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One day of revolt in Bari On Monday August the 1st 2011 in the CARA center of Bari 1200 people detained in this structure, blocked the SS16 highway … >>4

Regional government expenditures in danger Spain has had to respond to the emergency caused by the debt crisis by an-nouncing additional ...>>9

Can a more equal society prevent riots? Most UK politicians and the mainstream media blamed ‗gang culture‘ (a sub text and code … >>10

Threat for Medical Assistance for Refu-gees in Berlin The Office was almost closed this year in its 16th year of … >>7

While the number of those escaping from Syria and going into Turkey has reached 10 000, it was declared that some of these are superior officers of the Syrian army.

Syria army, has started operations at Cisr Eş Şu-ğur region. Because of the therat of the operation, 2000 people ran away from the country and went through the Turkish border. Besar Esad is dec-laring that the armed gro-ups are responsible for this attack.

popular slogan among them. A flow of migra-tion that is hidden from the eyes of media is go-ing on at the Syria bor-der. Syrian migrants cho-se safe border lines whe-re the Syrian soldiers do not have control. Hund-reds of syrian are rejected at borders too.

The number of those running to Turkey form Syria is increasing. Only last night 1000 people passed the border at Yay-ladag which neighbors Cisr Eş Şugur region. The Syrian at the camp, made victory sign, and shouted “hurray for Tur-key…” which is the most

Refugees from Syria at the South eastern border of Turkey

ITALY August 2011 Job Alerts Irregulars have the right to

get married Repatriations. New stricter

decree One day of revolt in Bari

SPAIN

The death of Efosa Okosun Human Mobility and

Social Diversity Regional health spending

cutting Cospedal to levy fines on

striking pharmacies in debt row Political pain or blame game?

UK/IRELAND Review: ―Italia ‗n‘ Caledonia‖

by Nigel Carter Can a more equal society

prevent riots? ―Some Milestones in Algerian

Migration‖– by Kouider Dji-lali Beloufa

Maria Elfani‘s Research TURKEY UK lawmakers: Turkey must

improve border control to join EU Precarious lives of migrants

in Turkey XVIth Conference

of IAHPE A portrait: Festus Okey Refugees from Syria

GERMANY Threat for Medical Assis-tance for Refugees in Berlin Humanitarian Congress

2011 SEPTEMBER ISSUE TURKEY

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Country Team responsible for this issue: Turkey

Raika Durusoy, Seyfi Durmaz, Hür Hassoy, Işıl Ergin Ege University Department of Public Health

GlobHe-M course has provided the opportunity to

listen to lectures, share experiences and ideas on

migration, health and globalisation issues. Moreo-

ver it has now created the important means of

sharing country spesific news and scientific litera-

ture through this so called “Globhe-M Bulletin”.

As we had planned in the end of the summersc-

hool, in this issue, we corresponded with collea-

gues from each country. They have sent us the in-

formation they gathered and we tried to put them

into a bulletin format.

We hope you like it!

Some kind of foreword

AAA… Are you looking for a job?!? Well, there is an opportunity for you to be employed as a ―detector‖! What does it mean? You have to work at the 15th general census of the popu-lation (Italy is going to count everyone, Italian and foreigners). It‘s a one year long job (October 2011-September 2012)… If you are interested please look for the public contest, fill the application form and wait for the winner list! …Yes, a good chance, but … if you are not a citizen (Italian or EU citizen) when you are looking for the public contest you will discover that no…it‘s not a chance for you, it‘s only for people with the Italian citi-zenship! To this notice, ASGI, an association for legal studies on migration, started a law-suit against one of the mu-nicipalities (Milano). The court claimed the require-ment of the Italian citizen-ship as illegitimate. Follow-ing this proclamation, UNAR (The National Anti-Discrimination Office)

declared as dis-criminatory not only the require-ment itself but the idea and the behavior that stood at its basis. Other associations around the country have aroused the problem and the pre-sent outcome is that be-sides Milano, other big mu-nicipalities such as Genova, Roma, Firenze, Faenza, Perugia, Pordenone and Padova have reopened the selections for the positions of detectors, enabling non-EU citizens to participate (with the clause of an ade-quate knowledge of the Italian language)!!!

What's sad is that this didn't become a national movement - as a result, the rest of the municipalities have proceeded with the discriminatory ban. Neither did ANCI (The National Association of the Italian Municipalities) take a posi-tion on this. However, now the limit date has moved on September 7, 2011. We'll see how many immi-grants have applied and at what position will they be at the Winner List. Last, but not least we are to ask how this census is going to take place? Since they're going to count Ital-ian and foreigners, how are they going to do it for the latter since the census ba-ses itself on registered resi-dency??? ...To be continued...

