Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
PICUM
PICUM - the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that aims to promote respect for the human rights of undocumented migrants within Europe.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
28 Oct 2025 · Facilitation Directive
Meeting with Magnus Brunner (Commissioner) and
15 Oct 2025 · Meeting of Commissioner Brunner with PICUM
Response to Union of Equality: Anti-racism Strategy 2026-2030
7 Jul 2025
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Border Violence Monitoring Network
2 Jul 2025 · Facilitation Directive
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
14 Apr 2025 · Facilitation Directive Rapporteur's Draft (staff-level)
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Centre for European Policy Studies
26 Mar 2025 · Effectiveness of EU Policy on Non-Returnable Third Country Nationals and Ways Forward
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
17 Mar 2025 · Facilitation directive; entry-exit-system
Meeting with Magnus Brunner (Commissioner) and
26 Feb 2025 · Child participation, protection of children’s rights in migration, protection of children from crime
Meeting with Esther Pozo Vera (Head of Unit Migration and Home Affairs) and
19 Feb 2025 · Consultation with civil society organisations on the review of the safe third country (STC) concept
Meeting with Cecilia Strada (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Feb 2025 · Facilitation Directive; upcoming Return proposal; legal migration and protection of asylum right in Europe
Meeting with Magnus Brunner (Commissioner) and
4 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on return's legislation
Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu (Executive Vice-President) and
13 Dec 2024 · Roadmap towards an EU anti-poverty strategy
Meeting with Lucia Yar (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and International La Strada Association
15 Nov 2024 · Victims´ Rights Directive
Meeting with Marit Maij (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Oct 2024 · Exchange of views
Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and
16 Oct 2024 · Cooperation on LIBE related matters
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
27 Jun 2024 · Criminalisation of people on the move
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and
12 Jun 2024 · Outreach and awareness in the next mandate
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2024 · Evaluation of PICUM's work (Staff-level)
Meeting with Giuliano Pisapia (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
4 Mar 2024 · Revision of the Victims' Rights Directive
Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
13 Feb 2024 · Facilitators Package - stakeholders’ consultation meeting
Meeting with Giuliano Pisapia (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
27 Nov 2023 · Revision of the Victims' Rights Directive
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Border Violence Monitoring Network
16 Nov 2023 · Screening Regulation (staff level)
Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
15 Nov 2023 · CEAS and APR
Response to Commission Recommendation on integrated child protection systems
19 Oct 2023
Meeting with María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
18 Oct 2023 · Revision of the Victims Rights Directive
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
12 Oct 2023 · New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
2 Oct 2023 · Return Directive
Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
28 Sept 2023 · Violence against women and domestic violence
Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
14 Sept 2023 · Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence
Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
31 Aug 2023 · Single Permit Directive
Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Jul 2023 · Asylum and Migration Pact
Meeting with Eugenia Rodríguez Palop (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and International La Strada Association
17 May 2023 · Trafficking
Meeting with Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
13 Apr 2023 · Trafficking
Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
15 Mar 2023 · Screening Regulation
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
22 Feb 2023 · Screening Regulation (Staff-level)
Response to Commission Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health
14 Feb 2023
Meeting with Gosia Pearson (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Morella Siemers (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)
2 Dec 2022 · Trafficking in Human Beings Labour Migration
Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Oct 2022 · migrant rights
Meeting with Morella Siemers (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)
25 Aug 2022 · Skills and Talent package and the fight against forced labour.
Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament) and
11 May 2022 · AI Act
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
19 Apr 2022 · Ensuring rights and protection beyond asylum in the EU
Meeting with Lena Düpont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
19 Apr 2022 · Asylum and Migration
Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and
6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine
Meeting with Lena Düpont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
15 Mar 2022 · Asylum and Migration
Meeting with Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
10 Dec 2021 · Skills and Talent package & revision of the Single Permit Directive
Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and
2 Mar 2021 · Consultation with the members of the Expert Group on the views of migrants regarding the Talent Partnerships
Meeting with Lena Düpont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
23 Feb 2021 · return directives and migration
Response to Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on a Child Guarantee
7 Oct 2020
Response to Communication to the Institutions - A New Pact on Asylum and Migration
18 Aug 2020
Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and
5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery
Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and
14 Feb 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations
Meeting with Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and Eurodiaconia
4 Jul 2017 · Social exclusion of undocumented migrants
Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and
8 Mar 2017 · Migration
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
26 Jan 2017 · Protection of fundamental rights and rule of law
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and
18 Oct 2016 · CHildren in migration
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
17 Feb 2016 · Roundtable Fundamental Rights
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
5 May 2015 · Upcoming migration agenda