This could be the story of one of the hundred thousand of young people who felt tired, hopeless and without future and who one day decided to abandon their place of residence for a better way of living and developing their future. In the era of economic exile, it wouldn’t be anything strange to hear…
Tag: Refugee
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FYEG campaign 2003-2004: migration
Take a look in our political platform by the subject migration. Our first point: “free movement of persons is a human right”. What does this sentence mean for FYEG. What does this mean for refugees in Europe? And what is our opinion about Visa etc.? This year and the next till the European elections (2004),…