Thanks for reading and

thanks for coping with

our written English!

So here we go with the first Italian bulletin. Actual-ly more than issue number one, we conceive this first collection of news regard-ing migrations in Italy like the ―number zero‖. And zero is not only a number. It is a very important con-cept: it gives us the possi-bility to think of open spaces to be filled in time with different contents and

forms, according to chang-es in needs, focus shifts, possible future happenings and - above all - in consid-eration of your feedbacks and suggestions, dearest readers! For this time we decided to present briefly five topics which have been character-izing the Italian debate on migrations this summer:

1 – A case of discrimination in the selections of candi-dates to be employed in the 15th Italian census 2 – A court sentence con-firming the right to get mar-ried for irregulars 3 – A social settlement cam-paign on citizenship and right to vote 4 – A stricter new decree on repatriations 5 – A revolt day in a deten-tion center for asylum seek-

Link http://www.asgi.it/home_asgi.php?n=1766&l=it

Job Alerts August 2011

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LİNKS

- Link to videos:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/08/01/

immigrants-clash-with-police-in-italy?videoId=217744295 http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=R_dhFGyPEho

- Link to article in English on the media approaching the

facts: http://

economicsnewspaper.com/economics/omerta-media-on-

riots-illegal-in-bari-italy-53596.html

- Link to actvists‘ article of a revolt in the same place in

2007:

http://www.tlaxcala.es/

pp.asp?

lg=en&reference=3554

different reality: the structure is overcrowded and people have to spend whole months in it waiting for only one commission to examine (and rarely accept) their asylum requests case by case and with increasing delays. The protest actions caused traffic jams, train cancellations and led to violent clashes with the police, which arrived on the scene to push back the protesters in the CARA. Clashes and tension fea-tured stone throwing and fire setting against the use of tear gas and batons. They lasted until early

afternoon (around 14.00 pm). By this time negotia-tions, which started in the late morning inside the CARA and involved local authorities (vice-prefect An-tonella Bellomo and the re-gional councilor for migra-tions Nicola Frantoianni), brought some convincing results for the protesters. Indeed, rioting started quit-ting and blockades were re-moved, when authorities

subscribed the guarantee for the asylum seekers of a se-cond examining commission (in order to speed up the procedures) and the guaran-tee of a briefing with the

The problem of Italian detention centers for immi-grants does not go on holi-day. And what happened on Monday August the 1st 2011 in the CARA center of Bari Palese

close to the city of Bari (south-east Italy, in the Pu-glia region) seems to fulfill the general statement above, with concrete flaming facts. From 6.30 am, some hun-dreds of the 1200 people detained in this structure (Centro di Accoglienza per Richiedenti Asilo: Reception Center For Asylum Seekers, according to the official naming of the structure) blocked the SS16 highway bypass and a nearby railway network, as a means of protest against the un-bearable exten-sion of their forced perma-nence within the CARA and the bad living condi-tions in it. According to the Italian Minis-try of Interior this structure, obtained by adapting an old military airport, can host 994 people for a maximum peri-od of 35 days, each. But pro-tests enlighten a ―slightly‖

Italian ministry of interior under-secretary Alfredo Mantovano. The official numbers of this revolt speak about 29 arrested people, 15 injured among the protesters and 35 among the police. Despite their relative littleness (if compared to the 1200 peo-ple detained in the center) these numbers got used by the media in a very peculiar way to ―comb facts‖. On one side they were used to minimize the importance of the facts and to let them slide rapidly down in the scheduling of the news day by day. On the other side the number of 35 injured public officers and other details about the damaging acts were used to naturalize the description of the protesters as ―violent‖, ―organized‖ and ―ready to attack‖. Fur-thermore, the legal inquiries in the following days en-forced this categorization by anchoring it to ethnic groups, marking as ― few turbulent organizers‖ the involved people from Africa

(Mali, Ghana, Ivory Coast) and separat-ing their legal posi-tion from the one of the other ―forced rioters‖ from Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).

Despite its limited

direct results on the

detainees‘ condi-

tions and despite the

filter of the media,

this day of revolt

allowed the problem of de-

tention centers for immi-

grants not only to spread on

activists‘ networks but to

scratch the surface of main-

stream public debate.

