During the recent days a journalist in the largest newspaper in Sweden revealed a chocking truth: over 4000 Roma has been registered by the Swedish police in a secret and illegal register. Several children as young as two years old could be found in the register, only because they were born into a Roma family….
Tag: 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…
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…
Border Crossing – A review from Malta
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….
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…
Tear down the walls in your head!
As it was mentioned in the last issue of “Ecosprinter“, the Migration Campaign is going to be the main topic in the agenda of FYEG this year. The idea evolved from the summer camp 2002 in Topola, Serbia. Some people continued working on the issue and now we can declare that the Migration Campaign is…