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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response

"It was my great opportunity to have experiences both as a beneficiary (migrant with disabilities) and as a contributor (representative of Disabled Peoples’ International –Europe) working with the Council of Europe’s EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement projects on “Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response” and on “Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in the context of natural and technological hazards", stated Mohamed Hannan, (Disabled Peoples' International Europe) addressing the Lisbon Forum 2016 on Migration and human rights on 24-25 November 2016.  This forum is an occasion to share the issue of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities facing challenges, encouraging other stakeholders to protect human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities with slogans such as “Migrants rights are Human Rights”, “Disabled Peoples Rights are Human rights”. Migrants are not just beneficiaries, but also participants with skills and capacities, contributing to the host society. This event allowed me to invite multi-stakeholders to contribute to “more inclusive societies” and "no one left behind" practices. I explained how Disabled people's organization and their representatives could value their important expertise with their living experiences for a more inclusive approach to ensure human rights of Migrants, refugees and asylum seeker with disabilities.”he concluded.

At the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, EUR-OPA reminds the need of the  most vulnerable groups for special protection of their rights taking into account their physical and psychological specificities in order to help them cope better with disasters. EUR-OPA contributes to this aim by developing both policy recommendations and practical solutions to improve the resilience and preparedness of vulnerable groups.

EUR-OPA project

3 December 2016
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