12/01/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jean-Marie Bockel will be visiting Turkey from 18 to 20 January in the context of the preparation of his report on humanitarian consequences of the threats posed by the terrorist group Islamic State.
11/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In Russia as in Ukraine, most of those fleeing the conflict want to go home, but conditions in the separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine make this impossible,” said Jim Sheridan.
05/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jim Sheridan, rapporteur on “the humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons” will visit Moscow and Rostov-on-Don on 8-9 December, in the context of the preparation of his report.
05/12/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The suspension of the UN Food Programme to Syrian refugees is a genuine disaster, as it will seriously threaten their health and safety and could even cause fresh tensions in the host countries,” said Jean-Marie Bockel.
28/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Diasporas play a more prominent role in today’s politics than in the past, the Migration Committee has said, and diasporas can help to promote democracy both in their countries of residence and in their countries of origin.
28/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A PACE committee has urged all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to fully respect the Minsk ceasefire and to refrain from the use of force and violence, particularly against civilians.
19/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
"The extent and gravity of the humanitarian crisi in Ukraine is not fully appreciated elsewhere in Europe, and not at all in many western European countries,” said Jim Sheridan at the end of a visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv.
14/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jim Sheridan's visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv on 17-18 November will focus on the situation of persons displaced internally within Ukraine by the conflict in the eastern part of the country and the annexation of Crimea.
06/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A delegation of French parliamentarians will make a visit on Friday 14 November to the administrative detention centre for irregular migrants and asylum seekers, at Coquelles, near Calais.
18/09/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“I am horrified that hundreds of people are reported to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean,” said Thierry Mariani reacting today to news of a ramming incident which caused a boat from Egypt.
09/09/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Council of Europe member states should introduce and enforce laws banning the detention of children for immigration reasons, according to a report by PACE's Migration Committee.
24/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee expresses its concern at the consequences of the ongoing conflict for the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. The displacement of large numbers of the population is having a growing impact on the country as a whole.