Ahead of this week’s European Council on the migration crisis, the European Youth Forum in an open letter to President Tusk and all EU Heads of States or Governments has expressed its deep concern with the proposals made on 7th March under a deal between the European Union and Turkey in order to tackle the […]
“I fled the war in Syria with my mother, father and two brothers. We had no other choice than to pay smugglers. We went first to Lebanon and then to Tripoli (Libya) – there were people from all parts of the world. The smugglers left us to sleep in a tent for three nights, and […]
Speech delivered by Jana Hainsworth (President, Social Platform; Secretary-General, Eurochild) as an address on World Social Work Day. World Social Work Day is an important opportunity to recognize the critical role of social work today. The profession is under-valued and is dramatically under-resourced. Social work is not value neutral and should bring about positive social […]
When we launched our campaign ‘Decriminalising Solidarity’ in 2015 we stated that Member States should not be allowed to punish those who provide humanitarian assistance to undocumented migrants. While we knew that the relevant law was not clear for individuals and civil society organisations and that they might be afraid to help irregular migrants when […]
While acknowledging the rationale behind the extraordinary decision to use EU humanitarian funding within EU borders, Caritas Europa fears that, by addressing this solidarity crisis as a humanitarian crisis, the EU is surrendering to populists and fearmongers. This puts at stake the entire EU project. EU Member States must start by abiding to the pledge […]
17 March, 13:30-15:00 | European Parliament, room ASP5G1, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels, Belgium Caritas Europa is pleased to invite you to the launch of its new report “Migrants and refugees have rights: impact of EU policies on accessing protection”, hosted by Member of the European Parliament Cecilia Wikström in the European Parliament. This report is Caritas […]
The mere fact of being a woman can condemn us to be mistreated in private, public, in Europe and all over the world. Being a woman, and being disabled, condemns us even more to be subject to violence. We are in the 21st century and… There are countries, so-called modern, conducting a policy of forced […]
CSAN (Caritas England and Wales) and Secours Catholique (Caritas France) call on French and UK government to prioritise unaccompanied minors affected by the evictions from the “Jungle” in Calais. The local government in Calais ruled for the eviction of the southern part of the Jungle refugee camp on Thursday 25 February, allowing the destruction of […]
The decision by Austria last week to accept only 80 asylum seekers per day is a demonstration of the growing reluctance of European Union Member States to share responsibility in the humanitarian crisis. But does closing borders – and our eyes – make the reality disappear? Far from it. All we achieve is a reduced […]
Last week [25-26 February] I was at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna. Together with other civil society organisations, representatives of religious organisations, Council of Europe representatives, individual activists and members of FRA’s Scientific Committee and staff, we discussed how to develop our cooperation to have greater impact on the rights of […]
