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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

@picumofficial.bsky.social
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We work for a world where everyone can enjoy their human rights, whatever their migration status. Check us out on picum.org

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Voxeurop – Independent European journalism @voxeurop.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's tomorrow! Our online conversation with @lolagarciaajofrin.bsky.social, Daniela Ioniță, & Silvia Carta ( @picumofficial.bsky.social ) on the impact of the reformed European Pact on #Migration and #Asylum 📆 Tuesday 16 June, 13:15 CEST. ✍️ Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PulsEurope
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In 2025, at least 110 people faced judicial proceedings in the EU for helping migrants. Most cases were in Greece (50), Poland (20), Italy (19), and France (14). Find out more in our latest report picum.org/blog/at-leas...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today's vote paves the way for mass detention, family separation and deportations - normalising abuse we've seen with ICE in the US. Now Commission, Council and Parliament will work to hammer out a final text. Help us stop it. Share, mobilise, sign the petition: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
French NGOs @ldh.fr @utopia56.bsky.social and @anafeasso.bsky.social accuse him of having encouraged Frontex agents to facilitate the interception of migrant boats by Libyan and Greek authorities in the Mediterranean. Fabrice Leggeri is now an MEP with far-right Rassemblement National.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Prosecuted for helping people at the Belarus border. This trial should have never started in the first place. Source: oko.press/pomoc-na-gra...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
⭐ Digital tools can help labour inspectors but must not become yet another deportation tool. Find out more in our latest report: picum.org/wp-content/u...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Tommy Olsen, founder of @aegeanboatreport.bsky.social, has been arrested in his hometown in Norway following a European arrest warrant by Greece. His "crime"? Documenting pushbacks and helping people in need in the Aegean. This arrest is a shameful attack against solidarity and human decency.
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UNI Europa @uni-europa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Every day, across Europe, millions of people rely on the dedication of Personal & Household Services (PHS) workers, who provide care or domestic support for people in their homes. Help us better understand PHS by filling in the survey now:
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Survey for all PHS stakeholders
Survey for all PHS stakeholders. UNI Europa and its social partners launch survey to better understand personal and household services.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy and proud to join calls to protect EU funding for social inclusion. Support must reach those who are being marginalised in our societies.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Everyone deserves to be cared for, with or without papers. Once again, Spain is showing that another Europe is possible. Source: www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This vote seals a toxic alliance between centre-right and far-right forces, after weeks of backroom deals to kill the last remaining safeguards in a bill that will harm millions. Human dignity, freedom, equality: this vote betrays the very values the EU claims to uphold.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Identity checks, surveillance, humiliation, violence. In our new joint booklet with @enareurope.bsky.social we document how racialisation operates at and through Europe’s internal borders - with testimonies from the Basque Country, France/Italy, Germany, Croatia. Read it: picum.org/wp-content/u...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Last week, civil society organisations, advocates, activists and progressive politicians gathered to say no to the EU Deportation Regulation - right in front of the European Parliament. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 We had to come out too.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The European Parliament is about to vote. 📢 Let's make our voices heard. Read on for what you can do - and help us share this post ❤️
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Days ago, in Ravenna, Italy, police raided a hospital and launched an investigation against doctors who refused to ok immigration detention for undocumented people, citing health reasons. Full solidarity to the doctors involved, "guilty" of doing their job. bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Home raids. Mass surveillance. Racial profiling. With 80+ organisations, we're opposing the new EU Deportation Regulation. The proposal would expand immigration raids + surveillance and turn public spaces + services into tools of immigration enforcement. Full statement: picum.org/blog/no-to-e...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🚨 Top UN human rights experts have signed a letter to EU institutions denouncing human rights risks in the EU Deportation Regulation. This is a damning condemnation of a draconian measure that sees and treats migrants as a threat. ✉️ Read the full letter on spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
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Desinfox-Migrations @desinfoxmig.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗹’𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲 𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲́ 𝘂𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲́𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗲́𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 de personnes sans papiers pour répondre aux besoins du marché du travail et de renforcer l’intégration sociale, le 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲 PICUM apporte un éclairage empirique solide. picum.org/wp-content/u... @picumofficial.bsky.social
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We needed this news SO MUCH ❤️ The Spanish government has announced today a broad regularisation programme which could benefit around 500.000 people. At a time when a hostile environment against migrants is spreading on both sides of the Atlantic, this move shows both humanity and common sense.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
2025 has not been an easy year. Yet even amid repressive policies, solidarity and resistance continues to break through. On this International Migrants Day, we share the stories that inspired and encouraged us this year. Read them all from our final newsletter: 7z96.mjt.lu/nl3/484AhyWE...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🚨 Today, the EU Council is set to endorse home raids to search for migrants. This is what a police-state looks like. We must stop this, help us share.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🔥 NEW 🔥 What does regularisation mean for people and society? Our new report tells you what 50 years of research have shown. Check it out! 📖 Read on lnkd.in/dEhcM26T
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🎉 BREAKING: Human rights and transparency can’t be sidelined. Following our complaint, the EU Ombudsperson found the Commission breached its own rules. This decision should be a wake-up call for EU institutions to ensure accountability, public scrutiny, human rights protections in EU policymaking.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
💜 No woman should have to choose between safety and deportation. With or without papers. Today, we're launching a new briefing outlining 6 actions the EU and member states can take to guarantee justice and protection for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence. (sneak peek in thread!)