CARA calling. One day of revolt in Bari CARA calling. One day of revolt in Bari

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CARA calling. One day of revolt in Bari “Map of the problematique”, 2011.

CIE: structures meant to identify and detain irregular immi-

grants for which expulsion procedures are enacted.

CDA: structures meant to guarantee first aid to

irregular immigrants traced in Italian territory,

and at the same time are meant to identify them

and decide on the legitimacy of their staying.

CARA: structures meant to host and identify

asylum seekers entered in Italy without papers or

without presentation at frontier controls, and

waiting to obtain the refugee status.

LOCATION CAPABILITY

Bari Palese 196

Bologna, Caserma Chiarini 95

Caltanissetta, Contrada Pian del Lago 96

Catanzaro, Lamezia Terme 75

Gorizia, Gradisca d’Isonzo 248

Milano, Via Corelli 132

Modena, Sant’Anna 60

Roma, Ponte Galeria 364

Torino, Corso Brunelleschi 204

Trapani, Serraino Vulpitta 43

Brindisi Restinco 83

Lampedusa (closed) 200

Crotone, Sant’Anna 124

LOCATION CAPABILITY

Agrigento, Lampedusa 804

Bari Palese (CDA+CARA) 994

Brindisi, Restinco 128

Cagliari, Elmas 220

Crotone, Sant’Anna 978

Foggia, Borgo Mezzanone 716

LOCATION CAPABILITY

Caltanissetta, Contrada Pian del Lago 96

Crotone, S. Anna 256

Foggia, Borgo Mezzanone 198

Gorizia, Gradisca d’Isonzo 138

Trapani, Salina Grande 310

Trapani, Mazara del Vallo

(CDA+CARA)

100

Trapani, Valderice (CDA+CARA) 200

Trapani, Marsala (CDA+CARA) 114

Trapani, Castelvetrano (CDA+CARA) 121

The Italian detention network for immigrants is basically made

of three types of structures: CDA, CIE, CARA

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http://onoriandrea.blogspot.com http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/immigrazione/sottotema006.html

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Further details at:

http://www.iphu.org/

en/london2011/

announce

―L‘Italia sono an-ch‘io‖ (―I am Italy too‖) it‘s a national popular cam-paign sustained by 19 or-ganizations of the civil so-ciety. The campaign pro-poses to reform the laws which are actually ruling the acquisition of citizen-ship for foreign people. According to the promot-ers the way to achieve this goal is the mobilization of

public opinion through socio-cultural initiatives, public demonstrations and the collection of signatures, necessary to present in Ital-ian parliament an alterna-

tive law projects. Two are the major points. The citizenship For children born or raised in Italy from migrant par-ents: the promoters pro-pose to consider an Italian citizen whoever is born from a person legally pre-sent in the Italian territory for at least one year and whoever is born in the Ital-ian territory from foreign

parents, independently of their juridical condition. This would be a significant change as now only who is born from Italian citizens owns the Italian citizen-

ship. For everyone: the campaign proposes to shorten to 5 years (instead of 10) of legal staying in Italy the time required in

order to ask for the Italian citizenship. The administra-tive vote The promoters also ask for the right to vote (elect and be elected) in the administrative elections (cities, provinces and re-gions) to be ex-tended to immi-grants in posses-sion of the permit of stay since at

least 5 years. Until now immigrant regularly staying in Italy can‘t vote and are excluded from any other type of political and admin-istrative participation.

Link to the campaign website:

www.litaliasonoanchio.it

For everyone:

the campaign

proposes to shorten

to 5 years (instead of

10) of legal staying in

Italy the time

required in order

to ask for the

Italian

citizenship.

The “I am Italy too” campaign

The International People's Health University (IPHU) of the People's Health Movement (PHM)

a short training course scheduled in London, UK October/November 2011

The course will be conducted in English

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Application deadline: 26 September 2011

People, Politics and Global Health; actions to change the approach

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marriage here. Regaining a recent pronouncement of the European Court and

the article num-ber 12 of the Convention, Ital-ian Court replied to a Italo-Moroccan couple who questioned the refusal to celebrate their marriage. The sen-tence officially

reopens the issue of the possibility and right for irregular immigrant to wed-ding in Italy

According with the sen-tence of 25th July 2011 Irregular immigrants have the right to cele-brate their mar-riages with an Ital-ian citizen in Italy: this sentence was pronounced by the Court that de-clared partially illegal the first par-agraph of the arti-cle number 116 of the Italian Civil Code. The article says that a foreigner can get married in Italy only if he has got a regular permit of residence

and it was introduced by the Italian Government in August 2009 to fight mar-

riages of convenience. But for the Court Wedding and Family are basic and invio-lable rights and no law can‘t stop you to celebrate your

