During the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg (21-25 January 2019), the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons will adopt reports by Petra De Sutter (Belgium) and Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland) on “The Greek Islands: more must be done” and on “Development cooperation: a tool for preventing migration ”crises”. The Committee will discuss the findings of the visit to the Röszke transit zone in Hungary in the framework of the Campaign to End Migration Detention of Children and exchange views on rights and responsibilities of NGOs with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, in preparation of Ms Daphné Dumery’s (Belgium) report “Rights and obligations of NGOs assisting refugees and migrants in Europe”. New reports will be initiated on pushbacks, the UN Global Compacts on migration and humanitarian action in the South Mediterranean.
Newsletter - January 2019
NEWSLETTER SUMMARY
- Border protection and the rights of young refugees and children in focus
- Spain did not breach the Convention when returning migrants to Morocco at Melilla border
- PACE to discuss violence and discrimination against religious minorities
- New study on gender-based asylum claims and non-refoulement
- Launch of toolkit on academic integration of refugees into higher education
- Taking young refugees seriously: key messages from the conference
- North-South Prize 2019 honours the efforts to support the integration of migrants