…Sebastian, who was deeply in love with her, was already decided to follow her anywhere she goes. His mother, 67 years old, would have to come with him since he simply couldn’t leave her behind and alone.
Category: Migration
The True Faces of Migrant Women
Amina looks at the clear crystal sea, from the window in her small room. It is the same sea which years before brought her to this island, she thinks. Then her revolving thoughts transport her back to Africa, the country which she knew and loved. She had to escape from it due to war and…
An African diaspora: A look at the Marsa Open Centre for refugees fleeing conflict and famine
Refugees and asylum seekers are a hot issue and one of the main challenges which Malta is currently facing. I became interested in this issue because the continent of Africa, its people and the different cultures always fascinated me. Usually the illegal migrants are victims of war and famine and other cases of disruption of…
Rights for migrants
In a world defined by social, economic and political challenges, migration, freedom of movement and essential human rights have a central role. When discussing the positive attributes of migration, migrants are considered in terms of their ability to boost an economy or the remittances which can be said to contribute to national development. However, more…
meanwhile at the borders…
04.Sep.07: a cayuco carrying an estimated 70 immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa has capsized en route to the Canary Islands, after setting off from Mauritania. four bodies have been recovered and according to a French journalist who was travelling on the overturned boat another 20 people have yet to be found. 38 people were rescued and…
Social inclusion of migrants
For a long time, the policy papers of FYEG looked at migration only up until the reception of a residence permit. The migration campaign “Destination Europe” in 2003 didn’t discuss what came after that. It wasn’t the purpose of the campaign. In order to tackle this gap, a study session was initiated and carried out…
Irregular Immigration, part II
21-29 January 2006: Prologue Youth exchange organised by FYEG in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in the North of Africa. A delegation of four Maltese Young Greens -including myself- attended the seminar on human rights and migration. February 2006: An idea is born Debriefing meeting with Natalie Debono, (International Secretary). When talking about the experiences in…
Melilla – Gateway to Europe
Melilla and Ceuta, two Spanish enclaves in northern Morocco, have recently been subjected to a lot of pressure by hundreds of Sub-Saharans seeking refuge or asylum in the European Union. The reaction of the Spanish and Moroccan authorities resulted in a series of deaths and major Human Rights violations. Under these circumstances , FYEG considered…
Lebanon Snapshot
Random conversations in Lebanon are rarely mundane. People are not shy with their opinions here. Take our taxi driver at the weekend, who, on seeing we were Westerners (and therefore automatically Christian) wasted no time informing us that Arabic is not a Lebanese language, since the Lebanese are Phoenicians, and that Lebanese culture has been…
Final statement of FYEG in Melilla ‘06
We, the participants of the exchange on human rights and migration in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in the north of Africa, in January 2006, members of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG), non-governmental organisations and affiliated networks, have acquainted ourselves with the local situation. On both theoretical and practical levels we have explored the…