Newsletter - June 2026
Network of Focal Points on Migration discusses its future development and enhancing member states’ dialogue with Council of Europe
The 13th meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Focal Points on Migration (NFPM) took place in Strasbourg and online on 18–19 June, bringing together representatives of Council of Europe bodies, member states, and international organisations to exchange views on key developments in migration...
Report on mission to Czechia outlines progress in reception and protection of war-displaced Ukrainians
The Council of Europe Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) has released a report following its mission to Czechia in April 2026. Czechia currently hosts the highest per capita number of war-displaced Ukrainians in Europe. The report analyses key initiatives undertaken to support the reception...
PACE: Ensuring that migrants and refugees have effective and free access to healthcare
PACE today called on member states’ health authorities to ensure that migrants and refugees have effective and free access to healthcare from the moment of first arrival, including mental healthcare. Member states should also guarantee these individuals access to vaccination, medicines, and...
Commissioner for Human Rights calls for continued solidarity and human rights protection for displaced Ukrainians in Europe
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, has warned against the premature winding down of protection and assistance for the millions of Ukrainians displaced across Europe by Russia’s ongoing war of aggression. His Observations, build on the Commisioner's earlier...
Council of Europe highlights children’s rights at Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk
At a side event of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, the Council of Europe reaffirmed the vital importance of children’s rights in Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction process. Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the Situation of...
Inter-institutional meeting underlines importance of National Independent Monitoring Mechanisms under the Pact on Migration and Asylum
Representatives of Independent Monitoring Mechanisms (IMMs), including National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) met online to discuss the operationalisation of IMMs under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. This came ahead of its entry into...
ECRI publishes reports on Albania, Austria, Monaco and the Slovak Republic
In June 2026, ECRI published its first reports prepared within the framework of seventh cycle of monitoring. In these reports, it focuses on preventing and combating racist and other forms of hate speech and hate crime against persons affiliated to groups of concern to ECRI, including migrants...
CPT examines treatment and conditions of immigration detention
In June, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) published the report on its October 2025 ad hoc visit to the Netherlands during which it examined the treatment and conditions of immigration detention in two administrative detention centres (Shiphol and Rotterdam)...
Armenia: Strengthening public services through behavioral science
The Council of Europe is increasingly integrating behavioural science into its co-operation activities, and Armenia is leading the way as one of the very first countries to apply this innovative approach to migration management. Behavioral science is often seen as a theoretical discipline. In...
European Court of Human Rights rules in three refugee family reunification cases
On 23 June, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in three cases concerning prolonged failure by the national authorities to rule on family reunification requests lodged by the applicants, who were recognised as refugees in Greece, due to their inability to produce the supporting documents...