PICUM Bulletin — 18 February 2015
Borders United Nations European Policy Developments National Developments Health Care Labour and Fair Working Conditions Undocumented Women Undocumented Children and Their Families Detention and [...]
‘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 Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) has great potential to [...]
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 from 2 to 5 February 2015 as follow-up of his study on the management of the external [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 29 January 2015
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 October-December 2014
Below you find the PICUM Quarterly with news concerning undocumented migrants from across Europe and beyond for the period of October to December 2014. The PICUM Quarterly is available in: [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 19 December 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 Health Care for Undocumented Migrants
By Lilana Keith, PICUM Programme Officer. Focus on: children’s health, local and regional service provision and strategies for the UK How can we drive change at EU and national level so that all [...]
Protecting the rights of undocumented workers
PICUM and the Polish organisation Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej (Association for Legal Intervention) today call on the EU to prioritise the enforcement of the labour rights of undocumented [...]
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 Dimitris Avramopoulos, new EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, to take measures [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 10 December 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 [...]
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 on protecting certain categories of children, such as unaccompanied, asylum seeking, [...]
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 President of the European Commission. CRAG brings together 15 International and European organisations [...]
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 Guardian authored by PICUM’s Director, Michele LeVoy, in response to their call [...]
PICUM Members Take the Floor
This June, over 100 PICUM members came to Brussels to participate in PICUM’s 2014 Annual Workshop and General Assembly. Exploring how civil society can actively shape migration policies in the [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 30 October 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 Bulletin — 10 October 2014
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
PICUM Quarterly July-September 2014
Below you find the PICUM Quarterly with news for the period of July to September 2014. It provides an outline of key developments and updates on the situation of undocumented migrants in Europe [...]
PICUM Bulletin— 16 September 2014
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Listen to me! I am building my future
Originally posted by Terres des Hommes on Destination Unknown, on 20 June 2014. Geneva, 19th June 2014, United Nations – “I want to continue writing, I want to travel the world, I want to go into [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 30 June 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 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 [...]
