In a press release from 20 September 2017, the Sudan Action Group has called on the Belgian government to provide the appropriate and needed protection for the Sudanese migrants and to step back [...]
FRANCAIS, ESPANOL, DEUTSCH, ITALIANO BRUSSELS, 4 SEPTEMBER 2017 – As students begin the new school year across Europe, undocumented migrant children are often still excluded from going to school [...]
BUILDING ON COLLECTIVE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES By Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber, PICUM Communications Officer. Para leer la versión en español, por favor haga clic AQUI. Pour lire le blog en [...]
PICUM together with other organisations has released a statement ahead of the European Council meeting which takes place in Brussels from 22 to 23 June 2017. In the last few years, migration has [...]
Commission must now transform words into action, say organisations The EU Commission’s new policy guidelines, which provide concrete actions to protect all migrant and refugee children in Europe, [...]
BRUSSELS, 6 April 2017 – Ahead of World Health Day, PICUM highlights in a new report how cities across Europe help provide access to health care for all migrants in their communities who are shut [...]
By Jan Knockaert, Director of OR.C.A. – Organisation for Undocumented Workers and a Board member of PICUM-the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants. Adapted from [...]
The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Greece failed in its duty to protect migrant workers from labour exploitation, and to properly investigate their abuse and punish those [...]
By Jerome Phelps, Director of Detention Action. This is a shortened version of the original blog published by University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, Border Criminologies Blog. Earlier this month, [...]
By Michele LeVoy, PICUM Director. This was first published by Open Democracy. As we mark the first anniversary of the EU-Turkey deal, the EU’s migration policies are more contradictory than ever. [...]
BRUSSELS, 17 March 2017 – The EU-Turkey deal, which was adopted one year ago this week, aims to return all migrants and refugees who crossed the sea to the Greek islands and did not apply for [...]
The European Commission has declared 2017 a year of focused action to combat violence against women and girls. Today, on International Women’s Day, PICUM joins other members of the European [...]
A group of more than 170 civil society organisations including PICUM has appealed to EU heads of state and government in a joint letter to adhere to European values and to manage migration [...]
BRUSSELS 6 MARCH 2017 – Undocumented workers across Europe can be exploited and abused with impunity. They usually cannot file a complaint without risking arrest or deportation. The [...]
Joint press release by PICUM, Save the Children, IOM, UNICEF, OHCHR, End Immigration Detention of Children and the International Detention Coalition The European Commission adopted a [...]
90 civil society organisations address EU Commission in joint statement BRUSSELS, 3 March 2017 – Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission [...]
Over 70 organisations send letter to EU heads of state and EU policymakers expressing concern about proposed EU cooperation with Libya The decision to transfer the responsibility for managing [...]
THEN STEP UP AND SIGN THE PLEDGE BRUSSELS, 22 February 2017 – Violence against women in Europe is a widespread, but under-reported, phenomenon. Two out of three women victimised by physical or [...]
By Lilana Keith, Advocacy Officer on Children’s Rights and Labour Rights at PICUM. A version of this article was first published in the Institute on Statelessness and [...]
Worker complaints mechanisms are inadequate, inaccessible and ineffective PICUM produced a summary report of findings regarding implementation of the rights provisions in the Employers Sanctions [...]
Joint statement by 17 European organisations calling for more action on mental health in Europe Brussels, Monday 13 February 2017 – Mental health is everyone’s concern. It is central to all [...]
This was originally published by the Global Coalition on Migration here in response to current US migration and refugee policy. As a global coalition of migrant and migrant-led, policy, [...]
Ahead of Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2016, PICUM launches a collection of testimonies*, which highlights the challenges faced by children and young people considered irregular or [...]
BRUSSELS, 15 December 2016 – Ahead of International Migrants Day, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Network join [...]
Get involved in a joint PICUM-WAVE initiative to improve access to services for undocumented survivors of violence On the occasion of International Migrants’ Day, the Platform for International [...]
The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), today warned that current EU migration policy focusing increasingly on deportations of irregular migrants, threatens [...]
EU institutions and member states must do more to protect refugee and migrant children, a statement now signed by 84 agencies including PICUM said today to mark the opening of the 10th European [...]
Ahead of Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2016, PICUM launches a collection of testimonies*, which highlights the challenges faced by children and young people considered irregular or [...]
Following the agreement between the EU and the Afghan government “Joint Way Forward on migration issues between Afghanistan and the EU”, the European Parliament will discuss commitments and its [...]
At the upcoming European Council on 20-21 October, European Union (EU) leaders will discuss the latest developments and progress on the EU comprehensive approach to migration. This discussion [...]
(22/9/2016, BRUSSELS, BERN, WARSAW) UNI Europa, Unia, OPZZ, and PICUM welcome the European Economic and Social Committee (ESSC) opinion on the rights of live-in care workers in light of [...]
The EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights, and its aspiration to achieve a “social triple-A rating” by [...]
The UN General Assembly hosts a high-level summit on 19 September 2016 in New York to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more [...]
A group of 177 other civil society organisations and trade unions, including PICUM, published a joint statement on 12 September 2016 calling for a Europe which is inclusive, open, just, [...]
The Inter-Agency Working Group to End Child Immigration Detention has published a brochure outlining the use of immigration detention of children, the harmful impacts it has on children, the [...]
Several PICUM members have recently been recognised for their work through awards. Yonous Muhammadi, President of the Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR), received the Alison Des Forges Award [...]
By Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber, PICUM Communications Officer. A fear-mongering rhetoric linking undocumented migrants to criminal activities and security threats, is fueling policies aiming to deter [...]
By Carolina Gottardo, Director of the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) and former PICUM board member. This blog was originally published by Migrant Right’s Network on 26 June [...]
27 June 2016 – The European Union is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 130 NGOs warned on [...]
By Tara Ohl, PICUM Trainee and Alyna Smith, PICUM Advocacy Officer Among the obstacles undocumented migrants face in realising their fundamental rights are the multiple barriers to access health [...]
On June 17 2016, The EU Alliance on Investing in Children released a joint statement welcoming the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Affairs (EPSCO) Council Conclusions on [...]
On the occasion of its Annual General Assembly on 10 June 2016, PICUM published its Annual Report for the year 2015. The report provides an overview of major achievements over the course of the [...]
By Eiri Ohtani, Project Director, Detention Forum, UK. How do you explain immigration detention to people who have never been to any detention centres? This was the starting point of Detention [...]
The Greens – European Free Alliance will host a conference on 31 May 2016, entitled “Overcoming legal barriers: A Green Seminar on Migration.” When: 31 May 2016, 12:30 to 15:00 Where: European [...]
BRUSSELS, 29 April 2016 – Ahead of International Labour Day, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) urges the EU and governments to enforce labour rights for [...]
By Pauline Chomel (PICUM intern), And Lilana Keith (PICUM Advocacy Officer). What are the daily realities of undocumented migrant youth coming of age? What challenges do their face in their [...]
BRUSSELS, 7 April 2016 – On the occasion of World Health Day, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) urges governments to change legislation and [...]
On the occasion of the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination, a group of Greek civil society organisations supported by several European NGO networks organises a march in Athens to [...]
Dear President Tusk, I am writing to you as the representative of over 140 organisations – active in preventing discrimination, exploitation and violence against undocumented migrants in more [...]
This International Women’s Day, March 8th, is celebrated during a period of intense global movement of migrants and refugees — and corresponding levels of racial and xenophobic hostility as well [...]
