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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 months
⭐️ SPECIAL ISSUE ⭐️ What do EU parties say about #migration ? We searched all manifestos and highlighted key positions on: 🚔 Frontex 🚧 externalisation 📃 regularisation 🏥 health care 🛠️ migrant workers ...and more! Read before you vote - and share!
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Meanwhile, Belgium is withdrawing the Belgian nationality of children born to Palestinian parents. This puts them at risk of becoming stateless and losing their right to reside in Belgium unless recognised as refugees. #Palestine 📰
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 The #MigrationPact negotiations are over. As EU leaders are about to sell this as a "historic" reform of the migration system in Europe, we join other leading human rights orgs in denouncing its harms. What this Pact will mean for people in practice 👇🏾
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🔥 NEW: MIGRANT SMUGGLING Here's a fact: if people rely on smuggling to get to Europe, it's because they have no better option. Cracking down on "smugglers" (often migrants themselves) doesn't open better options. 🧵 & brief on how punishment policies do more harm than good⬇️
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
Glad to hear 🇧🇪 Brussels Minister @alainmaron saying "it's out of question to exclude #undocumented people from the #CovidVaccine " 👏👏👏 Health care for all means better health for everyone.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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#COVID19 vaccines and #undocumented people: which European countries are including them? We've created a map based on few reports we could read. We'll update as we get more info - Please send us anything you may know and retweet! 🙏 Sources in tweet n. 2
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
10 months
🧵 The story of Belgium's move to withdraw the Belgian nationality to children born in Belgium to Palestinian parents is getting a lot of attention. A few more details in thread based on what writes the Belgian press agency @Belga_English : #Palestine
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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No study, no work, no safe home. For thousands of young migrants in Europe, turning 18 means facing an uncertain future without a secure residence permit. These children and young people are part of our societies. Let's make their future safe. Help us share our new animation ♥️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🎉Some good news in these hard times🎉 THE PORTUGUESE GOVT HAS REGULARISED ALL #UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WITH PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE Measure was described by govt as "duty of solidarity in times of crisis" to fight #coronavirus Bravo Portugal!
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Coming to Europe to work via regular routes is no easy task. Work permits are few, and those that exist are often so restrictive that they leave migrant workers at the mercy of exploitative employers. Check out our new animation to see how decent work permits benefit everyone.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 The story of Belgium's move to withdraw the Belgian nationality to children born in Belgium to Palestinian parents is getting a lot of attention. A few more details in thread based on what writes the Belgian press agency @Belga_English : #Palestine
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 Ten years ago today, over 360 people lost their life as a boat sank off #Lampedusa , Italy. Three months ago, over 600 people were reported missing as a similar boat sank off #Pylos , Greece. Some thoughts on what has (not) happened in these last ten years. 👇
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 On 28 March, the European Parliament will vote on key files of the EU #MigrationPact . The unofficial agreements between parties that we’ve seen can be summed up in: more detention, quicker deportations. A little thread to understand what this would mean 👇
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
"The fight of undocumented people is perhaps the most important struggle of our time" - Angela Davis in Brussels, 25 April 2022. ✊✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🛑 Racism is alive and well in Europe - in our migration policies too. The EU’s Action Plan against racism (2020-2025) acknowledges systemic racism but is silent about the racist roots & consequences of our #migration policies. A little 🧵 to understand more. #AntiRacismDay
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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While #EU policymakers frame #migrants as a problem and #hatespeech is becoming the normal, the #WorldCup couldn't happen without migrants. #Russia2018WorldCup #FIFA #Russia Photo: @timesofindia
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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The fight against #Coronavirus can only succeed if we protect everyone, including #undocumented people. Health care for all means better health for everyone. Find out more in our video:
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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#Undocumented people are our friends, neighbours, family and colleagues. Some of them like cooking, some don’t. Some read novels, some watch Netflix – or both. Undocumented people are people, and our words should reflect that. #WordsMatter
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Interested in (irregular) #migration ? Then you don't want to miss this conference about estimates, data, and analysis on undocumented people and regularisation. Full recording (with timestamps) on
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🔥 NEW RESEARCH: at least 89 people have been criminalised for helping #migrants in 🇪🇺 between Jan 2021 and March 2022. Scroll through this thread for more findings from our research supported by @GreensEFA .
