03/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Important efforts by member states, Italy in particular, have been engaged towards saving more lives at sea. However, a number of concerns still remain..., emphasises Tineke Strik in her second report on the 'left-to-die boat'.
03/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee voiced its concern about the situation of legal immigrants and of their offspring, whose overall levels of integration it believes remain unsatisfactory. The report by Marietta Karamanli examines five areas of integration.
07/05/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“I am deeply saddened by yet another terrible tragedy that has taken place in the Aegean Sea, where 22 people have drowned trying to make the crossing from Turkey,” said Tineke Strik.
04/04/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“On the occasion of World Health Day, we call for adequate access to healthcare for all migrants in Europe, including refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The right to health is a fundamental human right...”
04/04/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A joint parliamentary hearing on the need to eradicate statelessness in Europe, with a particular focus on statelessness among children, is to take place on 9 April on the margins of PACE’s spring session.
13/03/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In line with the report by René Rouquet, the committee, meeting in Paris, expressed its concern about the often deplorable living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) housed in collective centres.
13/03/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Europe is lagging behind in its efforts to resettle refugees – with only 20 Council of Europe member states resettling only 5,500 people in 2013 – and should do a great deal more, according to the committee.
13/03/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Many Council of Europe member states grant refugees the right to work, seeing it as beneficial to host societies, but a gap remains between the legal right and its practical application, according to the committee.
13/03/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee called for the establishment of a transition status for unaccompanied migrant children reaching the age of majority, and for them to continue to be granted, during the transition phase, the most elementary rights.
13/03/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Following the adoption of a Resolution on “Unaccompanied migrant children", the Committee on Migration hosted a workshop to launch a joint field research by UNHCR and the Council of Europe Youth Department.
07/02/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Christopher Chope will travel to Rome, Lampedusa and Trapani for a fact-finding visit in connection with the preparation of a report on “The arrival of mixed migratory flows to Italian coastal areas”.
17/12/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
International Migrants Day, which falls on 18 December, should be an opportunity to “see the person behind the migrant” and celebrate diversity, according to Anne-Mari Virolainen, Chairperson of the Migration Committee.