Employers are desperate to recruit across Europe. This is the paradox of the current labour market: the balance of power has never been more in favour of workers, yet they still face a severe loss of purchasing power.
Transfers to the most vulnerable, lower taxes, price regulation... European countries are taking steps to contain inflation. Do the measures all rely on the same levers? Are some strategies more effective than others? Here's an overview by Alternatives Economiques.
Lack of data, no clear and binding direction on the documentation required, and no dedicated budget: Italy’s performance on access to Covid-19 vaccination for undocumented non-nationals is rated by Lighthouse Reports as “confused”.
Over the last two years tens of thousands of Belarusians have left for Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and other countries because of the regime’s persecution. The network they developed is now helping refugees coming in from Ukraine.
People living in the Netherlands without official papers have had a hard time getting vaccinated against COVID-19, shows an investigation by Lighthouse Reports.
Spain has vaccinated close to nine in ten of its people, so at a first glance its Covid-19 response looks like a resounding success. But that is not the reality for everyone in the country.
Undocumented people in Belgium are having a difficult time getting vaccinated, and getting proof of vaccination. How many remain unvaccinated as a result is unclear.
Although Ireland scored relatively high with regards to making identification and residency requirements clear, providing access to marginalised groups, and guaranteeing privacy, its policies on vaccinating undocumented people are “confused”, or unclear.
Concentrations of wealth and incomes have increased in recent years. The phenomenon is aggravated by the fragmentation of the labour market and persistent gender inequalities, two recent reports confirm.
A year after the beginning of vaccination campaigns in Europe, a survey coordinated by Lighthouse Reports and Picum reveals that when it comes to vaccinating undocumented residents, governments have often not done enough, and sometimes nothing at all, putting the health of the general population at risk.
2021 was nothing if not intense: the return of Covid-19, natural catastrophes, social unrest, COP26 in Glasgow… Voxeurop invites you on a comic tour with Tom Janssen, gathering some of his best drawings of the past year.