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Cleaning, agriculture, food delivery… #undocumented workers continue to underpin entire industries in Europe during this #coronavirus pandemic. The least we can do is let them stand up for their rights. Read more on
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
At least 23 in Melilla. At least 53 in a truck in Texas. At least 10 in the Sahara desert in Niger. At least 22 in a shipwreck off Libya's coast. No crime-led or random tragedies. Only the latest effects of #migration policies that put people in danger. It's time to change.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
The new 🇪🇺 Migration Pact is all about deporting more people more quickly with: ❌more readmission agreements ❌fast-track procedures to screen people's situations right at the border ❌state contributions to deport Sad to see the only solidarity here is in rejecting people.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Many (undocumented) migrants are women, but their realities and contributions are often overlooked. We need laws and policies that recognise and address the rights of all migrant women as women, first and foremost. #WomensDay
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🔴 This #MigrationPact harms people. As EU lawmakers are meeting right now in final negotiations, over 50 human rights orgs call on them to put people first instead. Read our joint open letter:
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
News 1: 7 July 2023. News 2: 10 July 2023. #migration #Libya
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
24.303 migrants gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014. Behind this number are journeys made dangerous by restrictive #migration policies, and state-enforced disappearances during detention and deportations. We wrote to the 🇺🇳 Committee on Enforced Disappearances 🧵
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
5 years
Violence against #sexworkers is rife and criminalisation is making it worse, especially for those #undocumented . Our Chair @edelmcginley explains why we’re calling for decriminalisation of sex work.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🔥 THESE WOMEN ROCK. A few days ago, this group of undocumented domestic workers - among the least protected of all workers - led their first-ever strike in Brussels 🇧🇪 to call for a fair #regularisation and decent working conditions for all. ✊🏾 More on
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
♥️ Undocumented people are our friends, family, neighbours and colleagues. They are here and they belong here. On this #EuropeDay , let’s not forget all the people who make our Union thrive, with or without papers.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
Words have the power to shape people's perceptions. Using 'illegal' when talking about #undocumented #migrants is not only incorrect, it is also inhumane. Besides, there are plenty of good alternatives available 💪 Follow us on Instagram @picum_ig for more content like this! 1/4
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 More than 100,000 people are held in immigration detention in Europe every year. But we know very little of what happens inside the detention centres, also because access to mobile phones in detention is often restricted, if not banned. More in thread 👇🏾
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
How many undocumented people live in Europe? How are govs approaching regularisation? We're joining leading universities & think tanks in a new project to research these and other questions, join the launch webinar to find out more! 🗓️15 Dec ⏰3-5 pm CET ✏️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
The new #COVID19 vaccines shouldn't be a privilege. They should be available and accessible to everyone, no matter their residence status. We're all in this together.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
There are several reasons why we don't talk about "illegal" migrants. But maybe the strongest one is that calling somebody "illegal" denies them their humanity. Undocumented migrants are people too. Let's treat them as such. #WordsMatter #migration
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
For #undocumented women the road to equality and rights is often undermined by our migration laws and policies. Let's make sure all migrant women are considered as women first. #InternationalWomensDay2021 #IWD2021
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Some children born to Palestinian parents in Belgium were given Belgian nationality based on a law that grants it when there's a risk that the children would otherwise become stateless. This doesn't apply if the child can obtain another nationality via the parents.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
20 years ago, we were just a handful of committed people. Today, we are a strong European movement working together to make this world a better place for everyone, no matter their papers. Thanks to all our members, friends & supporters for this incredible journey ❤️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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As far as we know, no withdrawal of Belgian nationality has happened yet. But this move from the Immigration Office goes in the direction of creating more uncertainty for children and families around their nationality and residence rights in Belgium.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🧵 AI should be regulated so that everyone is protected, whatever their skin colour/migration story. But the #AIAct the European Parliament is set to vote on is silent about something extremely dangerous: it's called "non-remote biometric identification".
