Migration is not a crime. Nevertheless, the detention of undocumented migrants and out-of- procedure refugees had become commonplace in the Netherlands – as it has in other EU countries. Immigration detention has a deep negative effect on individuals and families. It has a profound impact on the physical and mental health on the detained and...
Author: Transnational Migrant Platform
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A testimony from an undocumented teenager migrant : mental health and EU migration politics
There is a widespread perception that undocumented migrant and refugee children are particularly vulnerable to trauma – including the trauma of being “unaccompanied” on their migrant or refugee journey. It is also recognised that detention and confinement in prison or detention centres or in locked-in camps is particularly devastating for children. However, this practice has become...
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A testimony from a woman migrant worker: access to health care and EU migration politics
Migrant women organisations and women’s rights organisations are applying CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) concerns about access to healthcare for undocumented women. As Sara, a migrant woman in The Netherlands, comments: “Migrant (undocumented) women and healthcare professionals still lack knowledge on the right to health of women and...
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Join online the Hearing for right to Health for Migrant and Refugees from 23-25 October 2020
The Berlin Hearing of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal will take place from 23 to 25 October, 2020. 👉🏽 Download: Program (PDF) | Jurors (PDF) | Event Flyer (PDF) The official hearing takes place in Refugio Berlin. Due to corona, hygiene and social distancing regulations only allow a very limited number of participants. Therefore, we...
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Venue & Registration for the PPT Hearing in Berlin
Venue of the official HearingLocation: Refugio Berlin, Lenaustr. 3-4, 12047 Berlin If you would like to attend the Berlin Hearing, in person or online via Zoom (with translations from English), you can register below in the form or send an email *: ppt_berlin[at]riseup.net Due to the COVID-Situation, the hygiene and distance regulations allow only a...
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Programme Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, Berlin Hearing – Part 45th Session
Friday Opening (14h) Hearing 1 Access to Health Care in Germany Hearing 2 Access to Health Care (Europe) Hearing 3 EU Border Politics Saturday Hearing 4 Situation on the Greek Islands Hearing 5 Criminalization of Solidarity Hearing 6 Racism and Criminalisation of Refugee and Migrant People Hearing 7 Encampment and Risk of Deportation in Germany...
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June 16-18 Hunger & Thirst strike by Aboubakar Soumahoro in Rome
A brief overview of the Hunger and Thirst strike of Abdoubakar Soumahoro on June 16-18 in Rome and an important victory for the undocumented agricultural workers of the USB trade union.
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Berlin Hearing
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Call for Support Hearing in Berlin
(click here for Text in German) There is a growing atmosphere of resentment directed at migrants and refugees: Asylum laws are being tightened, the European Union (EU) continuously attempts to seal external borders. Although the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its outstanding moral standards, including commitment to human rights, this very...
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Venue Berlin Hearing
Ort | Venue Refugio BerlinLenaustraße 3-4, 12047 Berlin Refugio is where new and old Berliners live and work together. Refugio is a project of Berlin City Mission, established in the summer of 2015.