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🙅‍♀️ No papers, no protection? Join us as we launch our new briefing and discuss justice for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence with advocates and frontline experts. 🗓️ 24 Nov ⏰ 1-2 pm CET ✍️ Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We were happy to meet the Commissioner to discuss combatting the exploitation of undocumented workers, including improving labour inspections, remedy mechanisms and regularisation programmes. Fundamental and human rights are non negotiable. The labour rights of undocumented people are no exception.
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JRS Belgium @jrsbelgium.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢[NEW REPORT] Last week 26-year old Mahmoud from Palestine killed himself in immigration detention. In 2024 close to 5,000 people were locked up in detention centres in Belgium. To find out about Palestinians, and what we see week after week behind the fences read our latest report: t.ly/GGk2g
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
⭐ FREE EVENT ⭐ What will happen to Ukrainians after Temporary Protection? Join us to hear from high-level speakers from the EU and Ukraine!
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EASPD @easpd.eu · 09/10/2025
€100 billion for social spending sounds like progress, but is all as it seems? EASPD joins 51 European organisations calling for a greater commitment to social inclusion in the next #EUbudget. Read our statement here➡️ easpd.eu/news-detail/... #ESFplus #SocialRights
Image of a megaphone and speech bubble. Text Reads ‘100 billion Euros for social spending? The devil’s in the details.’
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🖊️ Not one, not two, but three UN Special Rapporteurs warn that new EU migrant smuggling rules risk criminalising migration and solidarity with migrants. EU lawmakers must heed these calls and protect people's right to move and help others in need.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Truly inspiring conversations on migration organised by our friends @qcea.bsky.social. Join to hear from experts in peace, security and human rights, and learn how peacebuilding approaches can inform Europe’s migration policies and shift the narrative from fear and control to dignity and inclusion.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🔥 Solidarity with migrants is under attack. We're launching a new project to fight this. With WING, we're joining six European civil society organisations to map cases of criminalisation of solidarity and to train people and organisations to respond to this threat.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🔥 European civil society has come out strong against the EU "Deportation Regulation". Together with over 200 organisations, our call is simple: EU lawmakers must reject it. Read the full statement: picum.org/blog/over-20...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The French Constitutional Court has ruled against the extension of immigration detention in France to up to 7 months. While a good step forward, other problematic points remain. Full comment by @lacimade.org.
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The Civil Fleet @thecivilfleet.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🚨🎧 Keep your eyes on your podcast feeds, because we've got a NEW EPISODE coming SOON! In the meantime, listen to @picumofficial.bsky.social's Silvia in episode 74, and learn how 142 people (at least!) were criminalised for acting in solidarity with people-on-the-move last year 🎧🚨
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In the Netherlands, police can't enter a church during service. When a family took shelter in the Kampen church to escape their deportation, people flocked to ensure the service never stops. It's now being going on for over 8 months 🥹 This is the Europe we love.
observer.co.uk
Dutch church shelters migrant family with 192-day service
Open Hof church in Kampen is providing sanctuary to a family facing deportation by using an ancient law to prevent police entering the building
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
When Europe's focus is on "protecting borders", rights violations are bound to continue. With or without investigations.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
For many undocumented people, decent housing remains an illusion. In the latest issue of @feantsa.bsky.social magazine, we write about how to move forward.
