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.

Women's labour migration in the context of globalisation

Date: 14/10/2010 - 15:18

The report produced by WIDE offers an introduction to important contemporary political analysis on the influence of globalisation on women´s work, mobility and empowerment. Authors of the report Anja K. Franck and Andrea Spehar explain how globalisation shapes women´s labour migration.

Irregular migrants: Ensuring the effective protection and promotion of their human rights

Date: 13/10/2010 - 13:30

On the occasion of the Principals Meeting of the Global Migration Group, ICMC Secretary General, Johan Ketelers, addressed global migration leaders, encouraging them to speak with one voice on the rights and protection of irregular migrants, establish a working group on irregular migration and see and seize common grounds for better balance in global migration governance.

Read the statement here

Macau: six month ban may be discriminatory

Date: 12/10/2010 - 11:33

A senior specialist for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that the six month ban established by Macau’s new imported labour law could be “a case of discrimination” for migrant workers. In an interview with Macau Daily Times, Tim De Meyer, senior specialist in international labour standards and labour law of the Subregional Office for East Asia, pointed out that there is no black and white approach for the Macau migrant workers’ complaints and advised them to pay attention to the results of the new law in practice.

Global doors slam shut on immigrants

Date: 11/10/2010 - 15:35

Wile Arizona's anti-immigrant laws get all the attention, countries around the world are pursuing tough immigration policies on a scale rarely seen in history.

Read the article here

Kuwait: For Abused Domestic Workers, Nowhere to Turn

Date: 08/10/2010 - 10:16

Domestic workers in Kuwait who try to escape abusive employers face criminal charges for "absconding" and are unable to change jobs without their employer's permission, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Migrant domestic workers have minimal protection against employers who withhold salaries, force employees to work long hours with no days off, deprive them of adequate food, or abuse them physically or sexually.

Landmark Agreement for Social Responsibility in Florida Tomato Fields

Date: 14/10/2010 - 10:13

Pacific Tomato Growers, one of the country's oldest and largest tomato producers, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), the Florida-based farmworker organization spearheading the Campaign for Fair Food, have signed an innovative agreement that sets new standards for social responsibility and accountability in Florida's tomato industry.

Canada: Migrant workers march

Date: 13/10/2010 - 09:12

 

As families and friends from across the country gathered for Thanksgiving feasts on Sunday, scores of migrant workers marched to raise awareness of working conditions they describe as insufferable.

"Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for the harvest and the food and in this area all the harvest and all the food is grown by migrant labour," said organizer Tzana Miranda Leal of Justice For Migrant Workers.

Equality and Rights for Immigrants — the Key to Organizing Unions

Date: 11/10/2010 - 16:18

Author: David Bacon

When I was an organizer, I had an experience that dramatized for me the importance of the cultural and historical traditions that immigrants from Mexico bring with them when they come to the United States, and how these traditions affect the way people organize.

Protecting migrant workers’ human and labour rights: Ensuring effective redress

Date: 11/10/2010 - 15:36

In collaboration with the Civil Society Days (CSD) of the fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from 8 to 11 November 2010, the Joint Migration and

Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?

Date: 08/10/2010 - 07:54

Immigrants, particularly men and youth, have been disproportionately hit by the global economic crisis that began in fall 2008 and now confront a reality of dwindling budgets for public services and immigrant integration programs, this report for BBC World Service reveals. The report, which has a particular focus on five North Atlantic countries -- Germany, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States – finds that the unemployment gap between immigrant and native workers has widened in many places.

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