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PICUM
Medibüro is a member of PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants), a Brussel based international NGO. The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants aims at promoting respect for the human rights of undocumented migrants within Europe. 

The aims of PICUM are:

  1. To promote respect for the basic social rights (such as the right to health care, the right to shelter, the right to education and training,  the right to a minimum subsistence, the right to family life, the right to moral and physical integrity, the right to legal aid, the right to organise and the right to fair labour conditions) of undocumented migrants
  2. To promote regularisation of undocumented migrants
  3. To promote respect for human rights and humane treatment during the process of involuntary return of undocumented migrants
In march 2001, PICUM organized an "Experts Seminar on Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants" in which the Medibüro participated. After the seminar, a publication was composed, which can be ordered at the internet-page of PICUM.

In June 2007 the PICUM International Conference on Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants took place in Europe. The conference report can be downloaded in English and in French.

On the 19th November 2007, a report on "Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants in Europe" was published by PICUM. The report presented the findings and recommendations of PICUM's two year EU project 'Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants in Europe'. Field trips were carried out in 11 countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK) and numerous meetings were held in Brussels with our 19 partner organisations consisting of NGO's, Health Care Professionals and Local Authorities.
The report detailed legislation and practice concerning health care for undocumented migrants in each of the countries and highlighted  growing reliance upon civil society actors to provide urgent and life-saving care to those in need.