🔍 The meat industry showcases the precarity of employment arrangements as part of broader global economic liberalization. In many countries, its workforce consists mostly of precariously employed immigrants 🤔 Want to know more about it? Check it out⤵️ www.dignityfirm.eu/wp-content/u...

New publication, on measures to protect of migrant workers in he meat industry link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“EU migrant workers and the right to health in the Netherlands during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic” is now published and is available at doi.org/10.1177/1024...

📌 Migrant workers, including those with irregular status, are essential to the EU's economies, particularly to food sectors and industries. Yet, irregular migrant workers face structural difficulties. 🤔 Why? Find out more about it here 👉 www.dignityfirm.eu/wp-content/u... #Repost

📌 Essential, yet precarious work as a key health risk for migrants. Missed this important article? Find out more about it here⤵️ #Repost www.dignityfirm.eu/essential-ye...

Waarom werkgevers in de Nederlandse zorgsector (nog) niet internationaal werven ondanks oplopende tekorten? Lees ons laatste onderzoekspaper: www.ru.nl/onderzoek/on...

Interested in B2B partnerships and global migration? Check out our newest paper with @horizongs4s.bsky.social partners on the business approach.

Check out the latest DigityFIRM policy update. So much happening in EU policies touching, directly or indirectly, on migrant work and international labour markets. Esp. in the field of #CSR. More on that topic soon.

"Strategic Litigation on Behalf of #Migrant Workers" webinar, 📅 Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 🕐 Time: 13:00–14:15 (GMT+1) 📍 Location: Online events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b336cf... #DignityFirm #FIERI #MIRREM #PRIME #DTMF-RHFW #ASGI #ICLAIMEU #Fair_Return #GapsReturns #MoreProject

Over gebrekkige bescherming veiligheid op het werk van arbeidsmigranten in Nederland. On the lack of good OSH protection and sanctions in NL. Good journalism by @investico.bsky.social. Glad I could contribute. More to be done. #dignityfirm #osh

Upcoming conversation on the rights of EU mobile/migrant workers in NL. And how to improve them. Which is needed. www.linkedin.com/posts/legal-...

Ndlse overheid heeft Europeesrechtelijke plicht om uitgeprocedeerde vreemdelingen opvang te bieden. Volgt uit EU Hof van Justitie (12-09-2024, C-352/23, Changu). Kwestie van menselijke waardigheid ➡️ LVV & bed-bad-brood voorzieningen niet sluiten. #mensenrechten #EUrecht #opvang

Fine analysis..yet: the agrisector is a huge (tech)industry highly reliant on seasonal migrant workers, undocumented workers, asylum seekers and refugees, intra-EU mobile workers...What about them? Investigating just that in horizonEurope @dignityfirm.bsky.social

The love, the loss, beautiful film by Jacqueline van Vugt: Como el Viento. A must see. About migration, the mediterranian, the choices we make, the meaning of family. Playing in Dutch arthouse theaters across the country. Following me from elsewhere? Get the movie to play in your theatre!

Today, on #InternationalMigrantsDay we are grateful to all of our brave clients who have stood up to demand their rights, paving the way for better treatment for all. We believe that no one should be disadvantaged in accessing their rights, by their birth or circumstance.

Always a good read: New edition just out with work by @stevepeers.bsky.social and @amyweatherburn.bsky.social www.ru.nl/onderzoek/on...

International Migrants Day! I am spending it with UAF: Foundation that for 75 years has been supporting refugee students and professionals in the Netherlands. Celebrating refugee talent. www.uaf.nl/en/partners/

Unbelievable: Colleges Warn Foreign Students to Get to Campus Before Trump Takes Office www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/u...

Check out our CMR podcast and the working paper on migrant over-education by @tomfratti.bsky.social and team. Also: an interactieve dashboard on www.gs4s.eu. Talking about skills recognition and engaging people living in the EU better. www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

New EU law prohibiting products made with forced labour published in EU Official Journal today eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

There is something especially dark, cynical and shameless about today's Commission Communication on the 'weaponisation' of migration. A troubling endorsement of European states' violations of international and EU law, which doubly punishes people in need of safety. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Helder blogje van collega Ricky van Oers over wat allemaal wel/niet kan van kabinetsplannen mbt #naturalisatie en #inburgering verblijfblog.nl/de-kabinetsp...

Met een enorme projectie op het gebouw heeft vakbond FNV vanochtend politiek Den Haag en minister Eppo Bruins van OCW nog maar eens onze belangrijke boodschap meegegeven: Doe.Het.Niet!🟥

Will workers benefit from destroying products? New EU Regulation: banning products made from forced labor. Yes, a step forward cleaning-up supply chains. Sadly, migrant workers' rights overlooked. @dignityfirm.bsky.social DignityFIRM partner PICUM on the topic: picum.org/blog/new-eu-...

Coming soon: talking about strategic litigation for migrant workers in global context. Do join the conversation:

Opinie: Frans Timmermans trapt vol in de val van extreemrechts

The EU-Pakistan Talent Partnership launched last week aims to boost ties via talent mobility & skills development. But with €3M, just 2-3 projects may emerge, benefiting few. Importantly, no legal migration pathways are linked yet—missing a key lever for impact. #TalentPartnership #LegalMigration

And...another one of my projects joined. So now you know what I am up to. More to follow.

Yes! Introducing on this platform: my HorizonEurope project DignityFirm, on the rights and protection of migrant workers in the Farm2Fork sectors in the EU, Ukraine and Morocco bsky.app/profile/dign...