Irregulars have the right to get married:

The Sentence of Constitutional Court”

- Link to an article from the Italian press on the topic: http://www.corriere.it/cronache/11_luglio_25/consulta-sentenza-diritto-nozze-clandestini_a24ec730-b6e7-11e0-b3db-8b396944e2a2.shtml - Link to a specific article on the legal aspects of topic, in Italian: http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/normativa-il_matrimonio_dello_straniero_non_puo_essere_limitato_dalla_condizione_di_regolarita_13580.html - Link to an article on the topic in English:

http://www.africa-news.eu/

immigration-news/

italy/2931-constitutional-

court-illegal-immigrants-can

-marry-in-italy.html

RepatriatiOn the 2nd of August 2011 the de-cree of 23rd June 2011 about repatria-tion became law. The de-cree introduces the imme-diate deportation for all undocumented migrants who get to be classified by authori-

ties as dangerous for law and order, who try to es-cape, who don‘t respect

the terms for leaving the country. The measure of deporta-tion becomes effective also for communitarian citizens considered dan-gerous for law and order,

when the law about free circulation of commu-nitarians is not respect-ed. Another key point of the de-cree is the lengthen-ing of the

period of permanence in the CIEs (Centro di Iden-tificazione ed Espulsione) which are the Centers for

Identifica-tion and

Deportation for un-documented migrants: the maximum length of the period of detention, that was 6 months, becomes 18 months. Alternative measures are defined for undocumented migrants not considered dangerous for law and order, as the delivery of the passport or an equivalent document, freedom of movement restrictions like the ―Dwelling Obliga-tion‖ (―Obbligo di dimora‖, the forbiddance to leave the territory in which the place of resi-dence is registered), or the mandatory presenta-tion at public forces offic-es.

Links to specific articles on the topic, in Italian: http://www.immigrazione.biz/3632.html http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/normativa-espul-sioni_ecco_come_e_cambiata_la_legge_13652.html

New stricter decree

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The death of Efosa Okosun

VII CONFERENCE ON

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS IN SPAIN,

Human Mobility and Social Diversity

BILBAO (Spain) on 11th, 12th and 13th April 2012

Organized by: University of the Basque

Country (UPV/EHU) with the collaboration of the Basque Immigration Observatory,

Ikuspegi@k-Immigration.

Call for papers until 30th September

http://esomi.es/vii-congreso-migraciones-internacionales-en-espana/gmx-niv114.htm

Palma's Gypsy and Ni-gerian communities in peace deal after violent scenes. African immigrants saw sinister cause behind death of man who fell from fourth-floor balcony The neighborhood of Son Gotleu, Palma de Mallorca, awoke to calm on Tuesday after a night of tension 24 hours earlier following a verbal agreement between Nigerian immigrants and residents of Gypsy origin to prevent further scenes of strife. Violence had flared on Monday follow-ing the death of Efosa Okosun, a 28-year-old Ni-gerian who fell to his death from a fourth-floor balco-ny.

Five people were arrested and some 30 cars were set

ablaze in altercations be-tween members of the Ni-gerian community and the police overnight on Mon-day after claims that Okosun had been thrown from an apartment block by three men of Gypsy descent.

Representatives of both communities met on Tues-day at the local police sta-tion in Son Gotleu to call for calm.

The head of the island's public safety department, Guillermo Navarro, in-formed both parties that the police are investigating the events surrounding Okosun's death and that they would be the first to be told of the authorities' findings. Navarro asked the representatives to prevent any repeat of Monday's altercations, to which end

they joined the local police in a walkabout in Son Gotleu to call for patience until the case is solved.

In spite of the show of unity, police reinforce-ments remained in place on the streets of Son Gotleu on Tuesday.

The police investigation into Okosun's death con-tinues, although prelimi-nary hypotheses rule out the involvement of a third party. Inquiries up to now support the theory that Okosun fell while trying to climb from one balcony to another by holding onto a pipe, which subsequently gave way.

