Migrantes

Migrants to Beijing struggle to afford rent, adequate housing: report

Published in Thursday July 4th, 2013 In In the media

Migrant workers in Beijing live in worse conditions and have more housing pressure than official residents of the capital, according to a report issued Tuesday.

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Britain Pledges to Curtail Benefits for Immigrants

Published in Tuesday March 26th, 2013 In In the media

Prime Minister David Cameron promised more stringent rules Monday to reduce outsiders’ access to social, health and housing benefits, reflecting a fraught debate in Britain over the potential impact of increased immigration from southeast Europe that could fuel a rightist threat to his Conservative Party.
The prospect that citizens from Bulgaria and Romania could gain unfettered access to the British labor market under European Union rules has raised alarms among some Britons about competition for jobs, strengthening anti-immigrant sentiment and helping fuel the insurgent United Kingdom Independence Party.

Immigrants banned from housing waiting lists for up to five years

Published in Monday March 25th, 2013 In In the media

The Prime Minister will use a speech on Monday to make it clear that he believes tough new moves on housing are needed because Britain became a “soft touch” for immigrants during the years Labour were in power. In what is being billed as a landmark address on the subject, he will vow to bring to an end a situation where people can come to Britain and get benefits and public services without putting anything in, according to aides.

France must protect against forced evictions

Published in Thursday November 29th, 2012 In Social movement news

Focusing on the region of greater Paris, the report “Chased away”: Forced evictions of Roma in the Ile-de-France exposes the negative impact of forced evictions on the lives of migrant Roma and the failure of the French authorities to incorporate international human rights standards concerning evictions into domestic law.

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A Vacant Lot Offers Refugees a Taste of Home

Published in Tuesday November 27th, 2012 In In the media

The refugees are accidental farmers in an unlikely urban field that is part of an ambitious plan to transform vacant land. The lot sits on one of the busiest corners of this expansive city, across from an English pub, near a light-rail stop and in sight of the glimmering high rises that punctuate downtown.

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Forced migration in the 21st century: urbanised and unending

Published in Wednesday October 17th, 2012 In In the media

October 16, 2012 More than 70 million people have been uprooted across the world, and an increasing number will never go home More than 70 million people have been forced to leave their homes because of conflict, political upheaval and disasters, as well as by climate change and development projects, and are now living as […]

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In Spain, Madrid’s ‘slum of shame’ faces uncertain future

Published in Wednesday August 29th, 2012 In In the media

August 28, 2012 Europe’s largest illegal settlement lies just outside the Spanish capital, Madrid. A sprawling tangle of tents and cement houses, Cañada Real is now home to over 40,000 people. But maybe not for long… In Cañada Real, roads and alleyways are unpaved. Houses are made of corrugated metal or cement. Some lots are […]

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In the US, 190 migrant workers to remain in vacant South Bend nursing home

Published in Monday July 16th, 2012 In In the media

July 14, 2012 A building once used as a nursing home has now been turned into housing for more than 150 migrant workers. The order to evict nearly 200 migrant workers from a former South Bend nursing home has been dropped. The about-face comes just one day after the city’s code enforcement department flexed its […]

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How can housing help migrants integrate into communities?

Published in Wednesday July 4th, 2012 In In the media

July 3rd, 2012 The vast majority of housing organisations fail to realise the role they can play in community integration Recent discussion about migration has focused almost entirely on the numbers of people coming into the country, but debates about numbers don’t respond to the issues that emerged in the areas where migrants had gone […]

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Rehousing Romania’s Roma signals swing to extremes

Published in Monday July 2nd, 2012 In In the media

June 29, 2012 Building a wall that closes in a Roma neighborhood and rehousing families in a dilapidated communist-era office block have earned Catalin Chereches accusations of racism. But the actions have also helped the mayor of the northern Romanian town of Baia Mare to become the country’s most popular local politician and shown how […]

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