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.

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PACE: Sweden’s Justice and Migration Minister and Mayor of Athens take part in the Migration Day debate

On 28 June 2017, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) devoted a full day of its summer plenary part-session to migration, with the adoption of four resolutions and two recommendations on comprehensive solutions to the refugee crisis (rapporteur: Duarte Marques, EPP/CD; see also his information report on the situation in Hungary), transit migration in the Mediterranean (rapporteur: Militiadis Varvitsiotis, EEP/CD), the value of migrants for society (rapporteur: Andrea Rigoni, ALDE) and integration in times of critical pressure (rapporteur: Susanna Huovinen, SOC). The Council of Europe Secretary General and the Commissioner for Human Rights took part in the debate, together with two guest speakers: the Justice and Migration Minister of Sweden, Morgan Johansson, and the Mayor of Athens, Georgios Kaminis.

The Migration Committee held a hearing with a former detained child refugee during the day; side events were also organised: a Living Library; and a virtual tour of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan produced by the UN using 360° virtual-reality technology.

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