23/01/2018 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Following the launching of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policy in Lisbon in September 2017, the first regional seminar of the Network will take place, at the invitation of the Moroccan Parliament, on 8 February in Rabat.
18/12/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
“This year, International Migration Day is probably the most inglorious day for Europe”, today said Petra De Sutter (Belgium, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on conditions of reception of refugees and migrants.
15/12/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
On International Migrants’ Day (18 December), the committee calls on Council of Europe member States to put the humanitarian situation of migrants, refugees and IDPs back at the top of their agendas.
12/12/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
The Committee is alarmed at the humanitarian situation which is the consequence of the war in Eastern Ukraine and of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. More than 4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
30/11/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
"I noted the immense efforts achieved by the Georgian Government in providing housing, welfare and social integration for the hundreds of thousands of persons displaced from the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," said Killion Munyama.
20/11/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
"Today is Universal Children’s Day, a day on which we celebrate the UN Convention which reminds us that children are first and foremost children, irrespective of the national, ethnic or any other status,” said Doris Fiala.
20/11/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Petra De Sutter (Belgium, SOC) called upon the Greek Government to hear the repeated call of the NGOs and respond with a plan for this winter to relieve the Greek islands of Samos, Lesbos and Chios.
17/10/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Ulla Sandbæk, rapporteur on family reunification for migrants and refugees, speaking ahead of a meeting with EU officials, has underlined the suffering that migrants can experience if they are separated from their families.
20/09/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
UNICEF reports that some 170,000 unaccompanied minors arrived in Europe in 2015-2016, often having no identity documents. In order to offer them protection and assistance, it is necessary to determine their age.
08/09/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
PACE today in Lisbon launched the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies, whose aim is to promote policy and legislative reforms regarding the role of diasporas in countries of origin and host societies.
07/09/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
"Diasporas are much more than movements of populations: they are a factor in cultural enrichment and plurality, in both the countries of reception and origin," said Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues.
07/09/2017 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
“Migration is an opportunity for making our societies stronger and better adapting them to the challenges of the modern world,” said René Rouquet, Vice-President of the PACE, in Lisbon today in his opening speech.