Migration
Fighting for the rights of migrants and asylum-seekers
Migration has major implications for public services not least because of the significant contribution of migrant workers to the provision of public services in many European countries. Thousands of public service employees across Europe work in areas related to migrations and asylum-seeking. Unfortunately, the European and national response to asylum-seekers has often fallen pitifully short of what should be expected from one of the wealthiest regions in the world and EPSU has been arguing hard for a change of approach, criticising the European Union’s policies which continue to focus on tightening borders, pushing back refugees and outsourcing asylum duties to third countries. EPSU, along with PSI, has also been calling for an end to privatisation and increased public investment in the public services that are vital to ensure the safe and effective integration of migrants and asylum-seekers into society. This briefing, prepared for EPSU's 2019 Congress provides some background on EPSU's activities in this area.
18 December 2012 International Migrants Day - Workers' solidarity is needed in times of crisis
18 December 2012 – United Nations International Migrants Day - “Workers’ solidarity is needed in times of crisis,” says Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary, Public Services International On the occasion
Report of the Euromed Project on Migration and Public Services final conference
Towards a high-quality reception of migrants 18-19 September 2012, Marseilles, France Introduction and Objective The final conference of the Euromed study Informing and Training Public Sector Union Representatives on
Press Com: To mark UN International Day of Families EPSU calls for alternatives to detention of migrant children
(15 May 2012) EPSU has joined the Global Campaign to end immigration detention of children, launched by the [International Detention Coalition->http://idcoalition.org/] on 21 March 2012 condemning the use of detention
18 December - IMD: We cannot treat migration and development without human rights
(17 December) EPSU supports the statement from Public Services International on International Migrants Day (IMD) that we reproduce below: According to the United Nations, there are around 215 million people
EPSU, Pardia and the Union of Finnish Border Guards Seminar of European Level Border Guards' Network (2 days)
Further to our first notice call for a Seminar of European level Border Guards organised by Finnish affiliate Pardia and the Union of Finnish Border Guards in cooperation with EPSU