Konferenz- und Workshop-Berichte
2009
Report on an International Workshop organized by PICUM, MRN and COMPAS on Understanding Irregular Migration in Northern Europe
LONDON, March 2009
The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), in cooperation with the ESRC Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS) and Migrants Rights Network (MRN) held a workshop on 27 March 2009 in London, UK, entitled “Understanding Irregular Migration in Northern Europe.”
The workshop was part of the EU funded CLANDESTINO project – “Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends across Europe” and brought together nearly 150 participants including representatives of NGOs and trade unions, researchers, local authorities, policy makers, journalists, and other professionals to discuss policies and responses to irregular migration in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions.
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2009
Undocumented Children in Europe: Invisible Victims of Immigration Restrictions
BRUSSELS, January 2009
PICUM held an international conference in Brussels on 22-23 January 2009 to culminate its two-year project on undocumented children in Europe.
This report provides an overview of the conference, what was discussed by the speakers and participants, and to deliver the overall themes and sentiments shared during the event. more than 150 representatives of NGOs, local authorities, social workers, policy makers, researchers andother actors came together to specifically address the situation ofundocumented children and how control policies directed againstirregular migration affect them. Representing more than 20 countries both in the EU and beyond, participants highlighted numerous examples of violations of undocumented children’s rights.
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2008
Workshop on “Fighting Discrimination-Based Violence Against Undocumented Children”
BRUSSELS, April 2008
The PICUM held a workshop on 4 April 2008 in Brussels, Belgium, on the protection of undocumented children in their access to basic social rights.
The workshop brought together nearly 100 participants, including representatives of NGOs, local authorities, professionals from diverse fields, and other actors to share experiences and discuss ways to address the problems associated with insufficient access to basic social services for undocumented children.This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions.
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2007
NGO Round Table Report on Civil Society Strategies to Promote the Use of Regularisation Programmes for Irregular Migrants in Europe
STRASBOURG, October 2007
This report, prepared by PICUM on behalf of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, presents the proposals made by civil society to promote the use of regularisation programmes for irregular migrants in Europe at the NGO Round Table in Strasbourg on 1 October 2007. It also takes into account the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population Report on “Regularisation Programmes for Irregular Migrants” hereafter referred to as the Greenway report, and Resolution 1568 and Recommendation 1807 (2007) of the Parliamentary Assembly.
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2007
Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants
BRUSSELS, June 2007
To mark the end of its two-year project on access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe, PICUM held a two-day event consisting of an International conference and workshop sessions.
This report provides an overview of the contributions of the speakers as well as the main themes of discussion in the plenary and workshop sessions in a conference which brought together nearly 200 participants to share experiences and discuss ways to address the problems associated with insufficient access to health care services for undocumented migrants.
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2006
Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers
BRUSSELS, March 2006
To accompany the launch of its report 'Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers', PICUM held a series of events in March 2006.
i) CONFERENCE: 'Protecting Undocumented Workers in Europe'
On 23 March 2006, PICUM, with the support of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), held a conference on the successes and strategies for protecting undocumented migrant workers.
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ii) POLICY DIALOGUE: 'Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Workers'
This policy dialogue 'Regularisation is not the only policy: Ten Ways to Protect Undocumented Migrant Workers' explored the steps which can be taken to protect migrant workers from exploitation
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2002
Workshop on Drafting an Ethical Code for social workers assisting undocumented migrants
OIRSCHOT, 2002
At PICUM 2001 meeting on 'Ethical Arguments for working with undocumented migrants', many participants spoke of the need for an Ethical Code for social workers that work in the field of undocumented migration. A small Working Group to draft such a Code met in the Netherlands.
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2001
Workshop on Criminalisation of Assistance to Undocumented Migrants
ANTWERP, 2001
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2001
Ethical Arguments for Providing Help to Undocumented Migrants
COLOGNE, 2001
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