Policy and campaigns

03.13.2015 Policy and campaigns

Emmaus International at World Social Forum

Emmaus International will be represented at the next World Social Forum in Tunis, Tunisia from 24 – 28 March 2015. The delegation includes executive committee members and activists from the movement who will take part in discussions about the right to water, international migration and democratic transition.

World Social Forum on Migration

From 5 – 9 December, ten representatives of the four Emmaus international regions are to attend the World Social Forum on Migration in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the last forum in 2012 in Manila, the Philippines, the Organisation for Universal Citizenship (OUC) introduced its plans for a universal citizenship passport. Read more ...

12.19.2014 Policy and campaigns

International Migrants Day – the movement takes action

Up to 1,000 people responded to a call by Emmaus France, Emmaus Europe, Emmaus International and the Organisation for Universal Citizenship to take action in Calais, France on 18 December. Read more ...

12.10.2014 Policy and campaigns

No to the ‘wall of shame’ in Calais!

On 18 December, migrants and the civil society organisations that work with them, the Emmaus movement and the Organisation for Universal Citizenship are calling for people to take part in a large-scale awareness-raising event on International Migrants’ Day in Calais and throughout France: Read more ...

10.29.2014 Policy and campaigns

Support civil society in Burkina Faso

There is growing concern about the situation in Burkina Faso, where in the last few days there have been general strikes, protests and clashes with police. Emmaus Africa, whose board has met in Togo, and Emmaus International reiterate that they lend their full support to civil society organisations there, which are calling for the constitution to be followed and for a democratic change of government.