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Update on the HIF Literature: Chris Cleave’s “Little Bee”
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Full video: http://tedxcanberra.org/2011/10/thomas-pogge-reimagining-pharmaceutical-innovation/
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Reimagining pharmaceutical innovation
The Health Impact Fund (HIF) goes on tour around the world. German Prof. Thomas Pogge spreads the word about innovative incentives for pharmaceutical companies. Is his plan capable of making medical innovations more just? http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/igh/
The HIF was developed by the team of Incentives for Global Health (IGH) under the lead of Prof. Thomas Pogge (Leitner Professor of Philosophy and
tional Affairs at Yale University) and Jake HirschAllen (Intelectual property lawyer and consultant of Incentives for Global Health).
The main idea is to undermine the monopoly on drugs caused by patent laws by determining the monetary value of a drug ... >> 3
The Sokos Case How to dismantle Mirka Coccocelli’s xenophobic provocations in five necessary steps... >>14
Students are not suspects! In 2008 the UK Government revamped its immigration laws for the first time in over 35 … >>17
Migrant women excluded Turkey’s EU entry: Migration analysis needed TurkMiS report on migration Country notes: Recent changes in policies Earthquake in Van Cartoon Oscar
News Flash Foreigners in Italy 2011 Caritas report Health in prison Detention centres The Sokos case TEAM workshop Debate: Improving immingrants‘ conditions Music: ―On the move‖
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Point based system for students Medical justice Network Photography: The Occupy movement
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Van Ercis Earthquake October 23, 2011 The 2011 Van earthquake was a destructive magnitude 7.1 Mw earthquake that struck ... >>7
Newly added to the bulletin: A collection of recent and about-to-come local initiatives concerning migration and health. >>20
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Two months after the first issue of Eyes’n’Ears we look back upon a very diverse and country-specific collection of data. The very positive response by all readers shows that our goal to keep each other up-todate on local news has not been missed and team Germany is pleased to present the following issue including many new topics and ideas. We have started an almanac of local initiatives concerning Global Health and Migration and hope to herewith give you an overview of what is happening near you. We were also about to create a “page of comments” where we wanted to write down our reader’s thoughts on articles from the past issue, but all questions seem to have been answered by the authors as no comments were sent to us, so maybe this idea will be realized within the third bulletin in January. Please, help yourself to a Spritz and enjoy the read! :)
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Country Team responsible for this issue: Germany
Benjamin, Julia, Katharina and Sarah Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Update on the HIF The HIF was developed by the team of Incentives for Global Health (IGH) under the lead of the German Prof. Thomas Pogge (Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University) and Jake Hirsch-Allen (Intelectual property lawyer and consultant of Incentives for Global Health) Main Idea: To undermine the monopoly on drugs caused by patent laws by determining the monetary value of a drug by its impact on health and by splitting the invention from the production process resulting in cheaper production (by generic companies) and lower drug prices on the market (sold at production cost) while the inventing company is being paid a share from the 6 Billion Dollar Health Impact Fund (6 000 000 000 $) for its invention according to their drug‘s impact on health (determined by QALYs – quality adjusted life years). Recently there has been strong criticism of the HIF by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Prof. of International Health at The New School University New York) and Proochista Ariana (lecturer of Global Health and Development at the University of Oxford) followed by a response of the HIF authors. Full texts (link 2 + 3) In summary, the articles address following major points:
Alliances: The IGH is being criticized for ―not working together with experienced civil society organizations of the Global North and for not working towards open excess and encouragements of generics‖. The IGH replies that they had been trying hard to exchange ideas, but ―have been rejected severely, especially by Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) with Sakiko Fukunda-Parr as chair of KEI‘s Board of Directors‖. The IGH says it is eagerly awaiting ―well-informed criticism and willing to even abandon the HIF if well proven that it would not work‖, but so far has only received objections that they believe to be able to meet. Intellectual property: The HIF is being censured for leaving the intellectual property rights with the inventor as opposed to achieve open excess to them. The critics furthermore state that this could possibly ―lead to higher drug prices and impede collaborative research‖. The IGH argues that open licensing does not always lead to low prices and refers to a paper by Aidan Hollis (link 4). The HIF promotes a model of selling 2/3rd of the production rights to the lowest bidder and 1/3rd to the second-lowest. They state that leaving intellectual property with the inventor would facilitate the assessment of health impact, would therefore sooner create the incentive
of good payment for good health impact, would make HIF money distribution easier, would inhibit overuse of new drugs and decrease development of resistances against them. Further info can be obtained from a newsletter (link 5).
Hyperlinks to webpages: Press Control and click on the link in order to open it in your browser!
Distribution of costs and benefits: The critics argue that the HIF does not make sure that the producing companies will come from the Global South so that the benefits will be distributed unevenly. IGH answers that such a ―guarantee would lead to higher prices‖ to begin with and that production of medicines nowadays shows that it is most costeffective in the Global South which is very likely to stay that way. The critics
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worry that ―the poorest of the poor will not gain access to medicines funded by the HIF, because the cost of supplying them will be higher‖ than the actual impact of their health improvement on the overall health impact determining the monetary share of the HIF given to the inventor. The IGH proposes that international organizations or NGOs might step in to close that gap.
