PICUM Quarterly April-June 2014
Below you find the PICUM Quarterly with news for the period of April to June 2014. It provides an outline of key developments and updates on the situation of undocumented migrants in Europe and [...]
What a Multicultural Cookbook can tell us about the Lives of Migrant Domestic Workers
By Mercedes Miletti. International cuisine has become very popular as recipes from different regions of the world are becoming an increasingly common part of our weekly menus. But what do we [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 22 May 2014
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
Check Before You Vote: The European Parliament Resolution on Undocumented Women and the EU Elections
By Louise Bonneau and Eve Geddie. As Europe prepares to go the polls this month to elect its representatives for the 2014-2019 European Parliament, we invite you to take a deeper look into the [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 15 April 2014
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Quarterly January-March 2014
Below you find the PICUM Quarterly with news for the period of January to March 2014. It provides an outline of key developments and updates on the situation of undocumented migrants in Europe [...]
A Child is a Child – How the European Union can Ensure the Rights of Undocumented Migrant Children
Over the past decade of advocacy work for the rights of undocumented migrants, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) has recorded how immigration control has [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 20 February 2014
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
Voluntary return for undocumented migrants in Morocco, a solution for whom?
By Leila Marzo. After the boat tragedies off the shores of Lampedusa and Malta made international headlines, the European Union came under high pressure to rethink its immigration policies. [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 27 January 2014
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM WORKING GROUP ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN
By Eve Geddie, PICUM Programmes Director. An in depth-discussion about the Victims’ Directive The EU Directive establishing minimum standards on the support and protection of victims of crime [...]
PICUM Quarterly October-December 2013
Below you find the PICUM Quarterly with news for the period of October to December 2013. It provides an outline of key developments and updates on the situation of undocumented migrants in Europe [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 20 December 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Working Group Explores Legal Strategies in Advocating for Undocumented Migrants
By Maria Giovanna Manieri, PICUM Programme Officer The first meeting of the PICUM’s Working Group on Legal Strategies was held in Brussels on 12 December 2013. The meeting brought together legal [...]
PICUM says thank you!
By Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber, PICUM Communications Officer As Christmas approaches, PICUM has received many seasonal greetings underlining the large number of activities and campaigns taking place [...]
The EU Must Do More to End the Exploitation of Seasonal Workers
By Eve Geddie, Programmes Director at PICUM. The debate on migration to the EU has been very much focused on death at sea, mainly in the Mediterranean, as Europe deliberates how to control [...]
Working group discusses how to end child detention and ensure access to services for undocumented migrant children and their families
By Nicola Delvino, Advocacy and Communications Intern at PICUM. PICUM hosted its third thematic working group on undocumented children and families on 13 November 2013 in Brussels. PICUM used the [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 2 December 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
A Postcard from Britain – ‘Hostile Environment’, Border Control in Communities and Indefinite Immigration Detention
By Eiri Ohtani, The Detention Forum, London, UK. A stone’s throw from a relatively upmarket hotel, near London’s Heathrow airport, stand two detention centres, Harmondsworth and Colnbrook [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 31 October 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 10 October 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
More than 100 people are dead and hundreds still missing – What will the tragedy in Lampedusa change?
By Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber, PICUM Communications Officer. ‘The sea is full of dead bodies.’ ‘Corpses are crammed into the wreck and some of the bodies – even in death – seeming to [...]
PICUM Quarterly July-September 2013
The latest PICUM Quarterly is available for the period of July to September 2013. It provides an outline of key developments and updates on the situation of undocumented migrants in Europe and [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 22 August 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OTHER NEWS [...]
New Portuguese legislation grants rights only partially to undocumented migrants
By Juliana Moya, Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV). A change of legislation grants more protection to undocumented migrants in Portugal such as a residence permit for victims of [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 12 July 2013
BORDERS HEALTH CARE EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 17 May 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 17 April 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
How relevant, effective and humane is the EU border control regime?
By Michele LeVoy (PICUM Director), and Kadri Soova (PICUM Advocacy Officer). 1999 saw the historic conflation of the security agenda with migration that would shape all the future EU policy [...]
Let’s save hospitality!
By Nacho Sánchez, Málaga Acoge. On 31 December last year, a radio programme gathered several individuals and groups to spend an untypical New Year’s Eve together and to start the New Year [...]
Empowerment of a grassroots migrant organisation in Morocco – MRCI Ireland meets ODT Immigrés in Morocco
By Pablo Rojas Coppari, Strategic Advocacy Officer MRCI Ireland. Recent news reported on efforts of Spanish and Moroccan authorities to reinforce border security and raised the question of [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 25 March 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 11 March 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 19 February 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
Food Movement: Another “Sleeping Giant” Awakens on Immigration Reform
By Navina Khanna, Joann Lo and Cathi Tactaquin. What do food banks, food chain workers, and Dreamers all have in common? The answer, when it comes to immigration, is just about everything. Today, [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 6 February 2013
EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 22 January 2013
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OTHER NEWS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 17 December 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 4 December 2012
EDITORIAL CORRECTION BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR [...]
“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” The Platform for International Cooperation on [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 15 November 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 7 November 2012
BORDERS OTHER NEWS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EVENTS PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING [...]
Migration status as vulnerability factor in situations of human trafficking and exploitation
By Kadri Soova, Advocacy Officer, PICUM, Brussels. This blog will look at how lack of authorised migration status contributes to increased vulnerability of migrants in situations of human [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 24 October 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 10 October 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 18 September 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Un projet de régularisation pour les travailleurs sans-papiers au Maroc
Par Marta Grosso, PICUM Project Officer. Sans accès à la santé, à l’éducation, à un logement décent, sans recours à la justice, comment pensons-nous pouvoir créer des citoyens forts et actifs ? [...]
ASGI on the transposition of the Employers’ Sanctions Directive and new regularisation in Italy
By PICUM. With a recently published position paper, the Italian Association for Juridical Studies (ASGI), expresses its concerns over the transposition of the Employers’ Sanctions Directive in [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 4 September 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 20 August 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
