Back Publication of mid-term review of the Action Plan and interventions in Geneva, San Remo and Warsaw

Publication of mid-term review of the Action Plan and interventions in Geneva, San Remo and Warsaw

On 27 September 2018, the Secretary General’s Special Representative on migration and refugees (SRSG) published the report “Refugee and migrant children in Europe” - Progress in implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe (2017-2019). “All activities foreseen for 2017 have been successfully developed, initiated or completed and activities for 2018 have been initiated or are ongoing”, said the SRSG, Tomáš Boček, who is co-ordinating the implementation of the Action Plan. Among concrete activities achieved are: A training module on the rights of refugee and migrant children for legal and other professionals; Training and a guide for Parliamentarians visiting places where children are deprived of their liberty as a result of immigration procedures; Language support toolkit for adult refugees; European qualifications passport for refugees and CPT factsheet on immigration detention. Ongoing and initiated activities include: New guidelines regarding effective guardianship and age assessment; Handbook on standards and good practices to restore family links; Promotion of alternatives to immigration detention; Two working groups working on measures preventing and suppressing smuggling of migrants; A compendium of good practices in the fight against child trafficking; A survey of member states´ experience on provision of education to migrants and refugees and on integrating them into mainstream education and New guidelines on support measures for transition to adulthood.

On 8 October 2018 in Geneva, the SRSG addressed the conference International Dialogue on Migration 2018 - Towards effective migration governance: partnerships for capacity development”, organised by the IOM, as one of the speakers in the Panel “Partnership frameworks for developing capacity on migration. The conference gathered migration experts worldwide to discuss opportunities and challenges which migration presents. In the sidelines of the conference, he held bilateral meetings with UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour, and the Director General of the UN Migration Agency (IOM), António Vitorino, to discuss the role of the Council of Europe in the implementation of the Global Compact on migration.

On 24 September 2018 in San Remo, Italy, the SRSG delivered a keynote speech at the IIHL (International Institute of Humanitarian Law) Migration Law Course on the topic “Upholding international law and standards in the current migration challenges”. The five-day course was designed for government officials, academia, representatives of international and non-governmental organisations, as well as members of civil society. It focused on the international legal framework governing migration, including the rights and responsibilities of states and migrants.

On 18 September 2018 in Warsaw, the SRSG introduced a working session on the Rights of Migrants at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The session focused on how States can protect the rights of migrants, including refugees and displaced persons, to promote their integration, and to strengthen national systems which support the freedom of movement, such as identity and travel document issuing systems.

SRSG ON MIGRATION AND REFUGEES
  • Diminuer la taille du texte
  • Augmenter la taille du texte
  • Imprimer la page