(1) Homepage of IGH:
(2) Critique on HIF http://t.co/FIf8hcEh
(3) Response by HIF: http://www.ip-watch.org/ weblog/2011/10/03/a response-from-the-authorsof-the-health-impact-fund/
(4) Aidan Hollis paper: http://www.yale.edu/ macmillan/igh/files/ papers/DP1_Hollis.pdf
(5) Newsletter: http://www.yale.edu/ macmillan/igh/ newsletters.html
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Little Bee by Chris Cleave Review by Julia Karner
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I would like to share a very readable and moving book about migration I have recently come across. ―Most days I wish I was a British pound coin instead of an African girl. Everyone would be pleased to see me coming […] How I would love to be a British pound. A pound is free to travel to safety, and we are free to watch it go. This is the human triumph. This is called, globalisation. A girl like me gets stopped at immigration, but a pound can leap the turnstiles, and dodge the tackles of those big men with their uniform caps, and jump straight into a waiting airport taxi. Where to, sir? Western Civilisation, my good man, and make it snappy.‖ These are the first lines of the novel ―Little Bee‖ by Chris Cleave. Little Bee is a fictional story, no documentary, no scientific study, yet it gives you an important, very personal insight into the situation of migrants,
living in Europe without official documents. While the plot unfolds the reader learns a lot about different issues, our society and human behaviour in general. Even though we are talking about a novel which might not be realistic in some ways, this book can do an important job: open eyes, touch feelings and thoughts and it can enrich us with the viewpoint of a very good observer. The narrative changes between two perspectives: Little Bee is a 16 year old girl from Nigeria, trying to make a living in Great Britain and Sarah, a successful journalist, who lives a privileged life with her family in Kingston-upon-Thames. Both characters are very well described and they are connected through an incident at a Nigerian beach years ago. I don‘t want to reveal too much about the plot, but rather encourage you to read it yourself. Little Bee was originally published in 2008 and titled ―The Other Hand‖ in the UK and ―Little Bee‖ in the US and Canada. It is Chris Cleave‘s second novel. As mentioned before, the story is fictional, but there is one true incident that inspired the author to write ―Little Bee‖. In 2001 an Angolan man named Manuel Bravo fled to England and claimed asylum on the grounds that he and his family would be persecuted and killed if they were returned to Angola. He lived in a state of uncertainty for four years pending a decision on his application. Then, without warning, in September 2005 Manuel Bravo and his 13-yearold son were seized in a dawn raid and interned at an Immigration Removal Centre in southern England. They were told that they would be forcibly deported to Angola the next morning. That night, Manuel Bravo took his own life by hanging himself in a stairwell. His son was awoken in
his cell and told the news. What had happened was that Manuel Bravo, aware of a rule under which unaccompanied minors cannot be deported from the UK, had taken his own life in order to save the life of his son. In his Interviews Chris Cleave refers to this highly political and outcrying incident as an important basis for his book. Moreover, the author drew inspiration from a summer job as an intern helping out in the canteen of a detention centre for asylum seekers in Campsfield House, Oxfordshire for his book. On his website he refers to his experiences there: ―I‘d been living within ten miles of the place for three years and didn‘t even know it existed. The conditions in there were very distressing. I got talking with asylum seekers who‘d been through hell and were likely to be sent back to hell. Some of them were beautiful characters and it was deeply upsetting to see how we were treating them. When we imprison the innocent we make them ill, and when we deport them it‘s often a death sentence. I knew I had to write about it, because it‘s such a dirty secret. And I knew I had to show the unexpected humour of these refugees wherever I could, and to make the book an enjoyable and compelling read – because otherwise people‘s eyes would glaze over.‖ Little Bee is an amazing and delightful story. It is informative, funny, and heartbreaking at the same time and once you start reading it, you don‘t want to put it down again. Some of you may have heard about the book, because it has been widely discussed, especially in Anglo-American newspapers:
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GERMANY ―Besides sharp, witty dialogue, an emotionally charged plot and the vivid characters‘ ethical struggles, Little Bee delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of civilised decency.‖ —The Independent (UK) ―It would be a disservice to give away the powerful conclusion of this absorbing and gutsy story, which deals convincingly with ethical and personal accountability.‖ —Oxford Times (UK)
Finally, a few more paragraphs from this novel which – in my opinion deserves all the prizes it won. ―This small plastic bag is what I was holding in my hand when the detention officer told me to go and stand in the queue for the telephone. The first girl in the queue, she was tall and she was pretty. Her thing was beauty, not talking. I wondered which of us had made the best choice to survive. This girl, she had plucked her eyebrows out and then she had drawn
them back on again with a pencil. This is what she had done to save her life. She was wearing a purple dress, an A-line dress with pink stars and moons in the pattern. She had a nice pink scarf wrapped around her hair, and purple flipflops on her feet. I was thinking she must have been locked up a very long time in our detention centre. One has to go through a very great number of the charity boxes, you will understand, to put together an outfit that is truly an ensemble.‖
Book on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.de/ s/? ie=UTF8&keywords=chri s+cleave++little+bee&tag=googhyd r0821&index=aps&hvadid=8 392546310&ref=pd_sl_60 ntkyot9y_b
PaKoMi - Participation and Cooperation on HIV-Prevention with Migrants in Germany With the organised Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. A current challenge facing HIV prevention in Germany is developing appropriate HIV prevention services for vulnerable migrant communities. Meeting this challenge requires a close cooperation between researchers, service providers and migrant communities. This research project is investigating how locally-based participatory processes can be initiated and sustained for this purpose. The project is being conducted in cooperation with the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. and stakeholders in various localities. The primary elements of the project
are: - A quantitative survey of the local AIDS service organisations regarding their prevention activities for immigrant communities, including current services and partnerships with other stakeholders - Case studies at the local level investigating the forms of cooperation and participation taking place in the development of HIV prevention for immigrants - Development of participatory research methods which can be used at the local level to maximize the effectiveness of HIV prevention for immigrants The research project has a
mixed-method design, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, and is being implemented according to principles of community-based participatory research. Community members and service providers are involved at the local level. An advisory committee has also been formed for the project as a whole, composed of community members, researchers and other experts in the field. Now PaKoMi is now organizing a workshop for individuals from the 11th to 13th of November 2011 in Berlin. Through this training of individuals PaKoMi will make sure, that the idea of participation of communities continues in the near future.
German homepage: www.pakomi.de/ Video link: http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=_XqSwvRFv4&feature=player_embed ded
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Migrant women are being excluded A research on the exclusion of migrant women was executed by Assoc. Prof. Saniye Dedeoğlu from Mugla University, Turkey. It was concluded that migration resulted in an enlargement in the informal labor market and an increase in the low-skilled and unspeacialized workforce. This was especially prominent in sectors like
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tourism and textile with an increased supply of low waged workers. It was also concluded that the women migrants were more influenced by this change in workforce. They were also confronted with sexual abuse and physical violence more. The researcher Saniye Dedeoğlu, said that, the research included the Azerbaijan women migrants working at the
textile factories at Istanbul and the women who had migrated to Marmaris via marriage and were working at the tourism sector.The research is not only the story of those excluded but also of those who exclude. In Turkey, these women are not only excluded from high quality employment opportunities but also from institutions and social dynamics.
Turkey's migration issues explored in first TurkMiS report http:// www.compas.ox.ac.uk/ news/latest/article/ date/2011/01/turkeysmigration-issues-exploredin-first-turkmis-report/
The first Turkish Migration Studies Group (TurkMiS) report has been drafted by members of the TirkMiS group, outlining issues and research undertaken relevant to the groups objectives. The group and the document aims to present the research carried out at
various Oxford University departments and institutes, as well as externally, on migration from, to, and through Turkey and it's vicinity. It also deals with related issues in the fields of migration, refugees, European affairs and international relations.