In August, 2009 a street battle between Nigerians and Gypsies ended in three people being injured by knives.

http://www.elpais.com/

articulo/english/Palma/s/

Gypsy/and/Nigerian/

communities/in/peace/

deal/after/violent/scenes/

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http://esomi.es/vii-congreso-migraciones-

internacionales-en-espana/gmx-niv114.htm

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The Catalan government has decided to close at least 40 primary healthcare cen-ters - one in 10 of the total in the area - over the sum-

mer as part of its ongoing measures to cut regional health spending. The move will leave tens of thousands of people in dozens of mu-nicipalities without local

doctors' and emergency-room services and, accord-ing to labor union esti-mates, having to travel up to 25 kilometers to receive treatment. Staff at the af-fected centers who are not on vacation will also be relocated.

regional government ex-penditure; this ought to be ready before the end of September.

In a ruling issued on the 27th of last month, the Constitutional Court recog-nized the state's capacity to impose limits on regional spending. But the govern-ment has declined to take this course, and awaits an agreement on spending guidelines, to be approved by the regional govern-

Like other European coun-tries, Spain has had to re-spond to the emergency caused by the debt crisis by announcing additional budget adjustment measures, which Economy Minister Elena Salgado is due to present in upcoming Cabinet meetings. The most notable measure is an increase in corporate tax payments for large compa-nies, but perhaps an even more important aspect will concern the regulation of

ments that so desire. Salga-do also set a date for the planned reform of the ac-counting system, which will offer a more exact idea of regional deficits. Both Brussels and the Bank of Spain had warned of the specific risk which the state of regional and local fi-nances posed to the Span-ish economy — due not only to the volume of debt they carry, but also to the opacity that surrounds it.

Catalonia to close one in 10 healthcare centers over summer. Move will leave tens of thousands without their local doctors' and emergency-room services

Political pain or blame game?

for the day in protest over the non-payment of some 125 million euros the re-gional administration owes in subsidies for prescrip-tions. Cospedal is blaming the previous Socialist re-gional government for the late payment.

"What the [central]government should do is

meet its obligations, and we have the right to oblige it to comply with the law," Cospedal said. "As all they have left is debt, it is very difficult to meet the pay-ments on time." Cospedal set the wheels in motion to impose fines, which could range from 3,000 euros to 15,000 euros, on those out-lets that closed.

Regional health spending cutting by closing 40 health care centers

The Popular Party regional premier of Castilla-La Mancha, María Dolores de Cospedal, announced Fri-day that she would begin proceedings to fine phar-macies who staged a strike in the region the previous day.

In all, 718 out of 1,274 pharmacies shut up shop

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Cospedal to levy fines on striking pharmacies in debt row

http://www.elpais.com/

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to/levy/fines/on/striking/

pharmacies/in/debt/row/

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Cutbacks in regional and local government budgets may jeopardize basic services

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The Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland campaigns for improvement in the rights of migrant workers in Ireland. They also conduct research and you can find their publications and other information on their website:- www.mrci.ie

The Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey publishes the Social

Research Update on-line. Issue 47 is entitled ―Measuring quality of life using

free and public domain data‖ – you can find it at http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/

SRU47.html

Review: “Italia „n‟ Caledonia” by Nigel

Some Interesting Publications

er reflection and more thoughtful enquiries into whether Britain‘s grow-ing socio-economic ine-qualities are the root cause of the current so-cial malaise. So, even a former London Police chief, Brian Paddick, when asked why Sweden doesn‘t have this prob-lem? Replied: “Because there‟s a more egali-tarian society there” Do assessments of a

country‘s social cohesion

such as crime rates, liter-

acy, mental health, pris-

on numbers, life expec-

tancy and social mobility

prove better in countries

that have the smallest

gap between rich and

poor? This is the com-

pelling argument put for-

ward by Kate Pickett and

Richard Wilkinson in

their new book ‗The

Spirit Level‘. Recent

events in the UK seem

to strongly support their

analysis.

Can a more equal society prevent riots?

Most UK politicians and the mainstream media blamed ‗gang culture‘ (a sub text and code for ‗Black culture‘) and/or resorted to an ‗underclass‘ discourse of ‗welfare dependency‘ and deviant social behav-iour/values to explain the recent UK urban dis-turbances. The immediate post-riot moral panic and kneejerk ‗discipline and punish‘ reaction is now begin-ning to give way to calm-

