Entries by Transnational Migrant Platform

Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples

Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT)  on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee PeoplesPlace: Aula Magna de la Univesitat de Barcelona (UB), Edifici històric (Pl. Universitat, Gran Via Les Corts Catalanes, 585, Barcelona)Date: Saturday 8th July 2017Time: 0900h – 20h In Europe, those of us who are migrants and refugees from […]

Migrant and Refugee movements and organisations act in solidarity during and beyond the G20

Migrant and Refugee movements and organisations act in solidarity during and beyond the G20 From Berlin and Barcelona to Hamburg, July 5, 2017 The Transnational Migrant Platform Europe (TMP-E) stands in solidarity with the NoG20 coalition. In the current context of multi-faceted crisis (economic, social, political and ecological) the rights of migrants and refugees have […]

Launch Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) Session on on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples in Barcelona on July 7-8, 2017

Please sign on to the Call for the launch of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) Session on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples. Before the launching of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) it is very important that the Call is widely endorsed. We aim to gather many endorsements which will also be […]

10th People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights

Register now for the 10th People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights 3-4 July 2017 in Berlin The Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) in partnership with its member Transnational Migrant Platform-Europe (TMP-E) is excited to announce the international launch of the 10th People’s Global Action (PGA) on Migration, Development and Human Rights. Civil Society representatives from grassroots migrant, labor, policy, and faith-based organizations from […]

Statement Transnational Migrant Platform Europe at the OEIGWG UNHRC

On  the occasion of the Second Session of the OEIGWG mandated to develop “an international legally binding instrument for TNCs and other business enterprises with respect of human rights” 26/9 June 2014 I am Nonoi Hacbang and I speak on behalf of the Transnational Migrant Platform Europe – a network that is a convergence of many migrant […]

Global Coalition on Migration Urges Stronger, Concrete Commitments to Protect the Human Rights of Migrants

Members of the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) including Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) will participate in two upcoming press briefings of migrant organizations from around the globe in conjunction with the September 19 UN High Level Summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants. Read here the complete MEDIA ADVISORY: media-advisory-high-level-summit-12sept For a time schedule […]

General Assembly decision makes International Organization for Migration part of UN system

25 July 2016 – The United Nations General Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution approving an agreement to make the International Organization for Migration (IOM) part of the UN system as a related organization. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54545#.V5s6aFenoU7 19 September 2016 – High Level Summit to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants In June 2016, the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) […]

Over 100 NGOs to European Council: don’t try to curb migration at the expense “of fundamental values and human rights”

“The European Union is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs warned on Monday. Shifting towards a foreign policy that serves the single objective of curbing migration, the EU and its member states risk further undermining their […]