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 [...]
Do You Commemorate Independence Day?
By Yasmine Soraya, Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (Netherlands). (Editor: Cilia Mather) Sixty seven years is a quite old for human being. At this age, a person perhaps is already retired and [...]
“Undoc Camp”: Web and technology to help undocumented children
By Nicola Flamigni, PICUM Communications Officer. Migrants, activists, lawyers, designers, web developers, journalists, photographers, engineers and musicians…. all together to attend [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 11 July 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PUBLICATIONS AND [...]
Access to Justice for Undocumented Women: A Reality in the EU?
By Eve Geddie, PICUM Program Officer. On Thursday 21st June, the launch of a seminal report on undocumented women was cohosted by members of the European Parliament from across the political [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 18 June 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 — 29 May 2012
BORDERS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES [...]
Do you know who cleans your place?
By Eva Valentová, Association for Integration and Migration in Czech Republic. In its new campaign, the Association for Integration and Migration urges employers to respect the rights of domestic [...]
3 questions on Greek chaos to Miltos Pavlou – I-Red Network (PICUM member)
Miltos Pavlou is a sociologist with legal and interdisciplinary formation, author of numerous publications and public presentations on migrants and minorities, racism and discrimination in Europe [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 9 May 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Greece: detention of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers on health grounds
By Nicola Flamigni, Communications officer, PICUM, Brussels. Everywhere is the same. When elections approach, the moderate party tries to gain some votes by echoing some of the slogans of the [...]
Spain – Four unhealthy cracks
On April 20th, the Spanish government approved a new set of austerity measures, modifying the conditions of access to health system. Among other aspects, this new regulation denies access to [...]
National Workshop on Undocumented Children in Belgium
On 17th April 2012 more than sixty professionals and members of civil and political society who work with undocumented children in Belgium, came together for PICUM and Plate-Forme Mineurs en [...]
Being an undocumented child in Iran
By Bahar Shoghi, and Setareh Masoumbeiki. Setareh and Bahar and Gita are part of a team of independent artists and practitioners based in Tehran, Iran. In the last several years, the team has [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 16 April 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Belgian far-right website incites people to denounce undocumented migrants – PICUM speaks out against worrying trend in Europe
By PICUM. On 10 April 2012, the Belgian far-right party Vlaams Belang launched a new website inciting citizens to denounce through on-line application crimes committed by undocumented migrants. [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 26 March 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
The Odyssey of Unaccompanied Minors in Europe
By Karl Kopp, PRO ASYL Director of European Affairs. Refugee children are detained in despicable Greek jails along the Turkish border. Homeless Afghan boys roam the city centre of Athens, Greek [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 14 March 2012
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER [...]
Undocumented Domestic Workers Find a Strong Ally in the Church
By Jack Cervantes, Vice-president of Migrante NL Den Haag. On 2 January 2012, I spoke at a forum on human rights. Thankfully, I managed to reach the meeting location despite the large amounts of [...]
Local Authorities Workshop on Strategies for the Reception of Undocumented Families
By Sangeetha Iengar, PICUM Project Assistant. On 23 February 2012 The Children’s House in Leiden saw almost fifty municipal officials come together for PICUM’s joint workshop on the local [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 29 February 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Undocumented victims of crime: no recourse to protection and justice
By Kadri Soova, Advocacy Officer, PICUM, Brussels. It is difficult to imagine that in Europe today exists a group of persons who are unable to call the police to seek protection and assistance in [...]
Indonesian (undocumented) migrant workers in the Netherlands
By Yasmine Soraya, Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU NL), (Sub-editor: Celia Mather). Undocumented migrants in the Netherlands are made up of various groups such as rejected asylum [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 15 February 2012
BORDERS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION [...]
Strategies of undocumented immigrants pursuing work and their working conditions: the case of Gothenburg, Sweden.
By Tetyana Zhyla, University of Gothenburg. “I moved to Sweden with one of my friend in 2007. I had another Mongolian friend who was working in Sweden and she persuaded me by saying that there [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 17 January 2012
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear subscribers, As we begin 2012, PICUM looks back with hope and promise gained from some milestones in the last months of 2011, as several institutions demonstrated [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 7 December 2011
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS EUROPEAN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND [...]
EU Agency holds conference on fundamental rights of undocumented migrants
By Devin Cahill, PICUM Program Officer. Last week a momentous conference took place in Warsaw, Poland which focused on the fundamental rights of undocumented migrants and for once, it was not a [...]
PICUM Bulletin — 9 November 2011
BORDERS UNITED NATIONS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTH CARE LABOUR AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PUBLICATIONS AND [...]