Whilst holidaying this summer in Scotland, it was my good fortune to chance upon a wonderful play about Italian emi-gration to Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. ―Italia „n‟ Caledo-nia‖ recounts the history of Italian families settling in Scottish communities. By the time of the Se-cond World War there was an ice cream café or fish and chip shop run by an Italian family in

many towns and villages throughout Scotland. The dark clouds of war however, were soon looming ominously over this cheerful success when on June 10th 1940 Mussolini declared war on Britain. Overnight Italians became ‗enemy aliens‟ and were interned or deported for the dura-tion of the war. Nowa-days, Scottish Italians work in the health ser-vices, high tech indus-

tries, and the arts, as well as in cafés and restau-rants. Italia „n‟ Caledonia is both

a celebration of the dy-

namic contribution of

Scottish Italians to their

new homeland as well as

a poignant reminder of

the trials and tribulations

faced by those who emi-

grate seeking fresh op-

portunities to settle in

pastures new.

www.mrci.ie

http://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/

SRU47.html

Ctrl and Click on the links

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Migration is ―a complicated, challenging, and diverse phenomenon involving changing sta-tuses and multiple geo-graphical trajecto-ries‖ (Samers, 2009) and Algerian migration is no exception. We no longer talk only about a colonial (and post-colonial) mi-gration but also about a new process, a product of several changes:- the enlargement of the mi-gratory space, feminiza-tion of flows and mobili-ty of families, mobility of skilled and highly skilled people, and irregular em-igration. Factors such as cultural affinity, geo-

graphical proximity, so-cial networks or ―favourable‖ migration laws (actually, non-existent in ―Fortress Eu-rope‖) fail to explain this process of diversifica-tion.

The migratory process is a total social fact where conditions at both origin and destina-tion, as well as the char-acteristics of the immi-grants, should be consid-ered to reach a best ap-proach, capable of ex-plaining this complex human phenomenon. Understanding the sys-tem émigré-immigré is cru-cial at two levels: theory

and practice. In the lat-ter, Algerian policymak-ers are starting to take into account the role of the ―national community abroad‖ in homeland development (not just economically but also politically, socially, scien-tifically and culturally) which means that the Algerian emigrant is no longer that absent physi-cally, socially and politi-cally. Algeria is also shift-ing from being a country of emigration (and still it is) to a transit and desti-nation country; hence the need to develop new legal instruments to deal with immigration.

overall income and as

they can be flexible and

voluntary, employers can

reduce these benefits to

minimize costs, including

the costs of rising mini-

mum wage rates. Such

benefits include training,

health/life insurance,

pension scheme, meals,

Why would migrants be

differently affected by

the minimum wage, in

the sense of non-wages

benefit received? Are

there any differences be-

tween migrants and non-

migrants? Non-wage

benefits account for a

significant proportion of

paid rest (paid break

time), etc. Her research

intends to provide a clear

picture of non-wage ben-

efits received by mini-

mum waged workers,

compared to those on

above minimum wages,

and specifically in rela-

tion to migrant workers.

Maria Elfani‟s Research

www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr502.pdf

McKay, S., Craw, M., and Chopra, D., (2006) Migrant workers in England & Wales: an assessment of migrant worker health & safety risks, Health & Safety Execu-tive, UK http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr502.pdf

Burke S, Keenaghan C, O‘Donovan D, Quirke B. (2004) Health in Ireland – an unequal state. Public Health Alliance Ireland, [download] 281KB.

Some Interesting Publications

www.nuigalway.ie/health_promotion/documents/D_ODonovan/2004_health_in_irl_an_u8nequal_state.pdf

Ctrl and Click on the links

“Some Milestones in Algerian Migration” by Kouider Djilali Beloufa

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XVIth Conference of IAHPE

“Crisis of Capitalism and Health” 29 September-2 October 2011

The place: CAGDAS SANATLAR MERKEZ 4 Kennedy str, Kavaklidere, Ankara

IAHPE

in collaboration with the TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION with the support of CANKAYA MUNICIPALITY

Turkey must improve border control to join EU

didn’t affect each house-hold in the country, but 1960s Turkish immigration to Germany left its mark on almost every city and village in Turkey. That massive flow of the workforce from Turkey to Germany that started in 1961 not only altered the Anatolian people’s percep-tion of “gurbet” (a place far away from one’s home-land) forever, it also gained the Turkish lexicon a term called “acı vatan,” which can be literally translated as “bitter land.”

A protocol overseeing Ger-many’s transfer of workers from Turkey signed between the two countries on Nov. 2, 1961, brought about numerous tales for both countries; some bitter and some sweet. Turkish immigration to Germany, which started as a wave that at first seemed to only affect Turkish immigrant laborers and their families, in time morphed into an interaction between two diverse cultures that some-times led to conflicts.

