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SOLIDAR and trade unions organisations from the Mediterranean region met in Marseille to strengthen advocacy on human and trade union rights

SOLIDAR and trade unions organisations from the Mediterranean region met in Marseille to strengthen advocacy on human and trade union rights On the 9 and 10 April, SOLIDAR members together with representatives from trade union organisations from Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Italy, France and Spain gathered in Marseille for a workshop entitled “In search of…

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5th European Migration Forum – The role of civil society and local authorities in managing migration

The fifth European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration – took place in the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, on 3 and 4 April 2019 and addressed “the role of local authorities and civil society in managing migration and ensuring safe and regular pathways…

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Education and Migration: SOLIDAR takes part in a Social partners’ training Seminar

On 14-15 March 2019 SOLIDAR participated in the Seminar on the inclusion of migrants and refugee learners in education organised by ETUCE-EFEE in Copenhagen. During the meeting we presented some of the work of our members to support the inclusion of migrants such as informal education activities with the support of volunteers (the Volunteering Matters…

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A new study from the EU Parliament on the Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance

The European Parliament published a study by the Parliament think tank on the facilitation directive and trends towards criminalisation of humanitarian assistance. The study, titled “Fit for purpose? The Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants” was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at…

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Southern European leaders Summit in Nicosia – another set of weak recommendations on migration

On 29 January this week, the Southern European Heads of State or Government, from Cyprus, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta, and Spain met in Nicosia to discuss their position on some ongoing political issues at the EU level. One of these issues was, as predictable, migration. Establishing a united front on the reform of EU…

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SeaWatch3 – a battle of numbers over the relocation of rescued migrants

The EU and the governments of Malta and Italy have been wrangling since the end of December over who is responsible for the people rescued in open sea by German NGOs. The treatment of the Sea Watch and the Sea Eye has brought into sharp focus the effect of Europe’s hard-line shift on migration —…

Projects

SIRIUS | SKILLS AND INTEGRATION OF MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM APPLICANTS IN EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS

This project is closed and ran between 2018 and 2021. WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT? The Horizon 2020 project, SIRIUS, builds on a multi-dimensional conceptual framework in which host country or political-institutional, societal and individual-related conditions function either as enablers or as barriers to migrants’, refugees’ and asylum seekers’ integration via the labour market. WHY?…