Although the new EU-ACP agreement is regrettably weak in this regard, it is not irredeemable.
Caritas Europa’s policy paper "Demystifying the regularisation of undocumented migrants" not only highlights the challenges that undocumented migrants face, but also the contributions they make to our societies. It outlines key recommendations to uphold people’s rights and to grant regular status. Caritas believes that regardless of status, every person’s human…
This toolkit is designed to support Caritas staff working with young people to complement their existing offers and to address interested youths in general. It breaks down all essentials about advocacy related to global migration and development, thus creating the perfect basis for successful advocacy actions to change our future…
Caritas Europa contributed to the European Commission consultation on legal migration in December. The contributions received will feed into the European Commission’s upcoming legislative reforms and new initiatives in the field of regular migration that were announced with the launch of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in September.…
The ongoing global discussion about racism and ethnic discrimination needs to include the obstacles faced by non-European migrants in Europe. While migrants have long been contributing and have played a critical role as essential workers recently during the pandemic, they have rarely been recognised for their positive contributions and their rights are still being undermined.
This position paper contains analysis and recommendations regarding the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, announced on 23 September. It aims at bringing the problematic elements contained in the Pact to the attention of policy makers at the European Parliament and the EU Council, and to further develop and…
On September 23th, the European Commission presented the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, composed of 12 documents, including several legislative proposals, which will now be negotiated by the European Parliament and EU Member States. This long-awaited Pact aims at unlocking the deadlock in the reform of EU asylum rules…
Caritas Europa is alarmed and saddened by the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding after several fires destroyed nearly the entirety of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos during the night of September 8th. More than 12,000 residents had already been residing in the camp - at…
Professor Heaven Crawley has nearly 30 years’ experience of undertaking research on international migration in a variety of settings (government, voluntary sector, national and international organisations, academia). She was previously head of asylum and migration research at the UK Home Office (2000-2002) and now leads the UKRI GCRF South-South Migration;…
When Elene was 9 years old, she left her native Georgia on a journey for a new home. The trip to Belgium and the following few years deeply marked Irina, who, as a young child, was overwhelmed by the huge changes in her life. Now, after having lived in Belgium for many years, she is an Executive Assistant in an international consulting company and lives in Brussels close to her siblings. To support our #whatishome campaign, Irina generously shared her experience as a refugee and how she later came to find a fulfilling life in Belgium.