On 28 March 2017 in Istanbul, the Council of Europe´s EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement organised a discussion session on “Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience” focusing on the need for more co-ordinated, integrated and inclusive approaches to disaster risk reduction with regard to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. More than one hundred participants prepared recommendations on the importance of taking migrants into account in risk management, which will be presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico, on 22-26 May 2017. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Turkey, represented by the Turkish Disaster Management Authority (AFAD), in the framework of the 2017 European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR). The European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) promotes the integration of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in disaster risk-reduction activities. The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction is co-organised by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Council of Europe’s EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement and the European Commission.
Newsletter on migration and refugees - April 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.
- SRSG publishes thematic report on migrant and refugee children
- Detention of asylum-seekers and migrants in border zones, migrants subjected to human trafficking and forced labour
- Commissioner concerned about detention and lack of integration of migrants and asylum seekers
- CPT publishes factsheet on immigration detention
- Congress adopted resolution and recommendation on migration
- Migration, refugees and displaced persons at the upcoming PACE session
- Guardianship, age assessment and prevention of sexual exploitation in focus
- First European qualifications passports for refugees issued in Greece
- CEB approves new lending projects
- Reducing migrants’ exposure to risks