The group currently consists of 12 students and researchers, covering a wide range of issues. The first TurkMiS report is a work in progress and will be regularly updated with new research, new members and new publications
Recent Changes In Migratıon Movements And Policies (Country Notes): Turkey http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/36/7/48364517.pdf
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Van Ercis Earthquake 23.10. 2011 The 2011 Van earthquake was a destructive magnitude 7.1 Mw earthquake that struck eastern Turkey near the city of Van on Sunday, 23 October 2011 at 13.41 local time. It occurred at a shallow depth of 20 km (12.4 mi), causing heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey and was felt across neighbouring parts. Lighter but well-felt ground motions (MM V– III) spread much farther across the region, extending into surrounding countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran,
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Iraq, Israel and Syria. The rupture lasted for about 50 seconds. ErciĹ&#x;, a town near Van, was hardest hit by the violent shaking; at least 55 destroyed buildings, 45 fatalities, and 156 injuries occurred in the town alone. Most of the buildings collapsed along the town's main road and were residential, raising the possibility of a higher death toll. In smaller villages near the epicenter, the shaking demolished almost all the brick houses. In the city center of Van, at least 100 people were confirmed dead, and 970 buildings collapsed in and
around the city. About 200 inmates escaped after the wa lls of a pr is on succumbed to the shaking, although 50 were quickly recaptured. According to Disasters and Emergency Situations Directorate of Turkey AFAD on October 30 casualties are 601, and injured are 4152. From the 11232 damaged buildings , 6017 have been found to be uninhabitable. With an average household population of around 7.6 in the province, this could mean that at least around 60,000 people left homeless.
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Pictures http://earthquakereport.com/2011/10/24/ understanding-the-7-2magnitude-earthquake-ineast-turkey-october-232011/ Tectonic explanation http:// www.jungleapocalypse.co m/featured/7-3earthquake-van-turkey/ Short movie http://earthquakereport.com/2011/10/25/ new-insights-into-theoctober-2011-van-turkeyearthquake-detailedanalysis-by-the-cedimforensic-earthquakeanalysis-group/
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UK immigration analysis needed on Turkish legal migration, say MPs http:// www.guardian.co.uk/ uk/2011/aug/01/turkishimmigration-possibilitiesassessed#history-linkbox> history Home Office ministers need to order an official assessment of the likely scale of legal migration to Britain should Turkey join the European Union, a Commons committee has urged. The home affairs select committee also says that much more must be done to improve security on Turkey's borders before it should be allowed to join the EU. The land border with Greece is now the main loophole for irregular migration into Europe with 350 migrants trying to cross it every day in 2010 and more than 75% of trafficked heroin into the EU also
flows across its borders. The MPs' report says that the available forecasts for the likely flow of Turkish nationals to other European countries should it join the EU range from 500,000 to 4.4 million up until 2030. One estimate by Oxford University suggests that the figure could be as low as 60,000 to 70,000 a year to Europe as a whole. "Current migration of Turkish nationals to the EU has declined to below 50,000 a year but population trends and the gap in living standards could make easier migration within the EU an attractive option for Turkish citizens," says the report published on Monday. "Given the UK's experience after the 2004 enlargement, when many thousands more migrants arrived than expected, the committee is cautious about allowing Turkish citizens full freedom of movement and supports the government's commitment to
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applying 'effective transitional controls as a matter of course' for all new member states," says the report. The Home Office says that there are about 150,000 Turkish nationals living in Britain at present, with about 500,000 people of Turkish origin living in the country altogether. But Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France all have larger Turkish communities which are more likely to attract a new wave of legal migration. However, the MPs say that, "Accordingly we recommend that the Home Office undertakes this piece of work now and updates it as circumstances change." Ministers do not want to repeat the experience of 2004 when Poland and other east European states joined and an annual net migration prediction of 13,000 proved well wide of the mark.
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Ross Thomson has been awarded with the First Prize in the 28th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition with his cartoon on “migration” issue. 2729 cartoons of 885 caricaturists from 79 countries have competed. The First Prize was to Ross Thomson from England, the Second Prize to Ilya Katz from Israel and Third Prize to Werner Rollow from Germany.The prizes were given to the caricaturist on Oct. 18 2011 at Istanbul. 1st prize: Ross Thompson (England)
2nd prize: Ilya Katz (Israel)
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Italy News Flash
The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in Italy... ...amounts to a 1.2 billion difference between what immigrants pour into the Italian tax system and welfare, and the public spending to them dedicated such as health care or social services. In other words immigrants pay in taxes and fees much more than they receive in public benefits! This was revealed by a detailed study of Valeria Benvenuti (Fondazione Leone Moressa) and Andrea Stuppini (Emilia Romagna Region) published by Caritas/ Migrante's Immigration Statistic Dossier 2011. EU: Italy is to comply with the Blue Card directive Brussels, October 28, 2011 The European Commission has ―formally asked‖ Italy and five other member states (Germany, Poland, Sweden, Portugal and Malta) to adapt to the EU regulations on work permits for highly-skilled migrants. Not complying with the EU regulations, these countries "make it especially difficult for highlyskilled workers to come and work in the EU". The Blue Card directive's implementation deadline has expired on June 19th 2011.
Italy's National Civil Service: Must also admit those who do not have the Italian citizenship A civil anti-discriminatory action has been carried on by ASGI and ANP Onlus on behalf of a Pakistani 26 -year-old young man living in Italy since he was 11. His application for the national civil service has been turned down because of his lack of the Italian citizenship. Such a pilot action claims the fulfillment of the right/ duty to defend one's homeland, understood as a community of people who permanently live in a territory and who are all connected, regardless of formal citizenship, by a single bond of solidarity. Italy: Observatory on the Evolution of Female Entrepreneurship in the Tertiary Sector Censis & Concommercio – June 2011 Immigrant female entrepreneurs are constantly growing With 73,861 active entrepreneurs, the tertiary sector is the largest area concerning the presence of immigrant female entrepreneurship, but there is a boom of migrant women present in all sectors: in agriculture
+3.7%, +5.8% in industry. Their presence in the service sector grew by 6.5% over 2 years (2009-2010). The major representatives are the Chinese women with a share of 15,8 % especially in the restoration and the commerce sector. They are followed by entrepreneurs from Romania (7,3%), Morocco (6,7%), and Germany (6,3%). Italy's 15° Census of population All documented immigrants are called to fill the questionnaire. For those who are not familiar with the Italian language, a guide translated into 19 languages is available containing all the questions of the questionnaire and providing explanation on how to respond each one.
