Goodbye from December 18 and Radio1812

Date: 22/04/2013 - 09:08

Dear colleagues and friends,

Two years ago we announced that because of a difficult funding situation, we were closing down our office in Brussels and putting some activities of our organization on hold.

Despite these difficult decisions we did manage to pull off two further successful editions of the annual Radio1812 event and even introduced some new elements such as the Odysseia audio magazine. This would not have been possible without the continued - although very limited - financial support and the contributions from the team of volunteers.

Immigrants’ human right to work curtailed in Europe

Date: 15/12/2012 - 08:40

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on 10 December, ENAR expressed concerns that immigrants who have lived in the European Union for a long time still cannot exercise their fundamental right to work because of obstacles in obtaining EU citizenship. According to the OECD, naturalization tends to improve labour market outcomes, in particular for the most disadvantaged immigrants. Citizenship acts as an accelerator for immigrants to find jobs and helps them feel more settled.

Migrant Communities and Allies around the World Celebrate December 18, International Migrants’ Day

Date: 15/12/2012 - 08:16

The National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) joins with the UN and organizations around the world to celebrate Migrant’s International Day and to remind all the nations of the world of the important contributions made by immigrants to our societies.

Settling In: OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012

Date: 15/12/2012 - 08:06

This publication highlights how immigrants and their children are integrating into OECD societies, judging their progress against key indicators. Many areas are considered (material living conditions, health, education, labour market, civic engagement) as integration is a multi-dimensional issue. Measures of outcomes, as well as of progress made over the past decade, are presented in comparison with outcomes of a reference group (the population born in the country of residence).

International Migrants Day - Workers’ solidarity is needed in times of crisis

Date: 14/12/2012 - 21:23

On the occasion of 18th December, International Migrants Day, Public Services International calls on all its affiliates to continue working vigorously to free our workplaces and communities of racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination.

Time to formally recognise climate migrants, says new report

Date: 13/12/2012 - 09:29

An international agreement to award refugee status to those fleeing the effects of climate change should be established, according to a report from the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

EU and the Balkans: When preventing migration comes before combating Roma discrimination

Date: 15/12/2012 - 08:36

In October, following requests from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the EU Council of Ministers discussed measures to address concerns about the number of asylum applications from Serbia and other Balkan states.

Thailand Urged to Extend Migrant Worker Deadline

Date: 15/12/2012 - 08:12

The head of the U.N. International Labor Organization, Guy Ryder, is expected to urge Thailand to extend a Friday deadline for migrant workers to become documented or face deportation. Bangkok is threatening to deport more than a million migrant workers, most from Burma, who do not finish a process called nationality verification, which activists say is flawed.  The United Nations agency opposes mass deportation.

Migrant Workers hit by crises need comprehensive, long term help

Date: 14/12/2012 - 21:26

The evacuation of more than 200,000 migrant workers from Libya in 2011 focused world attention on the plight of tens of thousands of migrant workers, mainly from low-income, developing countries, who found themselves swept up by the political upheaval, without money, jobs, documentation or any means of getting home to their families.

Making migration work for development

Date: 14/12/2012 - 17:08

This week, SOLIDAR launched the briefing “Making Migration Work for Development –Recommendations for Decent Work, Social Protection and Inclusive Development for Migrants”. Its conclusions are clear: For a truly rights-based approach to migration, we need strong provisions for social protection, the safeguarding of fundamental rights, access to health care, upward social mobility and access to lifelong learning for all members of society. It is about human beings and human rights.

2012 Global report on trafficking in persons

Date: 13/12/2012 - 09:04

In 2010, just few months short of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol, Member States renewed their commitment to the fight against trafficking in persons when the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (A/RES/64/293). In the framework of the Global Plan of Action, the General Assembly mandated UNODC to publish a Global Report on Trafficking in Persons every two years, starting in 2012.

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