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Migrant smuggling: why we need a paradigm shift
Common narratives describe migrant smugglers as ruthless “criminals who take advantage of people’s vulnerability and ...
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Resilience and Resistance: the Criminalisation of Solidarity across Europe
This blog is based on the executive summary of our new report Resilience and Resistance: the ...
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Solidarity and justice for undocumented migrants: joining forces with social justice movements
On 2 and 3 June 2022, PICUM brought together migrant and human rights advocates, from ...
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Undocumented domestic workers go on first-ever strike in Brussels, Belgium
On 16 June, International Domestic Workers' Day, a delegation of undocumented domestic workers led their ...
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Labour Rights of Undocumented Migrant Workers: what does the EU say?
This blog provides a brief analysis of some key EU legal texts on undocumented workers’ ...
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Non-Ukrainians fleeing the war met with detention
This blog was written by PICUM’s Advocacy Trainee Alyona Samar. Since the outset of the ...
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Regulating Migration Tech: How the EU’s AI Act can better protect people on the move
As the European Union amends the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), understanding the impact of ...
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The 2022 Irish regularisation programme: the long fight of undocumented people
This blog is based on information kindly provided by our member Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, ...
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Joint civil society statement on the Schengen Borders Code
The undersigned civil society organisations would like to express their concerns with regard to several ...
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Regularisation of undocumented migrants: how to make it work
Regularisation is any process through which someone can obtain a residence permit to stay in ...
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Turning 18 and undocumented: ensuring a safe transition into adulthood
For thousands of migrant children and young people in Europe, turning 18 means transitioning into ...
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In the EU, solidarity with migrants is under threat
Acting in solidarity with migrants in the EU has been difficult for decades. Nearly twenty ...
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Europe’s solidarity must extend to all and prevent more people from becoming undocumented
As the number of people fleeing Ukraine continues to increase, PICUM, the Platform for International ...
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What safety means for undocumented people
Having no, or precarious, residence status often increases a person’s risk of experiencing abuse or ...
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Barriers to return: protection in international, EU and national frameworks
In recent years, EU migration policies have consistently focused on increasing the rate of returns ...
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Mental health and undocumented migrants: addressing challenges, fostering resilience
For undocumented people or for people with insecure residence status, precarious living and working situations, ...
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A manifesto for an inclusive and comprehensive EU gender-based violence policy for all
#UsToo The most at risk of gender based violence are among the least protected and ...
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The new draft Schengen Borders Code risks leading to more racial and ethnic profiling
In December 2021, the European Commission proposed new rules on internal borders, codified as a ...
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COVID-19 certificates and undocumented migrants: for some, the risk is more exclusion
This post was written by Jamie Slater, former Advocacy Trainee, and Alyna Smith, Deputy Director.* ...
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The COVID-19 vaccines and undocumented migrants in Finland
As part of our efforts to monitor access to the COVID-19 vaccines for undocumented migrants in ...
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