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
The reality of summer work in rural Lleida and the street sellers who set up shop in Barcelona
Migra Studium holds its sixth prayer vigil in solidarity with detainees
Matteo Salvini has long been an outspoken critic of migrant rescue NGOs such as Proactiva Open Arms
This book is purposefully shocking, often difficult to read, and raises necessary questions – although it sometimes might go to far
This book is purposefully shocking, often difficult to read, and raises necessary questions – although it sometimes might go to far
More than 950 migrant children arrived in Catalonia in July and August, according to Minister of Work, Social Affairs and Family
“We will work to be useful to citizens,” says Spain’s delegate to country
Italy rejects safe harbor for Proactiva Open Arms
Barcelona mayor warns of “racist" comments by People’s Party’s new leader and compares him with Italy’s Matteo Salvini
A fashion label employing undocumented immigrants kicks off a crowdfunding to help boost the project
The Catalan MEPs Jordi Solé and Josep-Maria Terricabras invite the Commissioner for Interior and Immigration to visit the CIEs in person
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”.
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.