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 8th
Council of Europe Conference of ministers responsible for migration
affairs
on
'Economic migration, social cohesion and development :
towards an integrated approach',
4-5 September 2008, Kyiv, Ukraine
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 Press
release
Programme
Photo gallery
Video of the opening session
Video of the speech by Terry Davis
More photos
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Final Declaration (PDF Format)
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FR
Proceedings of the Conference -
EN/FR
Thematic report:
- Table of contents -
EN,
FR
- Executive Summary -
EN,
FR
- Introduction -
EN,
FR
- Chapter I Migration Management: Towards Social And
Economic Well-Being -
EN,
FR
- Chapter II Development and Migration -
EN,
FR
- Chapter III Migration and Social Cohesion -
EN,
FR
- Chapter IV An Integrated Policy Agenda -
EN,
FR
- Bibliography -
EN,
FR
 Documents:
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Strasbourg, 27.08.2008 – Migration Ministers from the 47
Council of Europe member states will meet on 4 and 5 September in Kyiv (Ukraine)
to discuss current challenges and develop common responses to migration in
Europe.
Discussions will focus on the management of economic migration and its
consequences on economic development and social cohesion, with a view to
promoting co-operation between receiving and origin countries and sharing the
benefits of migration more equitably between them. The conference aims to
develop an integrated approach and help European countries respond to challenges
in a coherent way.
The opening session will be addressed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko and Interior Minister Yurii Lutsenko, Swedish Migration and Asylum
Policy Minister Tobias Billstrom (Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe), Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President and
Migration Committee Chairperson Corien Jonker, Council of Europe Congress
President Yavuz Mildon and French Minister for Immigration, Integration,
National Identity and Cooperative Development Brice Hortefeux. |
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Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of
Europe
Speech |
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Mr Hryhoriy Nemyrya, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
on behalf of Mrs
Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine
Speech -
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Mr Tobias Billstrom, Minister for Migration and
Asylum Policy, Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the
Council of Europe: ''To maximise the benefits of migration and minimise the
difficulties sometimes engendered''
Speech
Discours |
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Mrs Corien Jonker, Vice-President of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: " To encourage migrants to become active in the democratic process
Speech |
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Mr Yavuz Mildon, President of the Congress of Local
and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe: ''Human rights don’t
have a sell-by date''
Speech
Discours |
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Introductory remarks on the Conference themes |
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Mr Brice Hortefeux, Minister for Immigration,
Integration, National Identity and Development Partnership,
French Presidency
of the European Union
Speech -
EN,
FR |
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Mr Yurii Lutsenko, Minister of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
Speech -
EN,
FR,
ua |
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Session I – Economic migration and its management |
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Keynote speeches |
Ms Astrid Thors, Minister of Migration and European
Affairs, Finland
Speech -
EN,
FR
Mr José Magalhães, Deputy Minister of the Interior,
Portugal
Speech -
EN,
FR
Mr Konstantin Romodanovskiy, Director of the Federal
Migration Service, Russian Federation
Speech -
EN,
FR,
ru |
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Session II – Economic migration and development |
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Keynote speeches |
Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Minister of the Interior, Greece
Speech -
EN,
FR
Mrs Lyudmyla Denysova, Minister of Labour and Social
Policy, Ukraine
Speech -
EN,
FR,
ua |
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Session III – Economic migration and social cohesion |
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Keynote speeches |
Mr Peter Altmaier, Parliamentary State Secretary,
Ministry of the Interior, Germany
Speech -
en, fr,
de
Mr Christer Hallerby, State Secretary, Ministry for
Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden
Speech -
EN,
FR |
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Session IV – Towards an integrated approach |
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Keynote speeches |
Mrs Nebahat Albayrak, Deputy Minister of Justice,
Netherlands
Speech -
EN,
FR
Mrs Annemie Turtelboom, Minister of Migration and Asylum
Policy, Federal Government, Belgium
Speech -
EN,
FR
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