Link to English Census http:// censimentopopolazione. istat.it/_res/doc/pdf/ multilanguage/long/ English.pdf
The Italian editing team: Denada Dedja (Ca’ Foscari) denada.dedja@gmail.com) Marco Ferro (Ca’ Foscari) ferromar80@hotmail.com Marianna Parisotto (Bologna University) mariannaparisotto@hotmail.com Martina Riccio (Bologna University) martina.riccio@studio.unibo.it Noemi Bazzanini (Bologna University) noe.imeon@gmail.com Paola Dambrosio (Ca’ Foscari) paoladamb84@yahoo.it
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1st January 2011 — The Foreign Population Residing in Italy Source ISTAT Sept 22 2011 http://www.istat.it/it/ archivio/39726
On January 1st, 2011, foreigners residing in Italy are 4.570.317; 335.000 (+7,9%) more than in 2010.This increase is slightly lower than the one registered in 2009 (343.000). The number of foreigners residing in Italy during 2010 is increased mainly because of the immigration from foreign countries (425,000 persons). In 2010, about 78.000 children were born from foreign parents: about 13,9% of the total born from people residing in Italy. The increase with respect to the previous year is about 1,3%, a value significantly lower to that registered in 2009 (+6,4%).
FIGURE 1. FOREIGNERS RESIDING IN ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES January 1st, 2011, residents‘ percentage in Italian cities
FIGURE 2. FIREIGNERS RESIDING IN ITALY January 1st, 2002- January 1st, 2011, in thousands.
The share of foreign citizens on the total number of residing (Italians and foreigners) is increasing continuously: on January 1st, 2011, the share reached 7,5%, in comparison with 7% in 2010). The 86,5% of foreigners resides in the North and in the Center of the Country, whereas the other 13,5% in the South. However, the highest increase of foreigners, with respect to 2010, was registered in the South (+11,5%) and in the islands (+11,9%).
On January 1st, 2011, Rumanian citizens, who are almost one million living in Italy (9,1% more with respect to the previous year), represent the most populous foreign community in Italy (21,2 % of the total number of foreigners). During 2010, the number of citizens from Center-East European Countries (EU and non-EU) increased: in addition to the already mentioned Rumanian citizens, an increase of citizens from Moldova (+24%), Russia (+18,3%), Ukraine (+15,3%) and Bulgaria (+11,1%) was registered. Also citizens from South-East Asia registered a sharp increase: Pakistan (+16,7%), India (+14,3%), Bangladesh (+11,5%), Philippine (+8,6%), Sri-Lanka (+7,6%). The sharp increase within these communities is tied to the regularization of domestic helpers and caregivers, enacted during the last part of 2009, whose effects were seen mainly during 2010.
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The Caritas/Migrantes 2011 report on immigration in Italy Immigration in Italy is becoming more stable and widespread. At the beginning of 2011, the persons living in Italy (registered as residing in the country) are 60.626.442 persons, and 4.570.317 of them are foreigner citizens (the first present nationalities are Romanian, Albanian, Maroccan and Chinese), 66.000 new citizens.
The number of immigrants is increasing every year and it let us guess that it will increase in the future too (they will be about 12,4 million, according to assessments). Immigration in Italy has in part countertrend-effects for the ongoing ―getting old‖ of the population and the low rate of fertility (1,29 for Italian women and 2,13 for the foreigner women). The medium age of Immigrants is around 32 years old (44 for the Italians), the 21% are minors and the
78,8% are in the working age, the over 65 years old are only around the 2%. Immigrant workers are 1/10 of working force and they are essential in some strategic sectors (industry, service, agriculture) and for the labour market in general. They pay every year more than 7 billion of contribu-
tions, even if today, with the financial crisis that they are 1/5 of unemployees. Unemployment is a big problem, because without job it‘s really difficult to renew the ―permit of stay‖ and so many immigrants are forced to repatriate or to stay without ―permit‖. Anyway the present difficult situation doesn‘t stop the dynamism of immigrants: 228.540 are the enterprises directed by foreign workers. Immigration of women is rising and they are the new protagonists of occupational market. In 2010 they reached the half of new hirings, they
are invaluable for Italian families as caregivers and domestic helpers, but they are often discriminated when they try to lay together work and family. Children born from foreign parents are almost 1 million, born in Italy or rejoined. ―The second generations‖ are around 600.000 units, but Italy doesn‘t still recognize the citizenship as a right for them, in this sense the campaign ―I am Italy too‖ is committed in a new challenge that recognize citizenship as a right and as a basic element of ―inclusion‖. Finally, the perspectives: a lot of researches say that the majority of immigrants feel well or quite well in Italy, however they are worried about ―permit of stay‖ and racism. In fact discriminations are frequent above all within mass media, but also within public life and working life. Immigration as an emergency should leave place to a new view of ―inclusion‖, as an opportunity to prepare ourselves for the future and to get through the crisis together.
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Health in prison: a global & Italian problem Taken and translated from the article of October 6th 2011, on saluteinternazionale.info. Article written by Enrico Tagliaferri, infectious disease physician, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana The health conditions of prisoners in Italy are scandalous. They have never been as much as now: 67.000, who live in facilities planned for around 45.000. Migrants are around 25.000, who mainly come from North Africa, Romania and Albania. According to an investigation of 2007, in 14 of the 205 Italian prisons, the 38 % of prison inmates is affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). In 2006, 1522 prisoners -equal to 2,5%- were infected by HIV. Around one quarter and one third of Italian prisoners would have problem of drug addiction, according to different assessments. Between January 1 and August 8 2011, 42 prisoners committed suicides, and 1093 did it between 1989 and 2010.[…] The rate of suicide within prisoners in Italy is slightly higher than the European average, and much higher than the United States‘ one. A correlation has been found between detention regime and tendency to suicide: one third of suicides takes place in solitary confinement, and in general suicide is more frequent between prisoners who are subjected to restrictions of social relations, working and recreational activities; it has been also demonstrated that the rate of suicide is higher within more crowded prisons. In 2010 more than 6.600 of prisoners protested through hunger strike h t t p : / / saluteinternazionale.info/2011/ 10/la-salute-in-carcereproblema-globale-e-italiano)
against the detention conditions. Suicides are not rare also within penitentiary police officers, whose staff has not been reduced as much as now, and who are often the victims of a sick prison system. The first step to reduce overcrowding in prisons is to enact social policies to reduce the number of crimes. It is necessary to speed up the times of justice. In 2006 it was assessed that 2,8 thousands of prisoners were waiting for a final sentence. The 30% is still waiting for judgment of first instance. Another possible pathway is that of alternative measures, probably underused.[…] Building new prisons has to be considered the last option. From a strictly health perspective, having so many people gathered in the same place offers to public health operators the opportunity of easily programming targeted interventions, e.g. for the diagnosis of HIV and tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization specific programs should be enacted for the treatment of HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis; specific programs for drug addicted and harm reduction policies; guidelines for the hygienic measures in prisons should be drown up; a complete assistance should be guaranteed from the entrance to the release and also afterwards, in collaboration with social and health services who work outside prisons; psychological assistance for the sick should be available, and training program should be made for the whole prison staff about the prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases. Nevertheless, interventions directed to prison inmates rarely
find a place into cooperation programs, maybe because their effectiveness is commonly regarded as unguaranteed in terms of rapid and visible return on the institution's image. In Italy is hard to escape an emergency logic through the use of periodically urgency extraordinary measures, as the pardon, without addressing a future reasoned planning.[…] From the social determinants of health‘s perspective, the permanence in prison has a disastrous effect on people‘s health, which sooner or later the society has to manage. Life conditions in world’s prisons, Italy included, represent an emergency in terms of rights and public health. In order to address this issue an effort of politics, social and health services and public opinion is necessary.
