*photocredit: ANSA Italy Another tragedy that could be prevented. Early on Sunday, a wooden sailing boat carrying refugees crashed into rocks near the coast of Italy’s Calabria region. The boat broke apart while trying to land near Crotone. Authorities confirmed that 62 people have died, including 12 children. According to the coast guard 80… Read more »
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International Summer School in Forced Migration
The International Summer School in Forced Migration fosters dialogue between academics, practitioners and policymakers working to improve the situation of refugees and forced migrants.The Summer School offers an intensive, interdisciplinary and participative approach to the study of forced migration. It aims to enable people working with refugees and other forced migrants to reflect critically on… Read more »
12th IMISCOE Conference Rights, Democracy and Migration
Undocumented migrants – including illegal”, overstayers, rejected applicants for asylum, non-registered EU-migrants, or formerly “regular” migrants – are typically marginal to the rights and service provision of receiving societies, although with strong variations across and within them. Their claims and needs are often addressed, if at all, by grassroots civil society initiative and through their… Read more »
International Refugee Day
On 4th December 2001 the UN General Assembly Resolution proclaimed 20th June as the World Refugee Day. In occasion of this date various activities (demonstrations, conferences, festivals and exhibitions) in support of refugees will take place all over Europe.Since several years UNITED co-ordinates an international refugee campaign where the mail issues emphasizes are: – Denouncing… Read more »
Supporting Refugee and Asylum-seeking Women: Celebration
Participation fee: voluntary donationThe IARS International Institute is pleased to invite you to our “Abused No More” celebration event held in support of the achievements of refugee and asylum seeking women. The event culminates the organisation’s 3 year Comic Relief funded Refugee and Asylum-seeking project through which they developed an evidence-based, user-led training and awareness-raising… Read more »
Eastern – Vigil Detention Center Schiphol
In this prison are many people who are not allowed to remain in the Netherlands because they do not have the right papers. With these vigils they want to give a sign of solidarity with the border prisoners. We also want to make clear that we have big questions at the detention of people who… Read more »
Good Friday – Vigil Detention Center Schiphol
In this prison are many people who are not allowed to remain in the Netherlands because they do not have the right papers. With these vigils they want to give a sign of solidarity with the border prisoners. We also want to make clear that we have big questions at the detention of people who… Read more »
Palm Sunday – Vigil Detention Center Schiphol
In this prison are many people who are not allowed to remain in the Netherlands because they do not have the right papers. With these vigils they want to give a sign of solidarity with the border prisoners. We also want to make clear that we have big questions at the detention of people who… Read more »
Vigil Detention Center Schiphol
In this prison are many people who are not allowed to remain in the Netherlands because they do not have the right papers. With these vigils they want to give a sign of solidarity with the border prisoners. We also want to make clear that we have big questions at the detention of people who… Read more »
Vigil Detention Center Schiphol
In this prison are many people who are not allowed to remain in the Netherlands because they do not have the right papers. With these vigils they want to give a sign of solidarity with the border prisoners. We also want to make clear that we have big questions at the detention of people who… Read more »