The EPSU workshop on migration , jointly hosted by the National Administration and Local government sections will take place on 3-4 November in Athens. Over 30 participants have already registered for the event. It is the first occasion for EPSU members to discuss the Congress resolution on Migration .
EPSU, in association with the Labour Research Institute have sent out a questionnaire to look at the actions that unions organising members in national, regional and local government in Europe, as well as in EU institutions, are taking to recruit migrant workers and improve their employment conditions. It also looks at the challenges faced by employees in central, regional and local government, who deal with migrants and/or migration/asylum policy as part of their job.
The aim is to look at migrants who have recently left one country to move to another. Their legal status will depend on many things: whether they are citizens of another EU state, which EU state they are from and where they are living – some EU states impose restrictions on citizens of newer member countries, while others do not, and, if they are not from the EU, whether they have the appropriate documents to allow them to live and work. However, irrespective of these differences, they will often face difficulties and discrimination.
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