When I was by asked by Alternattiva Demokratika Zghazagh-Green Youth to take part in the seminar “Crossing the Mediterranean” in Melilla, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, I was really enthusiastic about it, it sounded like the ideal opportunity to discover what irregular immigration is like in another South European country. And I was not deceived….
Category: Migration
Malta, an embryo for change
The Maltese are discussing an initiative to create a ‘super’ coastguard agency by pooling European resources. I suspect this is probably the first step to a controlled frontier at Fortress Europe’s Southern flank. The Maltese islands are once again facing an incoming diaspora of immigrants travelling from North Africa, who enter Maltese waters in ramshackle…
World Refugee Day: Should we just celebrate it?
Well, today is 20th June 2004 and we are celebrating the World Refugee Day. Actually throughout history there have been several different dates for “Refugee Day” in different regions/continents of the world. One of them was Africa Refugee Day, which was celebrated on 20th June in several African countries. On 4th December 2000 the UN…
Integration: A Simple Process or a Matter of Endeavour?
Have you ever wondered how many foreign people you have noticed while walking on the streets of your home town? Have you ever asked yourself how different you and “they” are? Or have you ever had difficulties in understanding their traditions, behaviours, and ways of living? Well, most of the foreign people living in host…
A need for new conversations
We would like to proffer a reflection on the migration campaign whose context moves beyond the scientific methods of conversation to one centered on the need to create a new vision on the engagement between the culturally different countries of north Africa with those of Europe. The issues related to migration, refugee and asylum seekers…
How the suitcase started its travels through …
This is a story on the first travels of the Migration campaign suitcase: how it moved from Aalst (Belgium) to Nuenen (The Netherlands). On the 30th of December the suitcase had its first moment of fame on the Belgian radio. At 6:40 in the morning (!) an interview with Joke (Migration campaign prep team member…
the balkan region and migrations
*Introductory remark: All the brackets are passing references of the author (who was in kind of bracket-writing-mood) to her own article! *In the frame of FYEG’s Migration Campaign (which is running in full swing!) we found out that it would be good idea (although not that simple one) to try to present and give (at…
refugee children…lost childhood
The just ended 20th century occasionally has been called the “Century of the Child”. The progress in medical, social, educational and cultural issues, promotes the awareness and consideration towards children.Nevertheless looking at that issue globally children and their views are a neglected topic. Still today children are tended to be seen as dependents without any…
asylum seekers: the european situation, the malta experience and analysis of the situation
I have never experienced so much hassle as when I was putting together this article. It takes some legal knowledge in order to understand the situation refugees are in. And it took me a great deal of energy to do research and make sure everything written is understood. If while reading you don’t understand something…
Study Session on Migration Budapest
Migration is always on the agenda of FYEG’s daily life and that’s why we met in Budapest to talk about refugees and labour migration and – very importantly to build new networks From 1st to 7th of December 2003 the Study Session on Migration in Europe took place in the Hungarian Youth Centre of the…