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🔥NEW: DIGITAL TECH IN MIGRATION🔥 Despite being sold as a neutral means to manage #migration , digital tech replicates the biases of those who design it. In our new brief, we look at what this means for undocumented migrants - and for civil society. 👉🏽
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
💉 NEW MAP on #COVID19 VACCINES and #UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE Now with info on: 🇵🇹 : a new online platform lets undocumented people register for the vaccine safely 🇫🇮 : Health Ministry urged municipalities to grant access to vaccines for all 🐦 retweet & stay tuned! Sources⬇️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
💉 NEW MAP on #COVID19 VACCINES and #UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE Now with info on 🇧🇪 and 🇮🇪 where Health Ministers declared the vaccines would be available to undocumented migrants too! Retweet 🐦 and stay tuned for more! (sources in tweet n.2)
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Being undocumented adds an extra layer of insecurity for #SexWorkers , caught in multiple criminalisation. Everyone deserves to be safe. Let’s make support & protection a reality for all, with or w/out papers. Full video - special thx to @sexworkeurope ♥️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
1/ Today we're happy to read @EU_Commission urges 🇪🇺 states to create mechanisms for #undocumented workers to report labour exploitation safely. Let's now refocus all EU law, incl. Employers Sanctions Directive, on protecting all workers instead of borders.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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The reform of the #Schengen Borders Code aims at reducing the amount of temporary generalised internal EU border checks. But it escalates checks on specific (read: non-white) groups of people. Good to see @BrusselsTimes reporting on this 👇
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🔥 NEW 🔥 Today we're releasing new data from our 2022 monitoring of criminalisation of solidarity with migrants in Europe. Key findings in 🧵 Full report on
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
It's not often we praise an 🇪🇺 institution but @Europarl_EN recently did a good job in calling for an #EUCareStrategy that cares for migrant workers & migrant children too. Scroll down for key points⬇️ Also, we urge @EU_Commission to follow suit as it'll release policy in Sep.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
💉 NEW MAP ON #COVID19 VACCINES and #UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE Now with info on 🇮🇹 which will grant access to the vaccines to ALL people living in the country (see tweets below for the sources) Retweet 🐦 and stay tuned for more!
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
10 months
🔴 This #MigrationPact means more border violence and impunity for policies that have led to deaths and human rights violations every year. Today we join a coalition of rights orgs in calling on EU lawmakers to reject this Pact as they near final deals:
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🔴 Live from 🇧🇪 Brussels: first-ever strike of undocumented domestic workers. Messages of solidarity from other groups and movements are pouring in from 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇪🇸🇨🇭. The message is clear: join forces to fight exploitation across sectors and countries ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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💉NEW MAP on #COVID19 VACCINES & #UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE Now with info on 🇫🇷 and 🇵🇱 too (see tweets below) Retweet 🐦 and stay tuned for more!
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
6 years
The #GlobalCompactforMigration has been endorsed in #Marrakech . Objective 15 calls for safe access to basic services, including #healthcare . A #firewall can ensure this: 👩‍⛔️👮‍ Check out our video to see how➡️ #HumanRightsDay
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
5 years
📢Did you know 100% #undocumented migrants are people? Crazy, right? Learn more about how we should incorporate this surprising finding in our language here 👉 #WordsMatter
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
"The road is long, but the movement is strong" Just like 20 years ago, we are determined to make this world a better place for everyone, no matter their residence papers. ❤️ #InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrantsDay
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 Here we go again: after the UK's deal with Rwanda, Austria looking to follow suit, and the EU-Tunisia deal - Italy vows to build two new centres in Albania to externalise border management. What we know, what we don't know, what we think 👇🏾 📰 Read:
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🎉 Today, the European Parliament's @EP_Justice has approved changes to the Single Permit Directive that would make work permits and the labour market fairer for migrant workers. We're happy that many of our recommendations were taken onboard. A little 🧵 on key points 👇
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🤩 A red carpet isn't what (undocumented) domestic workers usually get. So they brought one for themselves. Kudos to the Belgian League of Undocumented Domestic Workers for being heard by the Brussels Parliament about regularisation & decent work for all undocumented workers. 💪
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
Good news from #Germany 🎉: new coalition programme includes pledge to abolish the obligation for health care providers to report #undocumented patients to immigration authorities! While we'll monitor the changes, we want to congratulate all local advocates for this victory 👏
@aerztederwelt
Ärzte der Welt
3 years
„Die Meldepflichten von Menschen ohne Papiere wollen wir überarbeiten, damit Kranke nicht davon abgehalten werden, sich behandeln zu lassen.“ So steht es im Koalitionsvertrag. Ein Riesenerfolg für unsere Kampagne #GleichBeHandeln ! Wir danken allen Unterstützer*innen! 🙏💪
