Undocumented Migrants

Malaysia amnesty for millions of migrant workers

Date: 08/06/2011 - 15:40

MALAYSIA will grant amnesty to as many as 2 million illegal migrants in the country, allowing them to work and live freely under a scheme to be rolled out next month.

Malaysia's new resolve to ''do the right thing'' by illegal immigrants also underpins its negotiations with Australia on the refugee swap deal and partly explains why the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is supportive of the concept.

Ireland: Focus on status of undocumented migrants

Date: 26/05/2011 - 08:46

The introduction of a scheme to regularise undocumented people in Ireland would give credibility to efforts to persuade the US to regularise tens of thousands of undocumented Irish citizens there, according to the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland.

The organisation made the call to coincide with US president Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland.

Mr Obama earlier this month called for immigration reform in the US.

Health Care in "Nowwhereland" - project results

Date: 21/04/2011 - 09:10

The European project "Health Care in NowHereland" provides the first compilation of policies and regulations in EU 27 and Switzerland along with a database compiling examples for related practices, and gives insights into "life stories" of undocumented migrants in their struggle to get access to fundamental rights.

Available now on http://www.nowhereland.info

New HUMA report on Cyprus, Malta, Poland & Romania

Date: 15/04/2011 - 09:30

New HUMA report on: "Access to healthcare and living conditions of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Romania"

This report published in March 2011 presents the results of multi-disciplinary research into access to healthcare for asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Romania.

Temporary Workers on the Auction Block? And the Complicated Economics of Immigration.

Date: 17/03/2011 - 10:18

DALLAS, TEXAS—Do immigrant workers—specifically, undocumented workers—contribute value to the economy through their labor, taxes and Social Security contributions? Or are they a net drain on government services and a big depresser of wages?

As states consider anti-immigrant bills modeled on Arizona’s SB 1070, this question has been debated hotly by activists on both sides of the immigration reform debate and by economists and other academics. The need for federal immigration reform remains impossible to ignore.

“No trabajar solos”, nuevo informe sobre trabajo forzoso

Date: 17/03/2011 - 09:56

El informe es el resultado de un proyecto de dos años en los que los sindicatos y las ONG analizaron las medidas y enfoques para luchar contra la esclavitud y la trata de mano de obra. Examina los diferentes enfoques y muestra cuatro principales motivos de intervención común, cada uno de ellos documentados con una serie de mejores prácticas. En el informe se explica el verdadero potencial de los sindicatos y las ONG para mejorar su alcance conjunto a fin de intervenir juntos en casos individuales o colectivos y organizar conjuntamente campañas, formación y otras actividades.

Un nouveau rapport sur le travail forcé recommande de ne jamais travailler seul

Date: 17/03/2011 - 09:55

Le rapport est le résultat d’un projet de deux ans au travers duquel syndicats et organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) se sont intéressés aux actions et positions des uns et des autres pour de combattre l’esclavage et le trafic de main-d’œuvre. Il examine les différentes approches et décrit quatre possibilités d’action commune, chacune documentée par une série de meilleures pratiques.

“Never Work Alone” Says New Report on Forced Labour

Date: 17/03/2011 - 09:53

The report is the result of a two-year project in which trade unions and NGOs have looked into each other’s actions and approaches to combat slavery and labour trafficking. It examines different approaches and shows four major common grounds for action, each of them documented with a series of best practices. The report explains the real potential for unions and NGOs to improve their combined outreach, to intervene together in individual or collective cases and to organise joint campaigns, training and other activities.

Greece: Thematic Situation Report

Date: 10/03/2011 - 11:09

The Fundamental Rights Agency published a new report about the fundamental rights situation of persons entering Greece irregularly at its land border with Turkey. This report is based on field research in the Evros region in January 2011.

"The situation at the EU's external land border between Greece and Turkey constitutes a fundamental rights emergency. People, including pregnant women and families with small children, are held in inhumane conditions," FRA Director Morten Kjaerum commented.

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