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Bitter Oranges

Following on from “Welcome to Europe!“, a highly informative article by Carole Reckinger & Gilles Reckinger on the plight of sub-Saharan migrant workers in the orange plantations of Rosarno (published in Issue 1 of Le monde n’est pas rond), the … Continue reading

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On editing “Le monde n’est pas rond”

The nightmares and joys of being the editor of an artistic newspaper. Rejecting submissions for lack of quality, deviation of subject, length (the submission guidelines are there for a reason!), and sometimes even for downright disrespect of the readers and … Continue reading

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EMN conference: Gilles Reckinger’s ‘Lampedusa’ & the film ‘Nowhere Home’

Over the next three days, the Luxembourg Contact Point of the European Migration Network will be hosting a conference entitled Freedom of Movement: A Human Right?, at the Cercle Cité in Place d’Armes. The chosen title may seem a rhetorical question … Continue reading

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Child detention and deportation – two Luxembourgish cases

Two weeks ago, immediately after being alerted by members of Personne n’est illégal – Luxembourg and the Association de Soutien aux Travailleurs Immigrés, sections of the Luxembourgish press (Wort.lu, Le Quotidien, and even the front page of L’Essentiel) reported on … Continue reading

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Ciné-Club: Checkpoint, documentaire de Yoav Shamir

Aujourd’hui 15 mai, 65ème anniversaire de la Nakba, le déplacement forcé d’environ 750.000 palestiniens – expulsion qui continue jusqu’à nos jours. Ce soir à 18h30 au Centre Curiel (107 route d’Esch, Luxembourg), le Comité pour une Paix Juste au Proche-Orient projetera le documentaire Checkpoint, … Continue reading

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