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The author is explaining his point of view on possible health policies in prisons, and we translated it as properly as possible. But for us it is vital to underline that approaching health policies means considering them as interrelated to the economic-social-cultural dimension and to power structures. From this point of view, despite the health social determinants model shared by the author, a “strictly health perspective” is not fully “healthy”: it leaves indeed the existence of prisons, as a complex social problem, unanalyzed and undiscussed.
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Detention Centres: Against the unbearable http:// www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011 /08/24/bologna-in-corso-unarivolta-allinterno-del-cie-cisarebbero-dei-feriti/153301/
August 24th/25th, Bologna CIE via Mattei. Probably because of their hunger strike, a group of 20 detained women clashes with other detainees and
operators. Damages in the canteen room occur and a police riot-squad arrives soon on the scene. At this point the situation turns to a spontaneous revolt, with
efforts to set part of the structure on fire and woundings among the protesters. Tensions last until the day after.
September 20th/21st 2011, Lampedusa CIE. The unacceptable situation in the CIE where 1200 immigrants (especially from Tunisia) are kept lead to violent revolt actions. The most resounding one is the fire set to the structures located in Contrada Imbriacola, causing the intoxication of 10 people (detainees and firemen). During these actions many immigrants try to escape
but are caught and gathered by the police in the Cala Saline local stadium. But tensions persist and explode again the day after. On September 21st a group of protesters barricade close to a petrol station with gas tanks and threatens new fires but is brutally attacked by police and literally chased down by exasperated local population too. Journalists are attacked too. The xeno-
phobic expressions immediately used by the city Mayor Bernardino De Rubeis (―this is war‖, ―I have a bat in my room to protect myself‖) describe in this case something beyond the brutality of facts. They rather point out the lack of tolerant and systematic reception policies of the Italian government, inspired by a ―securitarian‖ emergency logic.
http://video.repubblica.it/ dossier/emergenzalampedusa-2010/lampedusa -fiamme-al-centro-diaccoglienza/76424/74789
September 22nd 2011, Torino CIE via Brunelleschi. Echoing the happenings of Lampedusa, protests in almost every sector of the structure start during the night between Septem-
ber 21st and 22nd, in correspondence with an anarchist solidarity demonstration. In the violent actions related to the escape efforts, authorities register 7 wounded among the police
(strangely - but not so much - there is no official number of the wounded people among the protesters), 10 protesters arrested, and 22 effectively fled.
http://torino.repubblica.it/ cronaca/2011/09/22/ news/ rivolta_al_cie_agenti_contus i_scappano_in_22_dieci_arr esti-22052483/
September 27th , Modena CIE. In the night 57 detainees try to escape the structure by using selfmade ropes and by setting mattresses on fire. Their effort is blocked by army,
state police, Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza all arrived on the scene. Such a public force device left probably no space for further resistances, so no violent clashes nor wounded
were registered. Images available by the surveillance cameras identified one person as involved in the fire setting. On this basis authorities proceeded with immediate arrest.
http:// www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/20 11/09/27/tentano-una-fuga -di-massa-dal-cie-di-modena -gestito-dal-fratello-digiovanardi/160399/
October 8th/9th, Bari CIE. 40 detainees revolt and police intervention leads to clashes. As a means of protest detainees get on the roof of the structure with mattresses to spend the night there. Some of them threaten suicide. The fact receives almost no main-
stream media coverage and is visible only on activists‘ networks. Tensions are probably to be connected even with the legal proceedings against the CARA protesters of last August which were to be completed with arrests in those days. On October 11th in-
deed, DIGOS police squad arrests by order of local state‘s attorney 14 more immigrants. The arrested immigrants for CARA riots reach now the amount of 45.
http:// nobordersard.wordpress.co m/2011/10/09/bari-reclusisul-tetto-del-cie/
http:// fortresseurope.blogspot.com/2 011/08/cie-bologna-protesta-al -femminile-3.html
http://video.repubblica.it/ dossier/emergenzalampedusa-2010/lampedusa -save-the-children-bambinisalvi-appena-intempo/76531/74896
http://bari.repubblica.it/ dettaglionews/13:21/4047774
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The Sokos Case: how to dismantle Mirka
Coconocceli’s xenophobic provocations in 5 necessary steps
http://www.sokos.it http:// bologna.repubblica.it/ cronaca/2011/09/07/ news/ cure_gratis_ma_solo_agli _stranieri_ambulatorio_ne l_mirino_della_lega21361533/ http:// bologna.repubblica.it/ cronaca/2011/09/08/ news/ cos_assistiamo_gli_immig rati_la_risposta_di_sokos _alla_lega-21397716/ http://www.simmweb.it/ fileadmin/documenti/ Simm_x_news/2011/92011.Articolo_CSI.pdf http://www.simmweb.it/ index.php?id=382
Last September Sokos Association , the Bolognese association with the outpatient clinic for undocumented immigrants and vulnerable people, came under attack of Mirka Cocconcelli, a city councillor from the xenophobic party ―Lega Nord‖, who is also a medical doctor. The discussion arose from the introduction of regional fees on drugs and specialistic medicine based on income bracket, which was due to the cutback to the healthcare expenditure, introduced by national financial policies of summer 2011. The declaration of the councillor was about the fact that Sokos clinic offers free health service for indigent people. According to her position ―the reimbursement between national health systems cannot occur rightly because undocumented immigrants often give false personal details, so the costs of the health care burden on citizens of Bologna, who regularly pay fees‖. And she ended with a provocative invitation to Bolognese citizens with low income to ―turn to this fabulous clinic, in this way the Art. 32 of Italian Constitution would come true in the full expression of democracy‖. The declaration appeared on local
newspapers (1) and produced a strong response from Sokos Association (2), from the Centre for International Health of the University of Bologna (3) and from the Italian Society of Migration Medicine (4). What Mirka Cocconcelli maybe ignores is: - First of all, the Italian Constitution, Art. 32: ―The Republic safeguards health as a fundamental right of the individual and as a collective interest, and guarantees free medical care to the indigent‖. -Second, her duties as a medical doctor, who should work ―…in harmony with the principles of solidarity, humaneness and civil involvement…‖, as the Italian code for medical ethics says (Art. 1). -Third, the Italian law on Immigration: for regular immigrants health care is guaranteed at the same level of Italian citizens; for undocumented immigrants the law guarantees the right to care for urgent or essential health needs, including continuative care. For the cost report it is assigned a code identifying the origin Country and the coverage is assured by the origin Country for neocommunitarians and by the Ministry of the Interior for extra-communitarians. The
undocumented immigrants contribute each time they access to the healthcare, as regular immigrants and Italian citizens do. - Fourth, the activity of Sokos Clinic, that is dedicated to all conditions of indigence. In the clinic it is offered the primary health care assistance that, according to the law, the local health system should provide; the service is free not because Bolognese citizens pay it but because it is a voluntary work. - Fifth, the meaning of new regional policy: as it is based on income bracket, people with low income already have the exemption from adding fees. We do not know if what happened is due to the coarseness of politicians with a crude culture in terms of law, politics, economy, and of the territory they administrate, or if it is a strategic way to instigate xenophobic attitudes in Italian citizens in the middle of the crisis, in order to blame the most vulnerable parts of the society instead of focusing on the inequity of the financial measure. But one thing is for sure: this is not implementing policies based on social equality and integration in a Country where they are missing.
