Joint Initiative by December 18 and Migrant Rights International.
MIGRANT.NEWS, December 18,
2001
1. Happy
Migrantís Day!
The IMD is
celebrated worldwide. A list of events is available at:
http://www.december18.net/IMDagenda2001.htm
The site also
includes press releases and statements by:
-UN Secretary
General Mr. K. Annan
-International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions
-National Network
for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, US
-European Network
against Racism, Belgium
-Catholic Migrant
Workersí Relief Committee, Thailand
-December 18
see http://www.december18.htm/IMDStatements.htm
(English)
http://www.december18.htm/f-IMDStatements.htm (franÁais)
http://www.december18.htm/e-IMDStatements.htm (espaÒol)
http://www.december18.htm/i-IMDStatements.htm (italiano)
http://www.december18.htm/d-IMDStatements.htm
(Nederlands)
http://www.december18.htm/g-IMDStatements.htm
(Deutsch)
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2. UN Road
Map for Migrant Workers
The Road Map is a guide for migrant NGOs to the
International Human Rights System and Other Mechanisms. It is available now on http://www.december18.net and http://www.chrf.ca (English only). The Road Map
is a joined project by the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Asia Pacific Forum
on Women Law and Development, Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Asian Migrant
Centre.
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3. Meetings
and Courses
For details, see
our international calendar at http://www.december18.net/calendar.htm
16 to 20 December
2001
2nd World
Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Yokohama, Japan.
IMADR's Workshop at the
Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children,
Yokohama, Japan.
ILO/IPEC workshop at the
2nd world Congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children,
Yokohama, Japan. Time-bound Measures to Combat Child Trafficking and Children
in Prostitution.
December 17-21,
2001
The International
Migration Policy Programme (UNFPA, UNITAR, IOM, ILO) is organising a meeting in
Dakar, Senegal. It is held in the context of the Declaration of Dakar and the
related Follow-up Proposals adopted by governments on 13 October 2000 at the
'West African Regional Ministerial Conference on the Participation of Migrants
in the Development of their Countries of Origin'. Issues and concerns can be found on the following page:
In English : http://www.december18.net/UN.htm
In French: http://www.december18.net/f-frontpage.htm#one
19 December 2001
Internationale
migratie en illegale vreemdelingen, (International migration and illegal foreigners),
Brussels, Belgium.
20 to 21 January
2002
Transnational
Conference: Migrant Domestic
Workers - Acting Together, London. Organized by KALAYAAN and Solidar.
2002
A new executive
four week course on International Migration Policy and Management is being
offered in 2002 by the Southern African Migration Project in partnership
with the Graduate School of Public and Development Management at University of
Witwatersrand. For details, please go to http://www.queensu.ca/samp/Training.htm
The MECC (Middle
East Council of Churches) Gulf Liaison Office plans to hold its Second Workshop on
Migrants Issues in the Gulf in April-May 2002 (exact date and location to be
confirmed). This will be a follow up of the workshop held in Muscat last year.
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4. Update http://www.december18.net
Papers and
articles (English)
Caught in a grey
area, Israel
In the Mexican
desert, a sanctuary for border-crossers
Not much progress
in UN on the promotion of the rights of migrants
UN declaration a
triumph of civil society
A celebration of
Migrant Workers' social capital
Immigrant
advocates: Illegal populace faces heightened peril in crackdown
Migration Policy
Brief No.6: The Point of No Return: Evaluating the Amnesty for Mozambican
Refugees in South Africa, SAMP
Migration Policy
Brief No.5: Counting Brains: Measuring Emigration From South Africa, SAMP
Rp's labor
migration policy putting Pinoys in inhumane condition
Report on
trafficking of children, ECPAT UK
Is it despair or
hope waiting for OFWs returning home?
American Unionism
and US Immigration Policy
Interview with
Maria JimÈnez, Director of the Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project
(LEMP), September 2001
Interview with
Roberto Martinez, Human Rights Activist and Director of the US/Mexico Border
Program on the situation in the border region, July 2001
The 'Natasha'
Trade, The Transnational Shadow Market of Trafficking in Women, 01/2001
Migrants' Right to
Health, UNAIDS-IOM, March 2001
Refugee
Convention (English)
Ministerial
Meeting on the Refugee Convention, ILO Statement, 13 December 2001
Articles et exposÈs (French)
¿ la rue sous prÈtexte
de polygamie, Entre ailleurs et ici, quels droits pour les femmes et les
enfants Ètrangers ?
Campaigns
Foreignersí rights to family life (English,
French, Spanish, Italian), see homepages.
Mobilisation pour bannir la double peine (French), see French homepage.
NGO
Recommendations on migrant and refugee issues for the EU Laeken Summit (English)
Press Releases
Protests at Pekan Nenas Camp, Demands immediate independent inquiry, Tenaganita, Malaysia, 05/12/01 (English)
Update of the web site directory on
http://www.december18.net/migrant-MW.htm
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Spanish and French version available upon request
at migrantnews@december18.net
Spanish
version translated by Maria Ruiz, Spain and French version translated by
Catherine Thomas, France.