16/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
<p>PACE will launch the Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children during a ceremony on 20 April. This campaign aims to encourage states to adopt alternatives to detention.</p>
15/04/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
I am deeply saddened by another incident in the series of tragedies occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, involving the capsizing of a boat full of migrants, in which over 400 people are feared to have drowned, said Daphne Dumery.
24/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Tineke Strik will conduct a fact finding visit to Ankara and Istanbul on 25-26 March in preparation for a report on the issue of 'countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges'.
24/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
At its meeting in Paris on 23 March, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons appointed Doris Fiala (Switzerland, ALDE) as General rapporteur on Ending Immigration Detention of Children Campaign.
23/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In a report adopted today on the humanitarian consequences of the actions of the terrorist group called “Islamic State”, the Committee on Migration made an urgent appeal to all member States to show solidarity and responsibility.
23/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Concerning the continued detention of its member Nadiya Savchenko, the committee recalls that Ms Savchenko is a member of the delegation of Ukraine to the PACE and has been designated a member of the committee.
20/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration will hold a hearing on missing persons during the conflict in Ukraine in the framework of the preparation of a report on the subject due to be submitted to the Assembly in June 2015.
13/03/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Two PACE rapporteurs dealing with migration have welcomed the announcement by the UNHCR of proposals for European action in the Mediterranean Sea, intended to protect the lives of those risking the maritime route.
20/02/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Two rapporteurs dealing with migration have welcomed the announcement by the European Commission of additional measures to address the critical situation of mass arrivals of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
26/01/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called on the Russian authorities to immediately release its member Nadiya Savchenko.
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.