PODCAST: Fruit pickers and street vendors – migrants' struggle for decent work
The reality of summer work in rural Lleida and the street sellers who set up shop in Barcelona
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Jesuit NGO prays in front of Barcelona migrant detention center and calls for its closure
Migra Studium holds its sixth prayer vigil in solidarity with detainees
Italian far-right deputy prime minister calls for snap elections after coalition failure
Matteo Salvini has long been an outspoken critic of migrant rescue NGOs such as Proactiva Open Arms
Abuse, feminism, and immigration: The Last Patriarch by Najat el Hachmi
This book is purposefully shocking, often difficult to read, and raises necessary questions – although it sometimes might go to far
Abuse, feminism, and immigration: The Last Patriarch by Najat el Hachmi
This book is purposefully shocking, often difficult to read, and raises necessary questions – although it sometimes might go to far
Government child services 'overwhelmed' by arrival of unaccompanied minors over summer
More than 950 migrant children arrived in Catalonia in July and August, according to Minister of Work, Social Affairs and Family
Immigration offices in Catalonia to double staff
“We will work to be useful to citizens,” says Spain’s delegate to country
‘Buon viaggio’: Salvini mocks Catalan rescue ship with 87 migrants on board
Italy rejects safe harbor for Proactiva Open Arms
Spanish right hardens anti-immigration discourse
Barcelona mayor warns of “racist" comments by People’s Party’s new leader and compares him with Italy’s Matteo Salvini
Top manta: Barcelona’s street sellers to launch online store
A fashion label employing undocumented immigrants kicks off a crowdfunding to help boost the project
EU-Commission urged to collect evidence of human rights violations at Spanish immigration detention centers
The Catalan MEPs Jordi Solé and Josep-Maria Terricabras invite the Commissioner for Interior and Immigration to visit the CIEs in person
NGO urges to shut down migrant detention center in Barcelona
The Migra Studium foundation calls for the closure of the Zona Franca detention centre and all similar detention centers for immigrants in Spain (CIE) because “they break Spanish immigration law”. The foundation’s annual report on the detention center for immigrants in Barcelona warns of an increase in the number of minors, an important lack of interpreters and that many detainees do not fulfill the requirements to be expelled from the state. The foundation acknowledged the support of the Barcelona city council, which has tried to close the Zona Franca CIE alleging the lack of an activity license. According to Migra Studium these “are good news, because it shows a raising awareness about the severe situation of the detained immigrants”.
Tourist towns urge Catalan and Spanish governments to help them fight ‘top manta’
Illegal street trading, known in Catalonia as ‘top manta’, is an old and complex problem in many tourist towns in Catalonia. But councils feel alone and powerless when they try to deal with it. The recent death of Senegalese citizen Mor Sylla in Salou during a police operation against illegal vending has raised the alarms about a phenomenon that has economic, social and security implications. The mayors of Barcelona, Roses, Sitges and El Vendrell, some of the towns most adversely affected by this issue, have urged the Catalan and Spanish governments to intervene because this “is not a local problem” but a national, and even international one.