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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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New complaint registered concerning Belgium

On 25 January 2022, the European Committee of Social Rights published a new collective complaint concerning Belgium, Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) v. Belgium (No. 203/2021). The FEANTSA alleges that the Flemish housing policy does not sufficiently succeed in improving the difficult housing situation of many families and that this is particularly true for the most vulnerable residents such as homeless families with children, migrant workers and Travellers, in violation of the above-mentioned provisions of the Charter.

The complaint relates to Articles 11 (the right to protection of health), 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 19§4.c (the right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection) and E (non-discrimination) of the revised European Social Charter.

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