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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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CPT visited immigration detention facilities in Turkey and Poland

As part of its periodic visits to Turkey and Poland in May 2017, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited a number of immigration detention facilities.

In Turkey, the CPT delegation visited the Removal Centres in Istanbul-Binkılıç, Izmir-Harmandalı and Izmir-Işıkkent. It also visited rooms for passengers declared inadmissible and new holding facilities for asylum-seekers in the transit zone at Istanbul-Atatürk Airport.

In Poland, the CPT delegation visited the Guarded Centres for Foreigners in Białystok and in Lesznowola.

At the end of each of these visits, the CPT delegation presented its preliminary observations to the respective authorities. It will now draft reports with detailed findings on the situation encountered.

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