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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#Regularisation is vital for #MigrantChildren to be able to thrive. See @PICUM_post new manual for ways to work for #regularisations of #children across #Europe #LostInMigration
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🔴 Technology is increasingly being used in the #migration context in ways that are pervasive and harmful, and that go far beyond borders. A little 🧵 on the case of the "interoperability regulations" from our Alyna Smith's intervention at #ColourOfSurveillanceEurope ⬇️
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
No, the 🇪🇺 #MigrationPact is not a "balanced and humane system". What it actually does is that it increases detention and lowers safeguards for anyone who is coming to Europe, including children. #SOTEU2021
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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1/ For 1000s of migrant #children & young people in Europe, turning 18 feels like a step into the void. Without a secure residence permit, they face exclusion and deportation. In our new report we look at options to secure their future in 6 🇪🇺 countries, and how to improve things
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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⭐️NEW⭐️ If there's one thing that can hugely improve the lives of undocumented people, that's regularisation. In our new report, we discuss its benefits, how to make it fair, effective & humane, & sample procedures from around the world. Retweet & read⬇️
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
Europe's #dreamers are a part of our societies. Let's treat them as such. Proud and honoured to be on @guardian to talk about #undocumented children in Europe and policies that can improve their lives.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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The Immigration Office believes that some municipalities have been too flexible in applying this procedure, granting Belgian nationality in cases where the parents may have had documents proving their nationality.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🧵 Racialised people are being targeted by ever stronger links between policing and immigration enforcement. Watch live our and @Equinoxrji legal seminar to find out more about this and how we can resist. 🗓️ 29-30 Nov 📑 Draft agenda in thread ✏️ Sign up
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Joke Callewaert, a lawyer with @ProgressLawyers , said: "People whose right of residence depends on the child's Belgian nationality would become undocumented because the government wants to close a migration channel. This is not in the interest of the child".
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
#Undocumented people are our friends, relatives, neighbours & co-workers. Some go to school, some work, some like cooking, some don’t. Undocumented people are people & our words should reflect that. Check out our #WordsMatter campaign to learn more
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🚨The #MigrationPact negotiations resulted in a devastating blow to people’s rights. But our work isn’t over - the deal will be voted on this week. We demand that politicians put people’s safety and dignity first. #StopThisPact Our joint PR:
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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Any person coming to Europe will likely be detained in border facilities, no exceptions: from babies to children, teens and adults.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🔴 Amazing protest today in front of Justice Palace, Brussels, from the League of Undocumented Domestic Workers. They call for decent work permits and working conditions, and denounce the hypocrisy of a system that needs them but keeps them at the margins. #DomesticWorkers #IDWD
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Proud to join @edri @accessnow @RefugeeLawLab and dozens of others in calls to protect people in migration in the new AI Act. Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to harm people in migration. Let's #ProtectNotSurveil instead. New website
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🧵 The EU #MigrationPact is one step closer. The Council has approved its position on a key piece of the Pact, the "Crisis Regulation", that would result in more detention, quicker deportations + criminalisation of help. Here's what this means 👇
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🎉GOOD NEWS on AI IN MIGRATION🎉 This morning, the European Parliament's @EP_Justice @EP_SingleMarket have endorsed key protections against harmful uses of AI in #migration . A thread to understand what this means - and where work remains 👇
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
In October 2021, Spain passed a law to facilitate access to residence and work permits for unaccompanied children and young people who turn 18. One year later, we spoke to Jennifer Zuppiroli @SaveChildrenEs to understand how it went. 👇
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
5 years
We're proud to be among 100+ organisations calling @EU_Commission @vonderleyen to reform the EU #FacilitationDirective & stop the #criminalisation of #solidarity with migrants. Read more in our press release
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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🔴 @abolishfrontex is organising an action to protest against the renewal of the Italy-Lybia deal to prevent people from reaching 🇪🇺 via the Mediterranean. 🗓️ 15 Oct ⏰ 15:00 CET 🗺️ Brussels 🇧🇪 Full appeal 👉 All info 👉
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🌹 A worker is a worker, with or without papers. It's high time Europe recognised that undocumented workers underpin entire sectors of our economies, work in extremely poor conditions, and are denied access to decent work permits & contracts. Huge thanks to Tarik ❤️ #LabourDay
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
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What is the impact of #detention on a #child 's well-being? @PICUM_post 's latest report is out now 👉 #EU #migration
