Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

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25/09/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons A practical guide for legislators on how to help Belarusians in exile in Europe
29/08/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons International Day of the Disappeared 2024: reinforcing institutional co-operation to search and identify missing migrants
12/07/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons PACE committee, setting out new ways to tackle migrant smuggling, proposes a Council of Europe instrument
10/07/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Committee proposed a set of measures to clarify the fate of missing migrants
02/07/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Greater use of firearms at the border with Belarus: PACE Rapporteur expresses deep human rights concerns at Polish draft law

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Appointment of a new rapporteur on “Artificial intelligence and migration”

Petri Honkonen (Finland, ALDE) was appointed rapporteur on “Artificial intelligence and migration” on 29 May 2024.

Appointment of a new rapporteur on “A shared European approach to address migrant smuggling”

Lord Simon Russell (United Kingdom, EC/DA) was appointed rapporteur on “A shared European approach to address migrant smuggling” on 29 May 2024.

Appointment of a new rapporteur on “Saving migrants’ lives at sea and protecting their human rights”

Paulo Pisco (Portugal, SOC) was appointed rapporteur on “Saving migrants’ lives at sea and protecting their human rights” on 16 April 2024.

Appointment of a new rapporteur on “Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens”

Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) was appointed rapporteur on “Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens” on 16 April 2024.

Appointment of a new rapporteur on “The challenges and needs of public and private actors involved in migration management”

Sandra Zampa (Italy, SOC) was appointed rapporteur on “The challenges and needs of public and private actors involved in migration management” on 21 March 2024.

Appointment of a new rapporteur on “Immigration, one of the answers to Europe's demographic aging”

Kate Osamor (United Kingdom, SOC) was appointed rapporteur on “Immigration, one of the answers to Europe's demographic aging” on 15 March 2023.

Visiting detention centres for irregular migrants

Many parliamentarians across Europe have a right to visit detention centres for irregular migrants and asylum seekers as part of their mandate as national parliamentarians. Yet a survey conducted by the Assembly has shown that this right is not always known to parliamentarians or used to its full capacity. The Committee has developed a guide to raise awareness of this right and encourage and assist parliamentarians in carrying out visits to detention centres. More

Did you know ?

On 22 January 2024, Oleksiy Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/DA) was elected by acclamation Chairperson of the Committee, succeeding Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/CD) who became President of the Assembly.

The three Vice-Chairpersons of the Bureau were also elected by acclamation: Kate Osamor (United Kingdom, SOC) as 1st Vice-Chairperson, Emmanuel Fernandes (France, UEL) as 2nd Vice-Chairperson and Tamara Vonta (Slovenia, ALDE) as 3rd Vice-Chairperson.