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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Parliamentary Assembly: upcoming reports and visit to Greece

On 6 November 2020, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly, will discuss the following reports and Committee opinions:
“Impact of labour migration on left-behind children”, “Role of parliaments in implementing the United Nations global compacts for migrants and refugees”, “Humanitarian action for refugees and migrants in countries in North Africa and the Middle East”, “Safe third countries for asylum seekers” and “Gender mainstreaming of migration policies”.

It will also consider amendments to its reports on “Effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated migrant children” and on “Rights and obligations of NGOs assisting refugees and migrants in Europe”.

The Committee will furthermore discuss a possible visit to Lesbos, Greece, by an Ad Hoc Sub-Committee to carry out a fact-finding visit following the Moria fires, scheduled to take place on 23 November 2020 (subject to sanitary conditions allowing).

Finally, the Committee will be associated with two web conferences organised by individual members of the Migration Committee. The first on voluntary relocation of vulnerable refugees, following up on an earlier webinar organised in the United Kingdom Parliament by Lord Alexander Dundee (United Kingdom, EC/DA), and the second organised by Ms Serap Yaşar (Turkey, NR) on missing child refugee, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, on 11 November 2020.

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