20/03/2015 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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, Refugees and Displaced Persons
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.
05/12/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Jim Sheridan, rapporteur on “the humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons” will visit Moscow and Rostov-on-Don on 8-9 December, in the context of the preparation of his report.
05/12/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
The suspension of the UN Food Programme to Syrian refugees is a genuine disaster, as it will seriously threaten their health and safety and could even cause fresh tensions in the host countries,” said Jean-Marie Bockel.
28/11/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Diasporas play a more prominent role in today’s politics than in the past, the Migration Committee has said, and diasporas can help to promote democracy both in their countries of residence and in their countries of origin.
28/11/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
A PACE committee has urged all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to fully respect the Minsk ceasefire and to refrain from the use of force and violence, particularly against civilians.
19/11/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
"The extent and gravity of the humanitarian crisi in Ukraine is not fully appreciated elsewhere in Europe, and not at all in many western European countries,” said Jim Sheridan at the end of a visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv.
14/11/2014 | Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Jim Sheridan's visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv on 17-18 November will focus on the situation of persons displaced internally within Ukraine by the conflict in the eastern part of the country and the annexation of Crimea.