18/12/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Marking International Migrants Day (18 December 2025), the Chair of the PACE Migration Committee Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, ECPA) and Pelin Yılık (Türkiye, NR), the Assembly’s rapporteur on Migrants’ and refugees’ access to healthcare, made the following statement: “International Migrants’ Day...
28/11/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE and the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye co-organised a parliamentary roundtable on “The role of public policy to prevent and address disappearances of migrants”. The event, bringing together more than 80 participants, launched the recently published toolkit for parliamentarians on this...
28/10/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Thousands of people die or disappear during migration journeys each year. Many others remain uncounted due to the lack of available data. How can national parliamentarians help prevent and respond to this human tragedy and serious human rights issue? A new PACE toolkit offers practical and...
23/10/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Five students in their late teens from the Central Foundations Schools in London addressed the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons on 20 October in the context of the report by Lord Leslie Griffiths (United Kingdom, SOC) on “The role of diasporas and migrants in building social...
23/10/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In the lead-up to the implementation of PACE Resolution 2586 (2025) on “Immigration as a Strategic Response to Demographic Ageing”, the Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons held a high-level round table in London on 21 October 2025. The event brought...
21/10/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), PACE rapporteur on ending the devastating humanitarian catastrophe and the killing of journalists in Gaza, and Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), PACE rapporteur on ending the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza, made the...
01/10/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“Migration has long been a cornerstone of development and progress,” Arthur Erken, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told the Assembly’s Migration Committee during an exchange of views on the margins of the Assembly’s autumn...
27/08/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“Following the firing of shots by a Libyan patrol boat at SOS Méditerranée's Ocean Viking on 24 August 2025, I am very concerned about safety at sea, both for migrants in distress crossing European waters and for coast guards, navies, NGOs, and volunteers who risk their lives to rescue them...
03/07/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
According to the Migration Committee, which met on 24 June in Strasbourg, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in migration management must balance efficiency gains with protection of human rights “at all stages of the migration journey”. In adopting the report by Petri Honkonen (Finland, ALDE...
19/06/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
On the eve of World Refugee Day (20 June), Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, ECPA), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, made the following statement: “As 2025 World Refugee Day is celebrated with a focus on solidarity, I want to stress how vital it is that...
20/05/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, meeting in Paris on 19 May, 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...
24/04/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“A structured dialogue between the various stakeholders is urgently needed, be they state or non-state actors. This situation is too serious for Resolution 2569 to remain a document in a drawer,” said PACE Vice-President Antonio Gutiérrez-Limones (Spain, SOC), opening a parliamentary conference...