EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled
ETTW President Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ says: “Europeans Throughout The World (ETTW) has been deeply shocked by the contents of recent press articles(https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/13/eu-citizens-arriving-in-uk-being-locked-up-and-expelled) reporting on the treatment inflicted by British authorities to several EU nationals arriving in UK airports to seek employment in early May. It is utterly unacceptable to depriveRead More
ETTW News, April 2021
Upcoming Europeans Throughout the World events on: The changing European migration patterns; involving diasporas in the political life of their home countries; and the new ways and methods for teaching mother tongue languages and home country culture. Webinar on The Changing Migration Patterns in Europe ETTW is setting upRead More
The Latvian case
ETTW contacts national parliament on draft legislation restricting the use of languages for campaigning in municipal and European elections. Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’ says: ‘This case shows the importance of aligning forces and ideas behind the defense of European citizenship and the rights of mobile EU citizens.’ Earlier this year, ETTWRead More
Traveling is no luxury but a necessity for mobile Europeans
The world is going through an unprecedented and dramatic health crisis. More than 100 million people have been infected with Covid-19 and nearly 2.5 million have died. It is an unimaginable tragedy on the scale of a century once expected to be safe from pandemics. No country, no region ofRead More
Position paper on the Challenge of the Covid-19 Pandemic for European Diasporas inside and outside the EU
The Covid Pandemic puts human lives in danger and stretches health care systems to their limits all over the world. It is therefore important to find the right tools to alleviate this and – in respect of the principle of proportionality – progressively target such measures better as we experienceRead More
ETTW Webinar “How to engage mobile EU citizens to vote?”
Europeans Throughout the World(ETTW) webinar will showcase civic initiatives and best practice examples from across Europe which engage mobile EU citizens to vote. About this Event Best practice webinar 12.00 Intro: Elina Pinto, moderator/ELA 12.05 Keynote: Pierre-Yves Le Borgn’, ETTW president 12.20 Best practice examples | Q&A Lithuanian experience –Read More
Vaccinations, expats voting in their country of origin and respect of EU citizens’ rights across Europe’s borders
ETTW’s Board met January 21 to exchange views and decide on these issues which have been accentuated by the present Corona crisis. The rolling out of the individual EU member states’ vaccination schemes often leaves European diasporas in difficult situations as to where, when and how to get theRead More