19/06/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
On the eve of World Refugee Day (20 June), Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation, made the following statement: “This year’s World Refugee Day is special. It is 75 years since the signature of the 1951 Refugee...
12/06/2026 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Christiana Erotokritou (Cyprus, SOC), Rapporteur on “Frontline states: the role of the Council of Europe in implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum” has welcomed today the entry into force of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. “Frontline states have often faced challenges regarding the...
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...