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The invisible workers 3
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic brought social, economic and health consequences for migrant seasonal workers, increasing social inequalities and worsening their already precarious working conditions.
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Blaming the victims: threats to the Roma in France 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 28/05/2019
Reports on child abductions spreading on social media lead to the attack of Roma communities in France in March 2019. Following these, the reports and rumours proved to be unfounded and the police and city authorities in Paris warned against sharing false information and inciting to violence.
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Qatar working conditions 2.0?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 28/03/2019
Qatar is hosting the next world cup in 2022. Major sports events are prone to labour and other human rights violations, reason for which it is essential to revisit the situation of the richest country in the world, which combines both an image of luxury and of extreme poverty.
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Justice denied: Voiceless in Guantanamo 4
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 22/02/2019
No charge, no trial, no conviction; only hours of torture and interrogation. The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center is a “secret” prison where kidnappings, forced disappearances and degrading prison conditions makes lives of detainees, a living hell. Prisoner rights are mostly not a popular topic of debate. But, can rights be called so if they can be dismissed so effortlessly?
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The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar 11
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 28/01/2019
You might be surprised to learn that the village of Mananjary in Madagascar believes its twins are cursed and carry misfortune.
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Migrants without protection = Humanitarian principles at risk 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 14/11/2018
In the last few years, tens of thousands of people have left their homes and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. The media is constantly publishing stories of drowning migrants and of the harsh conditions of detention centres in Southern Europe. At the same time, the attitude towards migration has hardened in many European countries. Countries like Italy, Austria and Hungary have shown that there is very little humanity left.
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