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Trade Unions & immigrant workers in IT The TEAM project’s result - phase 1
On Friday October 28th social researchers and partners of the international research project TEAM (Trade unions Economic change and Active inclusion of Migrant workers) held an information exchange workshop in Venice at Ca‘ Foscari University. During this meeting the researchers Francesco Della Puppa and Rossana Cillo presented the phase-1 results of the project in the Italian context. What emerged about the intersection of (im)migrant workers and trade unions in Italy was a complex scenario, made of diverse trajectories of conflict and inclusion, potentialities and criticalities. First of all it had to be said that Italian unionism does not seem to be fully immune from racism. A topic like the national preference among workers in Italian migration policies is indeed not a debate taboo, despite the clear positions taken by one of the main Italian unions, the CGIL and despite its self-definition of ―pluri-ethnic organization‖. Moreover, the barely declared fear of possible credibility loss in national workers‘ eyes, seem to prevent Italian unionism from setting up a complete antiracist agenda in favour of (im)migrant workers. Nevertheless Italian unions in many cases seem to be the main reference point and to offer effective pathways in the resolution of the discriminations faced by workers. On this behalf, the three main Italian unions (CGIL, CISL, UIL) seem to prefer the legal instruments, while smaller unions seem more oriented towards the social settlement and the participation. Even the potential vital (and revitalizing) role that unions could play in the field of diversity
management - because of their position of trustworthiness and proximity with immigrants – does not seem to gain an autonomous status in their agenda. On one side the topic of diversity management is mostly framed and perceived as an extension of the fight against discriminations, or as a necessary cost to reduce potential conflicts. On the other side, the current global financial crisis pushes Italian unions to concentrate their energies and attention more on the defense of local workers (in general) and their wages then on diversity and gender issues, or on the possibilities of recognition for foreign know-hows and qualifications, or finally on an effective empowerment of the international networking. But in concrete cases, unions function dynamically and constructively. For instance when they positively respond to the needs of (im)migrant workers like: having holidays gathered in order to travel to their countries, having turn-shifts in order to meet their religious obligations, having chances of improvement for their linguistic skill, having the period of ―legal‖ staying for occupation-search reasons extended to 18 months (like recently achieved in the city of Padova), or to have a reference point in their bureaucratic procedure towards the permit to stay. The following interventions and the discussion on such down-to-earth cases in their variety, described a risk and a chance at the same time. On one side the risk is represented by the prevalence of an institutionalizing ―service/ users‖ logic, which leaves out of focus the potential of social change immanent in the
workers/unions relation and in the self-activation of (im) migrant workers. On the other side the relative qualitative newness of these cases together with the higher rate of unionization among (im) migrant workers in comparison to national workers, may be a chance. A chance to rethink the general practices of Italian trade unions enforcing and revitalizing their link to the value of solidarity. This enforcement of solidarity would not only be effective in defense of work against reorganizations and financial attacks, but opens – let‘s finally say - the possibility of efforts and questions on how to prevent them too.
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strategic field of observation and action on the social transformations related to globalization can be found within the intersection of two axes of analysis: labour market and (im)migration. From this intersection, in UE context, started its moves the TEAM international research project. Its research partnership is composed by: European Social Research Unit at the University of Barcelona (Spain), Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Solidarność (Poland), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Aston University, Birmingham (United Kingdom), Goldsmiths‟ College, University of London (United Kingdom), Laboratory on research on Immigration, Universita' Ca Foscari Di Venezia (Italy), Italian General Confederation of Labour - CGIL (Italy), Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Vienna (Austria). In consideration of the current drastic economic changes, one of the main targets pursued by the project is to analyze how (im)migrants are involved in trade unions‟ dynamics and at the
http://www.ub.edu/ TEAM/
same time how these dynamics contribute to the social inclusion of these persons. The methodology is multiple and combined, but one of its highlights are the in-depth faceto-face interviews made with “external observers” - like experts on the subject, stakeholders, noncurrently involved unionists - in the phase 1, with unions in the phase 2, with (im)migrant workers in the phase 3. These interviews are shaped on six guiding themes: A) Racial discrimination and trade unions B) Beyond equality: recognizing and managing cultural diversity towards active inclusion of migrant workers in the workplace C) Can trade unions contribute to a fair match between migrants‟ education and their occupation? D) Trade unions and migrant workers in the face of economic crisis E) Active inclusion in host societies through trade unions: the gender specific dimension F) International cooperation and strategies of trade unions regarding migrant workers.
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Open Debate: “Integration’s” last trends? Islam (and not only) friendly sports? Are we to consider sports as a privilege accessible only to some? Is it only the economic factor or are there other factors that hinder different categories of the society from an active participation to sporting activities? Concerning the immigrant population, at what level is it involved in sports and fitness? Are there categories inside it that are particularly vulnerable from being active in
sports? Italy's newest approach with diversity regards this vast world of sports and fitness. Gyms are being opened to only (immigrant) women, swimming-pools are providing specific opening hours for muslim women. It seems like this is becoming a new subject for project-planners with the aim of beginning to raise awareness and provide opportunities for women, par-
ticularly those from minority ethnic communities, to participate in sporting activities which take into consideration religious and cultural sensitivities. This is claimed to be counted as a good practice which promotes integration in the hosting society, but is it? Are there experiences of this kind in other countries? What are some critical aspects of this approach?
