Through Fr Rico Talisic, Stella Maris South Africa believes that migrant fishers on board Taiwanese fishing vessels should receive the right wages, and get better treatment, working, and living conditions. He assumed that their basic human rights were respected. In fact, he had met several times with representatives of the Taiwanese Consulate, vessel owners, vessel managers, and local agents to discuss migrant fishing issues. Despite this, he was shocked to hear some grievances that undermined
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Statement Delivered by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) at the IOM International Dialogue on Migration
During the International Dialogue on Migration, organized by the International Organization for Migration, Víctor Genina, Director of Development and Policy at SIMN, delivered a statement in the panel “Building resilient and peaceful cities and communities”. He denounced the externalization of borders and migratory and refugee procedures, as well as the criminalization of migrants, as the root causes of the growing numbers of migrants´ deaths, including those of the migrants in the migration detention center in