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How relevant, effective and humane is the EU border control regime?
Michele LeVoy, Director of PICUM, and Kadri Soova, PICUM's Advocacy Officer, discuss how increased border security influences perceptions on irregularity and favours criminalization.
Let’s save hospitality!
Nacho Sánchez of the NGO Málaga Acoge writes about the campaign Salvemos la Hospitalidad! (Let’s save hospitality!) which aims to reverse the Spanish government's new draft of the Criminal Code criminalising solidarity with undocumented migrants.
MRCI Ireland meets ODT Immigrés in Morocco
Pablo Rojas Coppari, Strategic Advocacy Officer MRCI Ireland talks about his experience of meeting with members of ODT Immigrés – a local migrant-led wing of a Moroccan trade union. The meeting aimed to share MRCI's methodology of community work and to empower the local migrant group.
Food Movement: Another “Sleeping Giant” Awakens on Immigration Reform
What do food banks, food chain workers, and Dreamers all have in common? The answer, when it comes to immigration, is just about everything. The impact of misguided immigration policies on food systems, labour rights and the human rights of undocumented migrants.
“Children and Irregular Migration”
Side Event prior to the United Nations Day of General Discussion (DGD) on “The rights of all children in the context of international migration”, 27 September 2012, Geneva.
Migration status as vulnerability factor in situations of human trafficking and exploitation
Blog post by Kadri Soova, PICUM Advocacy Officer on how lack of authorised migration status contributes to increased vulnerability of migrants in situations of human trafficking and exploitation.
Un projet de régularisation pour les travailleurs sans-papiers au Maroc
Le 4 juillet 2012 à Rabat, au Maroc, s’est tenue une journée d’échange axée sur les droits des sans-papiers au Maroc dans le cadre du Projet « Beyond Irregularity ».
ASGI on the transposition of the Employers’ Sanctions Directive and new regularisation in Italy
The Italian Association for Juridical Studies (ASGI), expresses its concerns over the transposition of the Employers’ Sanctions Directive and the new regularisation in Italy.
Do You Commemorate Independence Day?
Yasmine Soraya, from Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (Netherlands), tells the story of Ahmad, an Indonesian undocumented migrant who was refused to renew his passport by his embassy and how he ended up in a limbo situation.
"Undoc Camp": Web and technology to help undocumented children
A short report on “Undoc Camp”, an innovative workshop aimed at using web and tech to get information and advice to young people with irregular immigration status in the UK. 13-14 July 2012, London.
Access to Justice for Undocumented Women: A Reality in the EU?
On Thursday 21st June, the launch of a seminal report on undocumented women was cohosted by members of the European Parliament from across the poltical spectrum. Read the report.
Do you know who cleans your place?
Eva Valentová, from the Association for Integration and Migration in Czech Republic, a PICUM member, describes the campaign they launched in March urging employers to respect the rights of domestic female workers. You can watch the campaign video here.
3 questions on Greece to Miltos Pavlou - I-Red Network (member of PICUM)
Researcher Miltos Pavlou answered some questions on the results of the elections in Greece that awarded radical positions and anti-immigrant discourse.
Greece: detention of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers on health grounds
In France, Sarkosy is ramping up his rhetoric against irregular immigrants and threatening the EU to pull France out of Schengen, while in Greece, where elections are also foreseen, Minister of Health recently described the situation of migrants in central Athens as a ”ticking time bomb for public health”.
Spain - Four unhealthy cracks
On April 20th, the Spanish government approved a new set of austerity measures. Among other aspects, this new regulation denies access to regular health assistance for undocumented migrants. By Daniel Izuzquiza. Pueblos Unidos, Madrid