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Homeless in Europe Magazine Summer 2025: Migration and Asylum
FEANTSA is the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless.
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The Civil Fleet @thecivilfleet.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🚨 New episode! 🎧 @picumofficial.bsky.social's Silvia tells us how the EU criminalised at least 142 people for solidarity with migrants last year, how activists were harassed & spied on, and how 91 people faced criminal charges for crossing borders The Civil Fleet Podcast is on all podcast services
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Immigration raids and criminalisation are not a US exclusive. We spoke to @voxeurop.bsky.social about what's happening in Europe.
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In Europe just as in Trump's America, the creeping criminalisation of migration and solidarity
An obsession with security is increasingly putting both migrants and human-rights defenders on the wrong side of the law. The trend is the same in both the USA and Europe.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The next EU Anti-Racism Strategy must face the racist roots and effects of much of our migration system. Read our full submission to the consultation on the 2026-2030 strategy: picum.org/wp-content/u...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Last week, the Dutch lower chamber passed a draft law that criminalises solidarity with migrants. Today, the @volkskrant.nl takes a look at what's happening in the rest of Europe and cites our report showing at least 142 people were criminalised in 2024 alone.
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Hulp bieden aan ongedocumenteerden: hoe gaan deze EU landen ermee om?
Van symboolpolitiek tot celstraf: in enkele andere Europese landen zijn wetten die hulp aan mensen zonder papieren strafbaar stellen al van kracht. Hoe pakt dat uit in de praktijk?
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Since 1957, the European Social Fund has helped deliver quality jobs and further social inclusion. The EU must protect this mission in the next EU budget. We're proud to sign this joint statement led by @easpd.eu
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Joint statement: Keep what works: 8 success factors for a future ESF+
Ahead of proposals by the European Commission on the next EU budget, EASPD and 45 European networks advocate for a strong ESF+.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
In Switzerland, Caroline Meijers was brought to trial because she helped a person from Syria. She's now been acquitted and it's great news. Solidarity should be celebrated, not criminalised.
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Elle n’est pas coupable de solidarité - Le Courrier
Mardi après-midi, la pluie cesse à l’instant où les soutiens arrivent devant le tribunal de Porrentruy. «Même le ciel est avec nous», glisse une voix dans la foule. Ils et elles sont près de quatre-vi...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The Commission's push to deregulate and "simplify" is threatening protection standards and rights, from environmental to counter-smuggling rules. Our short contribution on the Financial Times today.
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EU watchdog warns Ursula von der Leyen against rushing deregulation
European Commission risks eroding trust by using urgent procedures to cut red tape, ombudsman says
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today, the Dutch Parliament is set to vote on proposals by the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), including an amendment criminalising help for undocumented people. Solidarity should be celebrated, not criminalised. Dutch MPs must reject this amendment.
euobserver.com
Helping undocumented migrants in Netherlands could soon be a crime
Dutch MPs on Thursday are set to vote on asylum laws proposed by the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), headed by Geert Wilders.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
💌 The European Parliament is getting ready to vote on a new law that threatens those of us who help others in need. Let's stop this. Find out how in thread.
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In Switzerland, activist Caroline Meijers is being brought to justice because she helped a Syrian asylum-seeker. Her trial starts on 8 July.
lecourrier.ch
Désobéir aux extrêmes - Le Courrier
En Suisse, une femme est accusée de «délit de solidarité». Délit paradoxal qui ne manquerait pas de faire rire s’il n’était pas tragique. Que penser d’une telle accusation dans le procès de Porrentruy...
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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Marjan Jamali was arrested on 28 October 2023, shortly after landing on the Calabrian coast with her eight-year-old son, on charges of migrant smuggling. She'd fled domestic violence and the repression of the Iranian regime. Finally, Marjan has been acquitted.
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Assolta Marjan Jamali: dalla fuga dall’Iran al carcere, cade l’accusa di favoreggiamento dell’immigrazione irregolare
La donna è stata arrestata il 28 ottobre del 2023 due giorni dopo essere sbarcata sulle coste calabresi insieme al figlio di otto anni. Era fuggita dalla violenza domestica e dalla repressione del reg...
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