Council of Europe

For several years now the Committee has been drawing attention to the fact that migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons continue to be one of the most vulnerable sections of society and that there is a need not only to strengthen their rights but also to secure the effective exercise of these rights. The Committee is sensitive to the fact that women migrants, women asylum seekers, refugees are not in the same situation as men and pays special attention to them in its work.

• Unaccompanied minors in Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return
Doc. 12539|Resolution 1810 (2011)|Recommendation 1969 (2011)
• Preventing harm to refugees and migrants in extradition and expulsion cases: Rule 39 indications by the European Court of Human Rights
Doc. 12435|Resolution 1778 (2011)|Recommendation 1956 (2011)
• Solving property issues of refugees and displaced persons
Doc. 12106|Resolution 1708 (2010)|Recommendation 1901 (2010)
• Roma asylum seekers in Europe
Doc. 12393|Resolution 1768 (2010)|Recommendation 1941 (2010)
• Improving the quality and consistency of asylum decisions in the Council of Europe member states
Doc. 11990|Resolution 1695 (2009)|Recommendation 1889 (2009)
• Europe’s “boat-people”: mixed migration flows by sea into southern Europe
Doc. 11688/a>|Resolution 1637 (2008)|Recommendation 1850 (2008)
• Assessment of transit and processing centres as a response to mixed flows of migrants and asylum seekers
Doc. 11304|Resolution 1569 (2007)|Recommendation 1808 (2007)

Work in progress:

The Committee is currently preparing a report on “The situation of Roma in Europe: movement and migration”, on “Management of mixed migration and asylum challenges beyond the European Union’s Eastern border” as well as a report entitled “Unaccompanied migrant children: what rights at 18?”.