[Spanish version below] During my bus trip from Madrid to Toulouse, I met Abdou*. He comes from Senegal, and has already been working for more than fifteen years in Europe. He has done a bit of everything. He studied in Paris, picked grapes in Marseille, sold fake brand items on the streets throughout Spain, and…
Tag: immigrants
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…
Women and migration
Millions of people (20 Million in 2001) are fleeing every year from their country to another; from a region in the North to a region in the south; from one misery into another one. A particular group among the refugees is the women. In fact, they are quite a big group, since 75-80% of the…
Migration campaign report
Now that the migration campaign has started, it was time for all the prep team members to meet once more. Actions needed to be planned, budgets worked out and deadlines set. Therefore we met from 10 till 12 October in Antwerp, Belgium. Jong Agalev booked one of their luxurious office buildings for us which was…
Destination Europe
People go from continent to continent and from country to country: some for a business trip, others just for a holiday or maybe even for a study session with the Greens. But there are some people who go from one continent to another because they want to have a better life, not only for themselves…