The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Greece failed in its duty to protect migrant workers from labour exploitation, and to properly investigate their abuse and punish those [...]
BRUSSELS, 17 March 2017 – The EU-Turkey deal, which was adopted one year ago this week, aims to return all migrants and refugees who crossed the sea to the Greek islands and did not apply for [...]
The European Commission has declared 2017 a year of focused action to combat violence against women and girls. Today, on International Women’s Day, PICUM joins other members of the European [...]
A group of more than 170 civil society organisations including PICUM has appealed to EU heads of state and government in a joint letter to adhere to European values and to manage migration [...]
BRUSSELS 6 MARCH 2017 – Undocumented workers across Europe can be exploited and abused with impunity. They usually cannot file a complaint without risking arrest or deportation. The [...]
Joint press release by PICUM, Save the Children, IOM, UNICEF, OHCHR, End Immigration Detention of Children and the International Detention Coalition The European Commission adopted a [...]
90 civil society organisations address EU Commission in joint statement BRUSSELS, 3 March 2017 – Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission [...]
Over 70 organisations send letter to EU heads of state and EU policymakers expressing concern about proposed EU cooperation with Libya The decision to transfer the responsibility for managing [...]
THEN STEP UP AND SIGN THE PLEDGE BRUSSELS, 22 February 2017 – Violence against women in Europe is a widespread, but under-reported, phenomenon. Two out of three women victimised by physical or [...]
Worker complaints mechanisms are inadequate, inaccessible and ineffective PICUM produced a summary report of findings regarding implementation of the rights provisions in the Employers Sanctions [...]
Joint statement by 17 European organisations calling for more action on mental health in Europe Brussels, Monday 13 February 2017 – Mental health is everyone’s concern. It is central to all [...]
This was originally published by the Global Coalition on Migration here in response to current US migration and refugee policy. As a global coalition of migrant and migrant-led, policy, [...]
Ahead of Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2016, PICUM launches a collection of testimonies*, which highlights the challenges faced by children and young people considered irregular or [...]
BRUSSELS, 15 December 2016 – Ahead of International Migrants Day, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Network join [...]
Get involved in a joint PICUM-WAVE initiative to improve access to services for undocumented survivors of violence On the occasion of International Migrants’ Day, the Platform for International [...]
The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), today warned that current EU migration policy focusing increasingly on deportations of irregular migrants, threatens [...]
EU institutions and member states must do more to protect refugee and migrant children, a statement now signed by 84 agencies including PICUM said today to mark the opening of the 10th European [...]
Following the agreement between the EU and the Afghan government “Joint Way Forward on migration issues between Afghanistan and the EU”, the European Parliament will discuss commitments and its [...]
At the upcoming European Council on 20-21 October, European Union (EU) leaders will discuss the latest developments and progress on the EU comprehensive approach to migration. This discussion [...]
(22/9/2016, BRUSSELS, BERN, WARSAW) UNI Europa, Unia, OPZZ, and PICUM welcome the European Economic and Social Committee (ESSC) opinion on the rights of live-in care workers in light of [...]
