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PICUM’s Main Concerns About the Fundamental Rights of Undocumented Migrants in Europe in 2006

Document number
1298
Date
2007
Title
PICUM’s Main Concerns About the Fundamental Rights of Undocumented Migrants in Europe in 2006
Author/publisher
Luca Bicocchi, Michele LeVoy, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
Summary
The following report is an overview of some of the main issues that PICUM has identified concerning the fundamental rights of undocumented migrants in 2006. This report is based upon issues that were highlighted in PICUM’s newsletters throughout the past year, including the increasing numbers of deaths at EU borders, the various barriers undocumented migrants face in accessing health care services, the erosion of the right to fair working conditions, and the lack of protection for undocumented children. The report gives examples of measures that have resulted in a worsening of human rights standards for undocumented migrants in Europe and points out some of the different initiatives undertaken by EU member states and/or EU institutions that seem to move in this direction.
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