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The situation of Burmese refugees in Romania

Written question No. 642 to the Committee of Ministers | Doc. 13290 | 13 August 2013

Signatories:
Mr Mogens JENSEN, Denmark, SOC

I refer to the reply (Doc. 13241) of the Committee of Ministers to Question No. 630 concerning the situation of Burmese refugees in Romania (Doc. 13168).

According to Danish media, the refugees in Romania are only entitled to financial support during a period of 9 months as a maximum. During that time, they have, according to themselves, tried hard to find an employment in order to be able to provide for themselves and their families, but there are no jobs available. This means that they have for the last 7 months tried to survive without financial support of any kind from the Romanian authorities.

Mr Mogens Jensen,

To ask the Committee of Ministers,

Does the Committee of Ministers find that this is a decent way to treat internationally recognised refugees, and does the Committee of Ministers find that Romania is meeting its international responsibilities?