Between UN Conventions and current EU Migrant Policy: today's challenges in affirming Migrants Rights

This event will be celebrated together with migrant communities from Africa, Latin America, Philippines, Turkey and Morocco and with representatives of trade unions, and other civil society organizations and NGOs. Your participation and contribution to the discussion is very important for us. We hope you can join us on this important occasion.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

You can e-mail us: info@emcemo.nl and nonoih@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
For the Transnational Migrant Platform

Abdou Menhebi (EMCEMO)
Nonoi Hacbang (CFMW)

Programme

15:00 Arrival & Welcome

15:15 Introduction, Brid Brennan (TNI)

15:30-16:10

Migrant & MDW Initiatives and Testimonies: Migrants Rights - Community Dialogue with Police
Thomas Moore - Africa Roots Movement
Remembering the Fire at Schiphol
Jo van der Spek (invited)
Migrant Domestic Workers (MDWs) Campaign
Francia Galiano - OTRADELA
Joe Obi & Lorie Matulay - TRUSTED Migrants

16:10-17:40 Round Table

Between UN Conventions & current EU Migrant Policy (EU Return Directive & Migration and Asylum Pact)

Today's Challenges in affirming Migrant Rights
- Ed van Thijn (invited)
- Liz Feteke - Institute of Race Relations, London
- Wilma Roos - FNV Mondial
- Petra Snelders - RESPECT NL
- Nonoi Hacbang - Transnational Migrant Platform
- Moderator: Dolf Hautvast, voorzitter CFMW

Open Forum

17:40-18:30 Call to Action 2009

Launching Report of September 27th TMP Conference
Malu Padilla - SMS

On the Road to Athens (nov 2009) - Building a Europewide Response to the Global Forum on Migration & Developmen(GFMD)
Transnational Migrant Platform - Abdou Menhebi (EMCEMO)

Launching International Campaign for ILO Domestic Work Convention
Fe Jusay - CFMW/RESPECT Europewide Campaign for MDW Rights

Closing Ceremony

This event is being co-organised by The Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) and its initiating members: Africa Roots Movement, CFMW (Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers), EMCEMO, HTIB, OTRADELA (Organizacion de Trabajadores Domesticos Emigrantes Latinoamericanos), PASALI, RESPECT NL, TRUSTED Migrants and Transnational Institute (TNI)