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The Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) was created at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DG1) on 1 February 2025 to follow-up on the action by the former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. Its mandate includes suggesting assistance and support to member states, particularly through the Network of Focal Points on Migration, seeking, collecting and analysing information on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees, as well as complementing and co-ordinating activities of other relevant Council of Europe bodies and our action with other international partners, notably the UNHCR, IOM, EU, and its specialised agencies, and other national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society organisations. The DMR represents the Council of Europe in the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Selection Committee, as well as in the Consultative Forums of Frontex and of EUAA.

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Extra-territorial processing of asylum claims, family reunification and missing children in focus

On 8 December 2017 the Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons met in Paris. The Agenda included, among other topics, the challenges of extra-territorial processing of asylum claims and the human rights impact of the ‘external dimension’ of European Union asylum and migration policy. Other subjects for discussion included family reunification, integration and trafficking of migrants and refugees, as well as the situation in countries neighbouring Syria. In addition, the Committee appointed a rapporteur for a new report on Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe.

On 20 November 2017, in Strasbourg, a training seminar in the framework of the Assembly’s Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children for visiting places where children are detained took place. Members of parliaments and Children's ombudspersons used the new Guide to study methodology and practical tools for visits and interviews of detained children and detention staff. The training was organised by the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Children's Rights Division, in partnership with Defence for Children Belgium.

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