Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments
PICUM launched a new report entitled “Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments” on 19 March 2015.
Nouveau guide pédagogique pour aborder en classe les réalités quotidiennes des migrants sans papiers.
Undocumentary
"Alors que les enseignants accueillent les enfants dans les salles de classes à travers le continent pour la rentrée scolaire, la Plate-forme pour la Coopération Internationale sur les Sans-Papiers (#PICUM) a lancé un nouveau #guide de sensibilisation aux réalités qu’affrontent les migrants sans-papiers à travers l’Europe.
Ce #guide_pédagogique, disponible en anglais, français et espagnol, montre comment le web documentaire de PICUM “UNDOCUMENTARY” (www.undocumentary.org) –– qui présente les réalités quotidiennes auxquelles font face les migrants sans-papiers en #Europe – peut être utilisé dans une #classe".*
▻http://www.undocumentary.org/fr (lien vers le français)
▻http://picum.org/picum.org/uploads/file_/Release_launch_educational_guide_Undocumentary_FR.pdf
#pédagogie #enseignement #sans-papiers #migration
Human Rights Watch Guidelines for Describing Migrants
In line with international practice, there are a number of accurate ways to describe foreigners who have entered a country’s territory without permission and/or who do not have regular immigration status. These include “undocumented migrants” for people who have no documents rather than fraudulent or expired ones, “unauthorized migrants”[1] or “irregular immigrants” or “irregular migrants,” the accepted way to reflect the fact that they have entered the country by way of irregular immigration.[2]
Terms such as “illegal immigrants,” Illegal aliens,” “illegal migrants” and “illegals” are problematic for several reasons:
Such terms are dehumanizing and degrading, implying at worst that the people concerned are in some way inherently criminal or illegitimate or at best that a particular event in someone’s life, such as irregularly crossing an international border, means their character has been irrevocably tainted;
Such terms are prejudicial and reinforce pre-existing negative attitudes toward foreign nationals or persons of a particular ethnicity, regardless of immigration status;[3]
Such terms fuel the view that such people have limited or no rights, when in fact they have a wide range of rights under international law as long as they are on the concerned country’s territory, including due legal process to challenge their removal, the right to seek asylum, and the right not to be arbitrarily detained;
The Australian and Canadian Refugee Councils and UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, helpfully elaborate on some of these concerns.[4] On June 20, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) issued a leaflet on accurate terminology as part of its Undocumented Not Illegal campaign.
A number of media groups have discontinued the use of the term “illegal” immigrants and related terminology, including the Associated Press,[5] the Guardian,[6] the San Francisco Chronicle,[7] ABC and Univision,[8] and Ireland’s National Union of Journalists.[9] Other groups include CNN, the Los Angeles Times, San Antonio Express News, Miami Herald and NBC News.
▻http://www.hrw.org/node/126818
▻http://picum.org/picum.org/uploads/file_/TerminologyLeaflet_reprint_FINAL.pdf
#vocabulaire #bad_word #wrong_terminology #wrong_vocabulaire #mot #migration #clandestin #illégal #illégalité #asile #réfugiés #guide #journalisme #médias
New PICUM report puts spotlight on poverty of migrant children in the EU
BRUSSELS, 20 June, 2013 - On the occasion of the meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in Luxembourg today, PICUM launches a new report calling on the ministers to address the poverty and social exclusion faced by #children who have, or whose parents have, an irregular migration status.
PICUM’s report “Child poverty and well-being: Spotlight on the situation of migrant children in Cyprus and the EU” outlines the specific vulnerabilities of migrant children and relevant good practices, in order to inform developments on both European and national levels. The report is the result of a roundtable held by PICUM in partnership with the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Cyprus, the Office of the European Parliament in Cyprus, Eurochild, and KISA, Action for Equality Support and Antiracism in Cyprus on 17 October 2012, prior to a high-level conference on child poverty and well-being, organised by the Cypriot Presidency of the European Union.
Taking the example of the situation in Cyprus, the report identifies major challenges that migrant children face across the EU such as the length of administrative procedures for asylum, lack of access to legal representation, restrictions on accessing services and the gap between rights and entitlements on paper and in practice.
“We know the crisis and austerity measures are having a devastating effect on children and families across Europe. Children with a migrant background are among the most vulnerable, especially when their parents are in precarious employment or they are undocumented. Children only have one childhood. And that experience will shape their chances throughout the life-course,” Jana Hainsworth, Secretary General of Eurochild, emphasized.
The situation of undocumented migrant children is a particular concern. Due to their irregular residence status, or the irregular status of their parents, many children face severe restrictions in accessing essential services, such as education and health care, and are at risk of poverty, social exclusion and exploitation. Changes need to be enacted to respect children’s rights and to realize a Europe of equality and prosperity. Today, Ministers from the 27 EU Member States meet to discuss the European Commission’s Social Investment Package for Growth and Cohesion (SIP) launched in February this year, and the European Commission’s Recommendation “Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage”, as part of the package.
The European Commission recommendation is a welcome step, recognizing children as individual rights holders and the need to prioritise integrated social investment in children, particularly in times of crisis. With access to quality services as one of the central pillars of the Recommendation, member states are urged to ensure health care services are adapted to ensure undocumented children can enjoy their right to health. Limiting the human rights of undocumented children and denying access to essential services does not reduce the numbers of irregularly staying migrants but causes great individual harm and exacerbates social inequalities to the detriment of individuals, families and communities alike.
▻http://picum.org/picum.org/uploads/publication/FINAL_Roundtable%20on%20Child%20poverty%20and%20well-being%20of%20migrant%20c