ARTICLES, PRESS RELEASES AND NEWSLETTERS

• EU states oppose putting lid on migrants' detention.
  08/05/2008 - EU member states have failed to agree the maximum period an migrant can be kept in detention after setting foot onto the union's territory, further prolonging nearly three-year-long wrangling between(...) EUobserver (Belgium)

• Migrants and co-development.
  05/05/2008 - The links between migration and development are high on the political agendas of countries of origin and host countries. Many migrants are interested in contributing to development in their countries (...) Council of Europe (France)

• SOUTH KOREA: Repression against MTU Leadership Continues! - Sign the petition.
  05/05/2008 - The arrests of President Torna, Vice President Sabur and previous union leadership, and the South Korean government's refusal to recognize MTU's legal union status are clearly an attempt to break MTU'(...) Migrante International (Philippines)

• Life projects for unaccompanied migrant minors.
  04/05/2008 - Recommendation Rec(2007)9 on life projects for unaccompanied migrant minors stresses the importance of placing the best interests of the child at the heart of all government policy and practice in thi(...) Council of Europe (France)

• BANGLADESH: Protect migrant workers' rights for shared interests.
  04/05/2008 - While remittances sent by migrant workers plays a crucial role in the country's economy, authorities are not doing enough to protect their rights, said the speakers at a seminar on the occasion of int(...) The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

• Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers prepares recommendations for Framework Instrument
  03/05/2008 - We believe it is appropriate and timely that the ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM) now formally launch the ASEAN Committee to Implement the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Right(...) Forum-Asia (Thailand)

• USA: May Day march in New York
  02/05/2008 - “Immigrant Rights are Workers’ Rights”, “Stop the Raids and Deportations” read some of the signs held by the thousands of workers who marched the streets of New York City today. Several thousand stro(...) ALAI (Ecuador)

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