On the move: Generations in movement
―On The Move‖ is a Bologna‘s hip hop music group of migrant and Italian young people who refuse the label of ―second generations‖. Their words express the refusal to be retreat into discriminatory categories protesting in rime and music their fight against institutional racism. This is how they present themselves: ―They call us second generation mihttp:// labonthemove.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=e1 NpDp-BaKo
grants, they call us foreigners, ‗extracomunitari‘, or again Moroccans, Senegalese, Eritreans, Chinese, etc… Sometimes they call us using openly racist insults. Some other times they call us to bear neverending lines in front of the police headquarter to obtain the permit of stay when we turn 18.‖ ―Then they call us to work in cooperatives and in factories for low wages, for doing the hardest jobs with short-time contracts, and they call us because they know that we can‘t say no, because saying no it‘s a privilege that few have, because if we want to stay here we have to work to have the permit of stay. Or they call us secondclass students, because we crowd the desks of professional and technical institutes, they consider us the last ones in the class, future arms to exploit or little more.‖ ―They call us, they call us, they call us. But maybe they don‘t know that we
won‘t answer anymore raising our hand!! They don‘t know that our name is not second generations: we are generations on movement! ―We are migrants and Italians, natives and not, but we fight together against institutional racism that want to have us divided in school desks and in work places. We are the ones who began to yell against Bossi-Fini‘s law and all those laws that make us more
and more exploitable and subject to be blackmailed, as the law 30 or the Gelmini‘s law, against who want us more and more precarious. We are the ones who want to use any kind of means, from music to sport and politics to formulate our claims.‖
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Students are not suspects! In 2008 the UK Government revamped its immigration laws for the first time in over 35 years. The Home Office‘s UK Border Agency introduced a single ‗Points Based System‘ (PBS) that classifies migrants into five ―tiers‖ and with varying requirements for each. Tier 4 refers to Students and has major implications for non-EEA students, both those seeking to come to the UK to study and for their post-study employment opportunities. One such student comments on Tier 4 below:“Non-EEA students are being penalised for perceived problems surrounding immigration. The government has clearly introduced tougher rules for overseas students in the UK. The introduction of the Points Based System makes it more difficult for non European Economic Area (EEA) students to obtain a visa. Two requirements are particularly difficult; the requirement to demonstrate financial ability (at least £17,000 in the bank for 28 days) and in some cases the requirement to register with the police. In addition to extend the visa, students have to submit biometric information including fingerprints and photographs. The BPS also requires colleges or universities that recruit students from outside EEA to register as a licensed sponsor and to have the responsibility for keeping track of their students once they are in the UK. This means reporting back to the UK Border Agency if students have missed 10 contacts in the form of attendance and assignment. Responses from some experts including academics, immigration lawyers and college unions clearly reject the new rules: “I did not come into teaching to put myself in a situation in which I am required to check up on the immigration status of students but to teach all students, no matter their origins or status, in the same way. The points-based immigration system threatens to change my relationship to students in an extremely problematic way”;
“I strongly oppose the creeping extension of immigration controls to all sections of society, and all areas of life. Universities are places of learning, and the relationship between students and staff should be one of mutual respect. It should not be compromised by proxy surveillance of students”; “This gives the overall impression that the UK is not open to international exchange, and is playing to small-minded xenophobia.” (an article from MigrantVoice.org). The other issue is the government restriction on non-EEA students (or graduates) taking up employment. From April 2012, the route of „Post Study Work‟ visa will be deleted meaning that non-EEA students who graduate from UK institutions cannot easily enter the UK labour force. In addi-
tion, only students studying at least at degree level at a public-funded higher education institution will be allowed to engage in parttime work. One of the government justifications for this is to reduce unemployment levels; to put local people to work. The government seems worried about the number of migrant students that take over jobs which might otherwise be available for locals. Further research is needed to determine whether in fact migrant students do take over such jobs.” The regulations have also recently changed in Ireland where the Government introduced those plans it outlined in their ―New Immigration Regime for Full-time non-EEA Students‖ from January 2011. As in the UK, applicants must demonstrate
financial stability (have €3,000 with them when they arrive); must register with the police; and their institution must advise the police if a non-EEA student is consistently failing to attend class or ―to progress‖. In addition they must demonstrate that they have paid their fees in full or have paid at least €6,000 if fees are in excess of that sum and must be proficient in the English language. If they are not part of some group health scheme, they must buy private health insurance that will cover them for any length of hospitalisation whether through accident or disease. Each year they must re-apply for their visa which means paying the application fee each year too. “I paid about €12,000 before I came here in September. I have very little money left now and I get only one night work in the week. Many students like me who come from outside the EU come from countries which are poorer than Europe. Either you come from a wealthy family or you are hungry a lot of the time” (non-EEA student at NUI Galway). PhD students feel the pinch too. “I am here on a scholarship since 2009 and I have only seen my family once since that time. My wife is allowed to come here with me but she cannot get permission to work. I can get work permit but I have no time to work. I fear my children will not know me when I go home though we try to Skype every week” (Sri Lankan student at UCC). There are then further difficulties after graduation. The maximum stay on a student visa in Ireland is 7 years and graduates are eligible to work for one year under the Graduate Employment Scheme. However, if for example a non-EEA student graduates
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In addition students are only eligible to avail of the Graduate Employment Scheme once. It is not possible to avail of it again, after postgraduate studies if the student had
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already availed of it as in the example above. All of these issues, the arduous financial burden, the „policing‟ of students and the inflexibilities need to be addressed.
http://www.officialdocuments.gov.uk/document/ cm67/6741/6741.pdf
The full text of Home Office (2006) A Points-Based System: making migration work for Britain, (CM 6741) London, TSO
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/ research/resgroups/MSU/ documents/workingPapers/ WP_2011_01.pdf
For an interesting view on the motivations behind these moves see Brau, Elise (2011) UK Immigration: motivations behind the introduction of the points-based system, Migration Studies Unit Working Papers, No. 2011/01, London School of Economics and Political Science
http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/ BookletA4.pdf/Files/BookletA4.pdf
The full text of the Irish Government’s “New Immigration Regime for Fulltime non-EEA Students”
http://www.migrantvoice.org/ index.php? option=com_content&view=artic le&id=113%3Astudents-notsuspects&catid=32% 3Anews7&Itemid=4
Migrant voice
http:// studentsnotsuspects.blogspot.com /
Students’ non suspect campaign
http://www.manifestoclub.com/ files/MC%20Report_students% 20under%20watch.pdf
Manifesto club report
The Occupy Movement
“Duisigi” is the Irish word for a very apt “Wake Up!”