Marking 50 years of Turkish immigration to Germany

Both Ger-many and Turkey are hos-ting a series of events com-memorating 50 years of Turkish immigration to Germany this year, and the Turkish events, jointly or-ganized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, İs-tanbul’s Mimar Sinan Uni-versity of Fine Arts and the Goethe Institut, are set to get under way in late Octo-ber. Everyone knows the story, more or less; maybe it

A group of UK lawmakers called on the EU on Mon-day to make arrangements for Turkey to take some of the attributes of members-hip in the Union prior to its full accession. (UK Parliament, BBC, FT, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Belfast Telegraph, Daily Mail - 01/08/11) Turkey's EU accession would pose serious security risks, some UK MPs warn.

[Reuters] Turkey must strengthen its border controls before joi-ning the EU, a group of UK lawmakers said in a report released on Monday (August 1st), warning that the country's accession would pose risks to the security of the 27-nation bloc's external border. Turkey began entry talks with the Union in October 2005, but the process has stalled for various reasons

and several member states remain opposed to the co-untry ever being admitted as a full-fledged member. EU Enlargement Commis-sioner Stefan Fule told members of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which prepared the report, that the predominantly Muslim nation is not gene-rally expected to join the bloc until 2020 at the earli-est.

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Four years has passed since the death of the Nigerian migrant, Festus Okey, with a police bullet in Beyoğlu Police Center. The court is still busy, trying to unders-tand if the murdered per-son is Festus Okey or not. Festus Okey is a world citi-zen. In 2007, he was arres-ted for carrying narcotics and after his arrest, his dead body left the police office. It was concluded that he was killed with the

bullet of the police who had recorded his testi-mony. It was said that he had been shot as he tried to take the gun of the police. The video records of that so called moment where he tried to take the gun and the bloody shirt of Festus, which could prove the long distance/short distance shot was LOST. The lawyers of the police

declared that “the name of

this man is not Festus

Okey, he has entered the

country with a fake visa”

and they asked the court

for a further analysis of this

situation.Nigeria govern-

ment has not answered

within the past three years.

The court is is busy excava-

ting whether the murdered

person is Festus Okey or

not.

for Turkey…” which is the most popular slogan among them . A flow of migration that is hidden from the eyes of me-

dia is going on at the Syria border. Syrian migrants chose safe border lines where the Syrian soldiers do not have control. Hundreds of Syrian are rejected at borders too. Iran: there are armed tero-rists among those who run away

Those who escape are inc-reasing, the operations star-ted Syria army, has started opera-tions at Cisr Eş Şuğur region. Because of the therat of the operation, 2000 people ran away from the co-untry and went through the Turkish border. Besar Esad is declaring that the armed gro-ups are respon-sible for this attack. “Hurray for Turkey...” The number of those running to Turkey form Syria is incre-asing. Only last night 1000 people passed the border at Yayladag which neighbors Cisr Eş Şugur region. The Syrian at the camp, made vic-tory sign, and shouted “hurray

Iran Governmental TV, Press TV, declared that the rebels who killed 120 policemen in Cisr el Şukur were among those who ran away from Syria To Turkey.

Barones Ashton ve head of the humani-tarian aid of EU Kristalina Georgieva, declared that Turkey is succesful in dealing with the problems of the Syrian refugees but the means to get in touch with the refugees considering international partici-pants is problematic.

In Turkey many NGO’s are complaining about not being able to get permission to go into the camps. Some people living in the camp, has started hunger stri-ke, because of being strictly limited from the outside world.

Refugees from Syria at the South eastern border of Turkey

The last journey of Festus Okey (video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMmHG0dZaag&NR=1

A portrait

Festus Okey

While the number of those escaping from Syria and going into Turkey has reached 10 000, it was declared that some of these are superior officers of the Syrian army.

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23 refugees from Somalia, Eri-trea and the Palestine were ar-rested in Konak district of Iz-

mir, while trying to escape out illegally out of the country .

The driver who wants to take the refugees to the beach were

also detained.

Somali news in Turkish media

Pray for rain in Somali Yesterday in some cities people went out to pray for rain in Somali.

The hunger and famine in Somali has recently gained great attention from the Turkish government, religi-ous NGO’s, singers, actors, etc. It seems that every-body is trying to organize

or be a part of the humani-tary aids. However, this sudden interest is ironically blind to “why” people are starving there. Moreover the healing they want to provide to the hungry pe-

ople seems to be healing only their conscience. The media is fully behind this “human reflex.” Here are some interesting examples of the current idea of HELP in media.

