Category Archives: English

For someone working with refugees on a daily basis, there are many disturbing clichés around concerning immigrants with a refugee background. One that personally has started to seem as particularly irritating and false is the idea that refugees are passive … Continue reading →

On Thursday 21st June, the launch of a seminal report on undocumented women was cohosted by members of the European Parliament from across the poltical spectrum. PICUM’s report on ‘Strategies to End Double Violence Against Undocumented Women’ was greeted by … Continue reading →

It might be my only chance to voice my concerns on how refugees are being treated in 2012, and letting you know what we refugees are suffering from and how does it feel being one for generations. It’s an appeal … Continue reading →

Free movement within the Schengen area is one of the main accomplishments of the EU as we know it today. Our brain hardly remembers the time where we had to patiently queue, show our papers and possibly open our luggage … Continue reading →

It was exactly one year ago today that the government’s inquiry of the right to equal health care for undocumented migrants was presented. There were many who supported the study’s conclusions and proposals, which clearly advocate health care on equal … Continue reading →

Everywhere is the same. When elections approach, the moderate party tries to gain some votes by echoing some of the slogans of the extremist parties on some of the most sensitive issues, e.g. immigration. In France, Sarkosy is ramping up … Continue reading →

The Finnish Ministry of the Interior is currently carrying out an investigation on what the family reunification practices are like in other European countries.  According to the bureaucratic jargon, the aim is to unify practices and make sure that Finland … Continue reading →