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Publication: Human Rights Indicators for Migrants and their Families

Publication: Human Rights Indicators for Migrants and their Families

KNOMAD’s Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Migrant Rights and Social Aspects of Migration has published ...
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International Labour Day: Employers’ Sanctions do not Protect Undocumented Workers from Exploitation

International Labour Day: Employers’ Sanctions do not Protect Undocumented Workers from Exploitation

On the occasion of International Labour Day, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants ...
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WILL EU RESPONSE TO MIGRANTS DYING IN THE SEA STRENGTHEN OR WORSEN HUMAN RIGHTS?

WILL EU RESPONSE TO MIGRANTS DYING IN THE SEA STRENGTHEN OR WORSEN HUMAN RIGHTS?

The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) is extremely concerned that a statement agreed ...
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PICUM Publishes Position Paper on ‘EU Return Directive’ Following First Working Group Meeting on EU Migration Policies

PICUM Publishes Position Paper on ‘EU Return Directive’ Following First Working Group Meeting on EU Migration Policies

By Maria Giovanna Manieri, PICUM Programme Officer. Following the unprecedented loss of an estimated 1,600 ...
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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is launching the Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is launching the Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has launched the Campaign to End ...
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Global Mobilisation for Migrant Rights, 1 May 2015

Global Mobilisation for Migrant Rights, 1 May 2015

A group of migrants’ rights organisations has launched a campaign to promote a global mobilisation ...
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Implementation Handbook Published on How to Put Recommendation of the European Commission into Practice

Implementation Handbook Published on How to Put Recommendation of the European Commission into Practice

The EU Alliance for Investing in Children published on 1 April 2015 its “Implementation Handbook ...
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Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments

Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments

PICUM launched a new report entitled “Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments” ...
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Side Event at the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Side Event at the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Migrants in an Irregular Situation The Office of ...
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Migrants in the Mediterranean: mourning deaths, not saving lives

Migrants in the Mediterranean: mourning deaths, not saving lives

By Maria Giovanna Manieri and Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber.  This article was first published by OpenSecurity on ...
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‘Istanbul Convention’ – How Civil Society Can Engage in the Monitoring Process

‘Istanbul Convention’ – How Civil Society Can Engage in the Monitoring Process

By Eve Geddie, PICUM Programmes Director. The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating ...
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants discussing policy developments in Brussels

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants discussing policy developments in Brussels

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, visited Brussels ...
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PICUM Working Group on Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants

PICUM Working Group on Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants

By Lilana Keith, PICUM Programme Officer. Focus on: children’s health, local and regional service provision ...
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Protecting the rights of undocumented workers

Protecting the rights of undocumented workers

PICUM and the Polish organisation Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej (Association for Legal Intervention) today call on ...
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Organisations ask new EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs to ensure the rights of all migrant children

Organisations ask new EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs to ensure the rights of all migrant children

In a joint letter, a group of 26 migrants' rights and children's rights organisations urged ...
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Why a rights-based approach to migrant children? The case of undocumented children and families

Why a rights-based approach to migrant children? The case of undocumented children and families

By Lilana Keith, PICUM Programme Officer. The current approach to migrant children is piecemeal, focusing ...
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Child Rights Action Group Addresses New President of the European Commission in Open Letter

Child Rights Action Group Addresses New President of the European Commission in Open Letter

Dear Mr Juncker, The Child Rights Action Group (CRAG) congratulates you on your election as ...
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PICUM sends letter to The Guardian asking to change terminology

PICUM sends letter to The Guardian asking to change terminology

The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) sent the following letter to The ...
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PICUM Members Take the Floor

PICUM Members Take the Floor

This June, over 100 PICUM members came to Brussels to participate in PICUM’s 2014 Annual ...
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Destination Unknown campaign SPOT by Terre des Hommes

Listen to me! I am building my future

Originally posted by Terres des Hommes on Destination Unknown, on 20 June 2014. Geneva, 19th June ...
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