1.-3.: London UK; 4.: Cork, Ireland; 5.: Belfast, Northern Ireland; 6.: Galway, Ireland
All pictures were taken by Eyes‘n‘Ears authors
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Medical Justice Network calls for an
end to the practice of deportation
The Medical Justice Network (MJN) is a UK based human rights focused charity which challenges poor medical provision and seeks to improve healthcare for immigration detainees. Founded 4 years ago the MJN has been built via the voluntary commitment, dynamism, and collaborative efforts of asylum seekers, ex detainees, solicitors, doctors, nurses, detention centre visitors and campaigners. It has rapidly become a key independent voice promoting the dignity and right to decent health care for those held in the UK‘s de-
tention/immigration removal centres. The MJN has 3 working groups which cover mental health, HIV/AIDS and children in detention. The network also has a voluntary team of independent doctors who regularly visit immigration detainees monitoring people‘s health care and assisting detainees who have sustained injuries following attempts to deport them. The medical evidence compiled from this type of work led to Medical Justice publishing the report „Outsourcing Abuse‟ (2008) which highlighted the negative and at times deadly
impact of privatization and outsourcing of immigration services to private sector security firms by the British government. The MJN is critical of both the private contractors and the UK Border agency which outsources because both demonstrate- “contempt for deportees lives.”
www.medicaljustice.co.uk
MJN is also currently raising awareness around the UK governments broken election promise to end child detention. MJN spokesperson Emma Ginn says:- “They are still detaining children – it has been rebranded but it is still detention.”
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PDF reads From Spain three PDF files have reached the editors‘ cave, but cannot be included into the bulletin in text form as the editor is not able to extract them. They will be, however, uploaded onto our Globhem homepage on the Bologna University server as the editor believes that this
should be possible. PDFs are as follows:
Topics of the
- Committee on the rights of migrant workers holds day of general discussion on migrant workers in irregulat status. 19th September 2011 - Ilse Lenz and Helen Schwenken,
―Feminist and Migrant Networking in a Globalising World: Migration, Gender and Globalisation,‖ in Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries, Vol. 2: Gender, Networks and Identities, ed. I. Lenz, H. Lutz, M. Morokvasic, C. Schöning-Kalender, and H. Schwenken (Opladen: Leske&Budrich, 2002), 147–78.
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Bologna , Italy November 18, 2011 http://osservimmigr.provincia.bologna.it/ newsletter/dettaglio_newsletter.php? id=81&id_cat=22&n=1
Universidad Autonoma Barcelona, Spain February 9-11, 2012 http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/femigra-2012
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The conference “Gli stranieri e l’uso di sostanze psicoattive” (foreigners and psychoactive substances use) will feature contributions and critic interventions on the topic by academicians and health professionals with different backgrounds. This event is organized by the University of Bologna together with the regional health service (Servizio Sanitario Regionale Emilia Romagna, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Bologna).
International Congress Feminism & Migration - Social Intervention & political action Abstract deadline: Octobre 31st 2011 Languages: Catalan, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Doing Good and Doing Well Conference Europe‘s leading student-run conference on responsible business
Barcelona, Spain February 24-25, 2012 http://blog.iese.edu/dgdw/
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 23-27 April 2012 http://wfpha.confex.com/wfpha/2012/cfp.cgi
Achieving sustainability in business and society We as business leaders, as decision makers, above all, as citizens, need to understand the Impact of our actions, decisions and more importantly, of our non-actions. In order for businesses to achieve their goals and contribute to a growing society, the business world needs to understand the problems of Climate Change, Poverty, Hunger, Gender Inequality and Global Health Concerns plaguing the world as a whole. 13th World Congress on Public Health Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats includes the General Topic "The Public Health Response to Migration" (deadline has just passed: Oct 31)
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http://www.conferencealerts.com/find.mv? Keywords=migration
General link to Conferences regarding migration
http://www.asyl.net/index.php?id=termine
General link to political and social discussions / support programs / etc… for and with migrants
CONGRESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE: October 23rd , Mestre- Venice: The “Nuovi conTesti” initiative enforced intercultural dialogue in the public space. The meeting was held in the civic library and its highlights were the interventions and contributions by foreignimmigrant writers, moviemakers and musicians mixed up with an ―inter-culinary‖ buffet. The organization of this event featured the collaboration of the local administration with cultural and migrants‘ associations. http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/49917 22nd October, Milan, GrIs Lombardia (a local branch of SIMM) organized the conference entitled “The health of the immigrant between right and reality”. http://www.simmweb.it/fileadmin/documenti/Simm_x_news/2011/10.2011-Gris_Lombardia_comunicato_stampa.pdf 19th -21st October, Rome: Caritas/Migrantes and SIMM (Italian Society of Migration Medicine) organized the base course on Migration Medicine. http://www.simmweb.it/fileadmin/documenti/Simm_x_news/2011/9-M_M_ott_2011mail.pdf 8th October, Sokos Association, Bologna, organized the conclusive event of the project “Knowing in order to prevent”, focused on the perception of sexually transmitted diseases and on the promotion of the access to preventive services for its patients. The event was not only a party with music and food from Romania, Morocco, Senegal and Italy, but also an occasion for talking about the access to healthcare, especially to the preventive service with a population which does not consider prevention as a priority. http://osservimmigr.provincia.bologna.it/newsletter/dettaglio_newsletter.php?id=122&id_cat=22&n=0 30th September, Mestre-Venice: The focal point against racial discrimination “Osservatorio antidiscriminazioni razziali di Venezia” presented publically its activities. Their range goes from the free legal counseling for victims of racial discrimination to the monitoring of racist speech and ideology in public debate, local administrations and local media. The birth of this outpost is due to the collaboration between activists‘ networks (SOS diritti, Tuttiidirittiumanipertutti), local administration and UNAR (national bureau against racial discriminations). The ―bottomup-ness‖ of this collaboration seems to enforce the connection with the territory of competence and to guarantee a deeper reliability for the victims. http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/49199 http://www.sos-diritti.it/ http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuttiidirittiumanipertutti/
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The moment
A moment may sometimes reflect the total story. This is a Picture of such“a moment”. A creative debate has just ended. Groups have supported their teams with
great enthusiasm and the award of the winning team has gone to the “birthday child”. Everyone is enjoying to share the belief that “another world” is possible