To many activists for foreigners’ rights the mediatization of the refugee camp of Sangatte during the year 2000 appeared as a perfect illustration of the absurdity of EU migration policies. The effects of obstacles to freedom of movement and the refusal of receiving migrants and refugees became fully visible. While usually invisible because dispersed along borders or because hidden, they instantly became visible because of their concentration in the only (non)-place where they were (…)
Who we are
Migreurop is a Euro-African network of human rights organisations, activists and researchers. Its aim is to identify, publicise and denounce the consequences of European migration policies on the living conditions and the respect of the rights of people on the move, throughout the exile process (obstacles to mobility, the closing of borders, formal and informal detention, the various forms of deportation, as well as the externalisation of border controls and asylum practised by the EU and its Member States). The Migreurop network thus contributes to the defence of the fundamental rights of people on the move and to the promotion of freedom of movement and settlement for all.
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Migreurop’s member associations
The network relies on the expertise of its members (51 associations and 41 individual members), present in 17 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They put their different skills at the service of Migreurop, meeting regularly to exchange and build a shared analysis of the consequences of European migration policies, and thus develop synergies and common strategies to defend the fundamental rights of exiles.
List of Migreurop members : (…)Positioning statements
Call for the closure of camps for migrants and for freedom of movement
Call for the closure of camps for migrants, in Europe and beyond 2010
In member states of the European Union, as well as in neighboring countries (Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Ukraine) and beyond (Mauritania, Lebanon), the presence of an ever increasing number of zones of detention conceals policies and practices contrary to international commitments which some of these states are bound to (the United Nation Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the International Convention on the (…)Call for the closure of camps for migrants, in Europe and beyond
In member states of the European Union, as well as in neighboring countries (Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Ukraine) and beyond (Mauritania, Lebanon), the presence of an ever increasing number of zones of detention conceals policies and practices contrary to international commitments which some of these states are bound to (the United Nation Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.). In Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, migrants are (…)
Videos of Migreurop members
Migreurop is a network of 51 associations and 40 individual members in 17 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. One of the network’s distinctive features is that it brings together a wide range of grassroots associations, researchers and activists, who pool their knowledge and skills, to collectively document, decipher and denounce the consequences of European migration policies. Thanks to this common analysis, Migreurop fosters synergies and joint mobilisation strategies in favor (…)