Goodbye from December 18 and Radio1812

Date: 22/04/2013 - 09:08

Dear colleagues and friends,

Two years ago we announced that because of a difficult funding situation, we were closing down our office in Brussels and putting some activities of our organization on hold.

Despite these difficult decisions we did manage to pull off two further successful editions of the annual Radio1812 event and even introduced some new elements such as the Odysseia audio magazine. This would not have been possible without the continued - although very limited - financial support and the contributions from the team of volunteers.

Open letter to the 4th EU Ministerial Conference on Integration

Date: 14/04/2010 - 12:58

On the occasion of the forthcoming 4th Ministerial Conference on the Integration of Immigrants, the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW), representing migrant women’s organisations in 20 countries of the European Union (EU), calls on the Ministers attending the 4th Ministerial Conference on the Integration of Immigrants in Zaragoza, Spain on 15-16 April 2010 to look particularly at the situation of migrant women as key social and economic actors in the integration of immigrants.

 

Migration and Integration based on Rights and Dignity

Date: 08/04/2010 - 13:22

In view of the Ministerial Conference on Integration (15-16.04.10, Zaragoza) and of the third European Integration Forum (24-25.06.10, Brussels), SOLIDAR calls for a strong focus on issues linking migration and employment as we believe that having a clear and comprehensive political and legal framework concerning migrant workers rights is paramount amongst the challenges to be faced in order to enhance the integration of non-EU citizens. Read SOLIDAR’s view

E-discussion on circular migration launched

Date: 06/04/2010 - 10:24

Launched by the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative

Indonesia: Mobile people more vulnerable to HIV says UN report

Date: 06/04/2010 - 08:58

Mobile members of the community are at greater risk of contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but are often the ones who suffer from neglect.

According to the UNAIDS report on HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner Relationships in Asia, there is an “unprecedented mobility and migration” of populations in the region, fueled by robust and consistent economic growth in the past decade, which is likely to continue in future.

Members of these populations are more vulnerable to HIV than members of static populations, the report released last week states.

UK: What works with integrating new migrants?

Date: 02/04/2010 - 12:37

Drawing on global examples of best practice, this report explores what meaningful integration might look like; reviews international labour market, political, social and cultural integration strategies; and discusses ways of benchmarking successful integration.

Highlighting previous research, Dr Zubaida Haque shows that it is not necessarily the ethnic diversity within neighbourhoods that is causing tensions in the UK but the lack of adequate policies to help manage integration.

The Limits to Limits: Is a cap on immigration a viable policy for the UK?

Date: 09/04/2010 - 16:06

This IIPR briefing is an attempt to work through the implications of a cap on immigration to the UK.

Serious Workers’ Rights Problems in Armenia

Date: 08/04/2010 - 11:27

A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Armenia, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that further measures are needed to comply with the commitments Armenia accepted when it joined the WTO, including commitments undertaken at Doha in the WTO Ministerial Declaration in 2001, as well as in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in 1998 and its Social Justice Declaration in 2008.

Japan, U.N. share blind spot on 'migrants'

Date: 06/04/2010 - 09:05

On March 23, I gave a speech to Jorge Bustamante, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, for NGO FRANCA regarding racial discrimination in Japan. Text follows:

Greece: Brochure published on No Border camp 2009

Date: 05/04/2010 - 09:38

In the summer of 2009, a group of activists set up an info point in the harbour of Mitilini on the Greek island of Lesvos. You can find their experiences and stories in this newly published brochure. Click here to downloand it.

Hidden in plain sight: Indigenous Migrants, their movements, and their challenges

Date: 02/04/2010 - 12:24

Within the migration studies field, indigenous people have often not been considered separately from others born in the same country (e.g., Zapotecs from Mexico are simply "Mexicans" in the United States despite language and cultural differences). In most cases, those communities were accounted for within peasants' internal migration to cities, and city governments did not recognize their cultural differences until the indigenous peoples movement became visible on the international stage.

December 18 is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Financial support for operational costs and projects are occasionally provided by a range of funders.

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