Public outrage on the American continent against the European directive concerning the return of illegal third-country nationals. Reactions are particularly bitter in Latin America: unions and political leaders named it "the Directive of Shame", judging that this measure "criminalizes immigrant workers", unjustly making them responsible for the economic crisis. (Ref. 080574)
On June 20, two days after the European Parliament ratified the “return” directive, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) – which represents over 50 million workers throughout the continent – sent a letter excoriating the new European migration policy. This declaration denounces the toughest clauses of the text : permitting the detention of people for up to 18 months before their expulsion, transferring immigrants towards transit countries which are not their country of origin, t
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