On 15 June 2018, the Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved 11 new lending projects. In particular, one of the projects is a €7 million loan to Per Micro Spa to part-finance sub-projects within two microcredit products: 1) business lending to support microenterprises in the purchase of equipment and goods, for their start-up or for the development of their businesses and 2) family loans to assist vulnerable groups in responding to urgent and temporary financial needs in the domain of health, housing and education. Final beneficiaries will be aspiring entrepreneurs, vulnerable groups and especially migrants and refugees, which have little or no access to the standard banking system.
Newsletter - July 2017
Mandate
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.
Newsletter summary
- Mission to Serbia and the transit zones in Hungary, and synergies with CoE standard-setting bodies
- PACE: Sweden’s Justice and Migration Minister and Mayor of Athens take part in the Migration Day debate
- Commissioner: Issue paper on family reunification, visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina and PACE debate
- Commissioner: Issue paper on family reunification, visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina and PACE debate
- CPT visited Italy to examine the situation of persons in immigration detention
- Conference on smuggling of migrants
- Two rulings in deportation cases
- Italy contributes € 3 million to the CEB’s Migrant and Refugee Fund
- The linguistic integration of adult migrants: lessons from research
- Administrative detention of migrants
- Migrants and Disaster Risk Reduction