02/06/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), PACE General Rapporteur on Migration and Asylum, and Maria Syrengela (Greece, EPP/CD), Rapporteur on The deterioration of women’s rights in Afghanistan: the need for a global response, have expressed alarm at the European Commission’s upcoming talks...
20/05/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Following the adoption of the Chişinău Declaration on migration, PACE’s Migration Committee has requested a current affairs debate on the topic at the Assembly’s forthcoming summer plenary session (22-26 June 2026). The committee’s Chairperson Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC) echoed Assembly President...
13/05/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation, meeting today in Paris, called on member states’ health authorities to “ensure that migrants and refugees have free access to healthcare from the moment of first arrival”, including mental healthcare, with psychiatric...
08/04/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), the General Rapporteur on Asylum and Migration of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has raised the alarm over the position adopted at the end of March by the European Parliament, which would allow for the detention of migrant...
08/04/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co‑operation, made the following statement today: “On Easter night, tragedy once again struck in the Mediterranean. A vessel carrying migrants capsized, claiming the lives of at least...
17/03/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), PACE General Rapporteur on European Migration and Asylum Policies, ending a series of meetings with officials from other international organisations dealing with migration, has urged European lawmakers to uphold international law in migration policy...
16/02/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
PACE’s General Rapporteur on European migration and asylum policies has recalled the foundational role of the European Convention on Human Rights during a visit to the Council of Europe by a cross-party group of British parliamentarians dealing with the question of migration. Lord Michael German...
11/02/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co‑operation, made the following statement today: “Reports from the central Mediterranean following Storm Harry in January 2026 point to a tragedy of immense scale, with estimates of...
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...