The Togolese migrants - largest donors in Togo
30 January 2012
This article reviews the findings of a study we conducted in the last half of 2011 on remittances of Togolese migrants especially those living in Germany. On the last ten years the migration is the social subject that has gained importance over the world. It has altogether economical, political and social and humanitarian implications and important consequences on the lives of millions of people on the planet. In 2006, in his inaugural address at the first High Level Dialogue on (...)
Appeal to MeP’s: Reject The "Return" Directive
18 June 2008
During the next plenary session in Strasbourg (16-19 June), members of the European Parliament are being asked to vote on the so-called "Return Directive". The text has already been adopted by EU Interior Ministers and includes an administrative detention period for irregular migrants of up to 18 months. This is a completely exaggerated measure which establishes the basis for the real criminalisation of migrants, who will be deprived of their freedom and detained in inhumane and (...)
Regarding "The Return Directive"
17 June 2008
Until the end of the Second World War, Europe was a continent of emigrants. Tens of millions of Europeans came to the Americas to colonize, escape hunger, financial crisis, wars, European totalitarianisms and the persecutions of ethnic minorities. Today, I am following with deep concern the approval process of the so-called "Return Directive". The text, validated on June the 5th by the Home Affairs Ministers of the 27 European Union countries, has to be voted on June 18th in the European (...)