26/06/2025 Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today called on member states to strengthen the co-operation between public and private actors involved in migration management, whether in terms of first assistance, reception, or inclusion of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. According to PACE, the actors involved must exercise their tasks with respect for human rights in order to ensure, in particular, a dignified assistance for migrants.
In order to respond to the needs of public and private actors involved in the reception and the inclusion of migrants, PACE, adopting a resolution based on the report by Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC), invited member states to favour decentralised decision-making by empowering local government bodies and local communities to design and implement integration programmes.
With a view to facilitate the contribution of public and private actors to the inclusion of refugees and strengthen social cohesion within host communities, PACE called on member states to prioritise smaller reception facilities and adopt the model of “integrated reception” going beyond the mere distribution of food and accommodation, and providing individual programmes that enable people to regain an effective involvement in life in the community.
Finally, parliamentarians advocate public-private co-operation in informal contexts where the humanitarian situation is very concerning. National authorities and local government bodies should put in place specific measures to assist people living in informal settlements, to respond to their basic needs and orient them to local services, they emphasised.