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Good news from Poland! After a 6-month investigation, the prosecutor in Białystok, Poland, has halted the investigation against volunteers helping migrants on the 🇵🇱-🇧🇾 border, finding that no crime was committed. Solidarity should be celebrate, not criminalised ❤️
@MarGorczynska
Marta Górczyńska
2 years
‼️ Po półrocznym śledztwie Prokuratura Rejonowa w Białymstoku umorzyła śledztwo w głośnej sprawie wolontariuszy Klubu Inteligencji Katolickiej pomagającym migrantom na granicy PL-BY, uznając, że nie doszło do popełnienia przestępstwa! #PomaganieJestLegalne
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🧵 This small story from a southern Belgian town holds a lot of what we stand for. Just a couple of weeks ago, students, parents and teachers from two schools marched together in Namur, south of Brussels, to resist the deportation of fellow students and their families.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
We stand in solidarity with all the people affected by the conflict in #Ukraine , wherever they live. To the EU and member states: we join European and national civil society in calling you to grant full and swift access to protection and status for all of them.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🧵 You know the "nothing about us without us" slogan? Too often, for undocumented people, it is exactly that - a slogan. In our new brief we look at how people and orgs are trying to change this ⬇️ #ParticipatoryResearch
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🔥 Interested in irregularised #migration , undocumented people and the policies that affect them? We're launching today #TheMigrationPapers , our new monthly newsletter! 💌 Subscribe 📚 Read more in 🧵
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
10 months
The office of state secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole De Moor said that the Immigration Office is asking municipalities to inform them when they find passports indicating a nationality in parents' files.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
❌ More detention & deportations ❌ Less safeguards ❌ No protection for children between 12-18 The EU Pact on #Migration and Asylum seems to forget about human rights obligations. Find out more 👇
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🧵 Something that wasn't said in #SOTEU2023 is that the very EU rules on work permits are facilitating the exploitation of migrant workers - and that we need to change them. A few words on new research we supported - carried out by @weatherburn_amy @ULBruxelles .
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
6 years
Research shows there is no binary division between the #smuggler & the #migrant . Migrants themselves can guide others. Militarisation & tightened #border controls keep the business of migrant smuggling rather alive than ending it #HelpIsNoCrime @CEPS_thinktank @migrpolcentre
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
1 year
🔥 Our new website is out! Go to to find: 💼 pages on our work areas 📚 publications 📰 blogs 🏛 key policy files we're working on 📽 videos 🙌 info about our network ...and much more!
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
⚠️ #COVID19 vaccines and #undocumented people in Europe ⚠️ We've spoken with local advocates to understand where they can get their shot without admin issues and immigration checks. Our new map attempts at capturing these barriers. Read more on
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Undocumented people are our neighbours, friends & colleagues. Some like cooking, some don’t. Some go to school, some go to work. Undocumented people are people: calling them “illegal” makes us forget it & opens the way to inhumane policies. #WordsMatter , let's keep this in mind.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
Access to #COVID19 vaccines is hard for undocumented people in Europe - and so is access to the certificates. If we don't address health inequities for this population, certificates risk furthering their exclusion. More in our op-ed on @AJEnglish ⬇️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
1/ Digital tech is increasingly used in migration to judge and control people on the move in harmful ways, and the current EU proposal to regulate #AI fails to address this. But we still have time to change it. Hear more about what needs to change from our Alyna Smith. ⬇️
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
3 years
#MigrantSmuggling happens because for many people there's no other way to come to Europe. If we had regular pathways that are realistically accessible, people wouldn't need to rely on smuggling. Simple. Sad to see the new 🇪🇺 Action Plan doesn't get this.
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
There are several reasons why we don't talk about "illegal" migrants. But maybe the strongest one is that calling somebody "illegal" denies them their humanity. #Undocumented migrants are people too. Let's treat them as such. #WordsMatter
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
4 years
Any vaccination campaign, to be effective, has to cover virtually everyone. Including #undocumented people is not only humane, it's also public health common sense. We're all in this together, and only together can we win this battle. #COVID19 #vaccination
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
🔥 NEW REPORT When talking about social protection for undocumented #migrants , people often forget that they contribute directly & indirectly - as taxpayers, workers and informal carers. But they’re often excluded from it. Read more in 🧵 & new report on
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@picum_ngo
Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
2 years
Disheartening to see our European Court of #HumanRights using dehumanising words like "illegal migrants". No one is illegal. "Undocumented" migrants are people, like everyone else.
@ECHR_CEDH
ECHR CEDH
2 years
Judgment Daraibou v. Croatia - fatal fire in police-station basement room used to detain illegal migrants #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
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