijing +15" review of the Beijing Platform for Action.  This is the report of a global workshop organized by the two organizations during the Peoples' Global Action (PGA) on Migration, Development and Human Rights in Athens, Greece, 4th November 2009.Adopting a global perspective, the report explores specific vulnerabilities facing undocumented women in the labour market as well as strategies which have successfully served to protect and empower undocumented female workers. The discussion explored the role of the unions, social networks, solidarity movements and undocumented women themselves in addressing labour-based exploitation and empowering female workers with an irregular status.

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Report on an Workshop organized by the European Commission, DG Research on Undocumented and irregular migration: policy developments, data and social implications

novembre 2009

The objective of this workshop was to present the main results of the research projects CLANDESTINO and UWT to the policy community based in Brussels. The main topics discussed in the workshop were the CLANDESTINO database on irregular migration which presents and classifies (as low, medium or high quality) estimates and data on irregular migration in the European Union and in selected member states, the possible ways through which migrants become irregular and vice-versa, the impact of irregular migration in EU labour markets and the impact of member-states’ policies on regular and irregular migration.The report highlights key points of discussion of the workshop and provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers.

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Report on an International Workshop organized by PICUM, MRN and COMPAS on Understanding Irregular Migration in Northern Europe

marzo 2009

The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), in cooperation with the ESRC Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS) and Migrants Rights Network (MRN) held a workshop on 27 March 2009 in London, UK, entitled “Understanding Irregular Migration in Northern Europe.”The workshop was part of the EU funded CLANDESTINO project – “Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends across Europe” and brought together nearly 150 participants including representatives of NGOs and trade unions, researchers, local authorities, policy makers, journalists, and other professionals to discuss policies and responses to irregular migration in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions.

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Undocumented Children in Europe: Invisible Victims of Immigration Restrictions

gennaio 2009

PICUM held an international conference in Brussels on 22-23 January 2009 to culminate its two-year project on undocumented children in Europe.This report provides an overview of the conference, what was discussed by the speakers and participants, and to deliver the overall themes and sentiments shared during the event.  more than 150 representatives of NGOs, local authorities, social workers, policy makers, researchers andother actors came together to specifically address the situation ofundocumented children and how control policies directed againstirregular migration affect them. Representing more than 20 countries both in the EU and beyond, participants highlighted numerous examples of violations of undocumented children’s rights.

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Workshop on “Fighting Discrimination-Based Violence Against Undocumented Children”

aprile 2008

The PICUM held a workshop on 4 April 2008 in Brussels, Belgium, on the protection of undocumented children in their access to basic social rights.The workshop brought together nearly 100 participants, including representatives of NGOs, local authorities, professionals from diverse fields, and other actors to share experiences and discuss ways to address the problems associated with insufficient access to basic social services for undocumented children.This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions.

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NGO Round Table Report on Civil Society Strategies to Promote the Use of Regularisation Programmes for Irregular Migrants in Europe

ottobre 2007

This report, prepared by PICUM on behalf of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, presents the proposals made by civil society to promote the use of regularisation programmes for irregular migrants in Europe at the NGO Round Table in Strasbourg on 1 October 2007. It also takes into account the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population Report on “Regularisation Programmes for Irregular Migrants” hereafter referred to as the Greenway report, and Resolution 1568 and Recommendation 1807 (2007) of the Parliamentary Assembly.

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Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants

giugno 2007

To mark the end of its two-year project on access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe, PICUM held a two-day event consisting of an International conference and workshop sessions.

This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions in a conference which brought together nearly 200 participants to share experiences  and discuss ways to address the problems associated with insufficient access to health care services for undocumented migrants.

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Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers

marzo 2006

To accompany the launch of its report 'Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers', PICUM held a series of events in March 2006.

i) CONFERENCE: 'Protecting Undocumented Workers in Europe'
On 23 March 2006, PICUM, with the support of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), held a conference on the successes and strategies for protecting undocumented migrant workers. 
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ii) POLICY DIALOGUE: 'Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Workers' 
This policy dialogue 'Regularisation is not the only policy: Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers' explored the steps which can be taken to protect migrant workers from exploitation
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Workshop on Drafting an Ethical Code for social workers assisting undocumented migrants

gennaio 2002

At PICUM 2001 meeting on 'Ethical Arguments for working with undocumented migrants', many participants spoke of the need for an Ethical Code for social workers that work in the field of undocumented migration. A small Working Group to draft such a Code met in the Netherlands

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Workshop on Criminalisation of Assistance to Undocumented Migrants

gennaio 2001

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