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"To fast to understand hungry” a gathering for the dinner (iftar) after the fasting day. In Kutahya, those who have fasted for empathy to the hungry people of Somali, are gathering at the iftar meal. The meal will consist only water, date, yogurt and simit (a kind of bread).

The national Team of Wrestling will wrest-le for Somali.

Life in Somali, the site of hunger and famine, is partially returning back to normal life with the aids. After the visit of President Tayyip Erdogan to the region on 19th of August, the activi-ties taht started at the capital Mogadisu is stil continuing. Before the visit, people were even afraid to go around for shopping, but now they are able to shop around. The ba-zaar in the city center now has meat, bana-nas, bread, water and some other food as well as some clothings.

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www.aa.com.tr/tr/kategoriler/dunya/92464-somali-yardimlarla-hayat-

buluyor

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their papers), he has no resi-dency status on his own. There has been a solidarity movement from his friends, school, soccer club, neighbo-urs and the local newspaper reported in favor of him, so that as of yesterday he gai-ned an exceptional residence permit (that also allows his family to stay) due to civil society's commitment. Schleswig-Holstein's Minis-ter of Justice, Emil Schmal-

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, July 2011: The story of 14 year old Armenian citizen Tigran S. who was threate-ned by deportation by fede-ral authorities was both re-ported in local and national newspapers. Tigran S. is an Armenian citizen on paper but has been exclusively li-ving in Germany for 11 ye-ars. As his parents were re-cently denied political asylum (after 11 years of revising

fuß, has declared his inten-tion to start a legislative initi-ative on the national level ("Bundesratsinitiative") befo-re the next elections in May 2012 to facilitate approval of permanent citizenship to teenagers under 15. Commu-nal and federal politicians from opposition parties (SPD, Grüne, Linke) and some members from the current parliament (CDU, FDP) incl. have expressed their support.

Threat for Medical Assistance for

Refugees in Berlin

Story of Tigran

Médecins sans Frontières, Médecins du monde, the German Red Cross, the Berlin Chamber of Physicians and the Charité warmly invite you to the

XIII. Humanitarian Congress: "Ideals, Reality and Compromises: Do We Meet Humanitarian Needs?"

Date: October 28 & 29, 2011 Venue: Charité Campus Mitte, Luisenstraße 64, 10117 Berlin

This year's congress seeks to address questions including the ongoing humanitarian operation in Sudan over the last 30 years; food security in East Africa; as well as medi-cal issues such as cholera, maternal health and Kala Azar. Other panels will tackle the complex situation in Pakistan, 'Fortress Europe' and the controversial UN-resolution

'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P).

Berlin, Germany. According to estimates, there are between 200,000 and 500,000 people without legal resi-dency status, living in Ger-many; around 50,000- 100,00 of them in Berlin alone. Whi-le it is legal to provide them with acute medical care ac-cording to the German Asy-lum Seekers Benefits Act, social services are obligated to disclose their personal information to the immigra-tion authorities (except for emergency situations). On August 30, 2011, the Of-fice for Medical Assistance for Refugees in Berlin and several of its partner organi-zations, informed about re-cent developments in the city. The Office (founded in 1996), is a self-organized non

-governmental organization, which tries to connect per-sons with no legal access to health care with anonymous and free-of-charge treat-ment/ providers. For the past 2 years, a new patient group has grown sig-nificantly. Today, 1/3 of the patients are not illegalized Non-EU residents but EU-residents from new accession countries in Eastern Europe who have either no right or access to health care in their home countries or there is no contractual agreement between Germany’s and their respective countries’ social services. This concerns e.g. seasonal workers as well as minority groups like the Ro-ma population in Romania. As a self-organized, nongo-

vernmental organization, the Office for Medical Assistance was almost closed this year in its 16th year of existence, due to lack of funding, and could only be saved last-minute by private contributions. In a public panel discussion with political representatives from the federal senate, the future of the Office was discussed. It was stated that migration and migrants’ access to health care played no significant role in the campaign for the upco-ming senate elections for all major parties. A common road map to imp-rove the Office's funding or measured to improved access to health care could not be found. Appeals to the politi-cal representatives were ma-de.

More information on

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great enthusiasm and the award

of the winning team has gone

to the “birthday child”. Ever-

yone is enjoying to share the

belief that “another world” is

possible

A moment may sometimes

reflect the total story. This is

a Picture of such“a mo-

ment”. A creative debate has

just ended. Groups have

supported their teams with

The moment

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