Human Rights and Migration

Good practices on disability rights: no more stones on the road 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 21/03/2017
Nowadays, according to the assessment of the European Disability Forum, about 80 million Europeans have a disability. One in four Europeans has a family member with a disability. Six Europeans out of ten know someone, who has a disability. Thus, the protection of vulnerable people requires urgent attention.
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School-aged refugees: Are they a burden or a social responsibility?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 13/03/2017
Human Rights Watch: A child we interviewed in 2015 said, “when I picture my future, I see nothing.
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European Elections and Migration: what we’ve learnt – and what to expect 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 10/03/2017
Dealing with the legacy of 2016, 2017 started off as a very uncertain year. Adding to this, four of the founding countries of the European Union will have to go through general, presidential and federal elections. As the optimistic predictions on Brexit and the US went terribly wrong, it is now time to consider what could happen if populism won.
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The importance of social inclusion policies at school community: a key for integration 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 27/02/2017
On January 10th, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a ruling on a case involving a potential violation of Art. 9 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) that sparked mixed reactions in the light of the steady stream of outlets declaring Europe’s failure to integrate Muslims.
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Indigenous resiliency through renewable energy 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 15/02/2017
From August 2016 through the harsh winter, indigenous communities alongside environmentalists and activists had been protesting in the State of North Dakota, USA. They advocated against the completion of a pipeline that would transfer oil through four States to reach refineries and consumers.
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Europe’s ‘Other’ Refugees: Denying asylum to the continent’s most persecuted minority 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 30/01/2017
The European Commission plans to establish a common list of ‘safe countries of origin’ (SCO) across EU Member States in a bid to deal more efficiently with asylum claims from nationals of countries where persecution is deemed unlikely.
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