29/09/2021 | 10:38:10 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Climate change is impacting human life and health in many ways. This summer alone, severe heat waves have caused hundreds of deaths in the United States and Canada, floods have devastated Germany and China, and there have been serious forest fires in Siberia, Turkey and Greece. As climate change intensifies, it is more than necessary to highlight its impacts. I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Ziya ALTUNYALDIZ, for a high-quality report that... 27/09/2021 | 19:39:17 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President, Dear Colleagues, I would like to begin with the allegations in the report with regard to Turkey. Allegations with regard to the involvement of Turkey were based on fabricated facts. We strongly deny that Turkey involved in the transfer of mercenaries as alleged in the report. Furthermore, our colleagues from Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that there was no use of mercenaries in the conflict. There is no compelling evidence... 24/06/2021 | 12:10:54 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, for bringing this sensitive issue to the agenda of this part-session. We are closely following the serious human rights violations perpetrated by Greek forces against irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea. We are deeply concerned about the continued refoulement of asylum seekers, arbitrary detentions, ill-treatment and inhumane... 24/06/2021 | 10:30:38 Good morning, thank you Mr President. Dear colleagues, I would like to congratulate the Rapporteur Mr Paulo PISCO for his excellent report on diaspora. We believe that this draws our attention to some very important issues concerning diaspora policies and what needs to be done to improve their lot. There is a tremendous potential in these diaspora communities, and there are a lot of responsibilities in these host countries to provide them with good conditions so that they can develop properly... 22/06/2021 | 19:04:06 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur for her comprehensive work. While children have been largely affected by the health effects of Covid-19, the pandemic is having a great impact on their well-being. Moreover, the harmful effects of this pandemic are not evenly distributed; they cause more harm to children in already disadvantaged situations and among the most vulnerable are migrant and refugee children. As rapporteur for missing migrant and... 30/01/2020 | 18:05:37 Thank you, Mr. President, Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for your contribution and kind words. I thank you in advance for the support you will give to this fragile and important subject, but of which there is little awareness and of which you will share the solution. I hope that our report, which emphasises that every day a migrant child disappears, will help to gradually prevent disappearances and to find missing minors. Finally, I want to end my speech with a quote from Lord Don... 30/01/2020 | 16:37:35 Thank you, Mr President, dear colleagues, dear Members of the Assembly, During their flight from Afghanistan to Europe, children - a family of nine - were separated from their families. Once they arrived in France, where they were taken in charge by the service for the protection of minors, these children contacted the French Red Cross because they did not know where their families were and could not find any trace of them. The French Red Cross forwarded their request for family links to the... 27/06/2019 | 15:38:06 Madam President, Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur for his report on the issue of violence and exploitation of migrant children. As a rapporteur on missing refugee and migrant children in Europe, I believe that the problem of violence against children and missing children are closely linked. The measures taken to combat violence and exploitation of migrant children, presented in this report, will certainly help to prevent more migrant children from disappearing. Some... 24/01/2019 | 16:32:32 Before beginning my speech, I remind members that this Assembly is not a judicial body, but a parliamentary one. It is unacceptable for the Assembly to seek to supplant the Turkish courts. This report and its accompanying resolution reflect the recent negative attitude of certain members of the Assembly towards Turkey. It disregards the recent challenges with which Turkey has been faced. There is a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly who continues to be prosecuted for publicly... 23/01/2019 | 18:53:52 Distinguished colleagues, may I start by wishing you a happy new year and by thanking the rapporteurs, Mr Damien THIÉRY and Mr Adão SILVA, for their very significant reports? The principle of equal treatment on the right to work is based on a basic principle of justice – the most important concept in natural law – which has been enshrined in constitutions and in the text of our laws. The principle of equality of treatment is a part of the national labour laws of many countries which ban...