On 27 January, the Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Gianluca Esposito,  held a meeting with Lord German, PACE General Rapporteur on European Migration and Asylum Policies. They exchanged information on the Council of Europe’s action in the field of migration, including the preparatory work for the political declaration expected to be adopted at the next  formal session of the Committee of Ministers in Chisinau  (Republic of Moldova) in May , following the set of conclusions adopted by all 46 member states in December 2025.

The mandate of the new PACE General Rapporteur on European migration and asylum policies includes ensuring the visibility and coherence of the Assembly’s action to promote Council of Europe standards on international protection, detention, data protection, procedural safeguards, and the prohibition of inhumane and degrading treatments in the way migration, border management and asylum policies are designed by member states.