Newsletter - December 2021
Publication of the report on a fact-finding mission to Turkey, meeting of Focal Points on Migration, and International Migrants Day
On 8 December 2021, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees, Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek, published a report on his fact-finding mission to Turkey. The aim of the mission was to provide a picture of the situation of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers...
Recent migration-related court judgments and decisions
On 2 December 2021, the European Court of Human Rights held down a Chamber decision in the case of Jallow v. Norway (application no. 36516/19). The applicant, Ebrima Pa Jallow, is a Gambian national who lives in Gambia. The case concerned proceedings in which he lodged an application to be...
Visit to Austria, and letter to the authorities of UK and France on Channel crossings
On 20 December 2021, following a visit to Austria from 13 to 17 December, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović said that “I welcome the work done by the agency to accommodate all those arriving in good sanitary conditions, but the centre is reaching its limits, due to...
The CPT visited Greece, Austria and Lithuania to examine persons deprived of their liberty, including migrants
From 10 to 20 December 2021, a delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Lithuania to examine the treatment and conditions of detention of persons held in police and prison...
PACE Migration Committee: “Europe must remain committed to open and regular channels for migrant workers”
On 18 December 2021, Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC), Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, made a statement on the occasion of International Migrants Day. “We can celebrate the creation of the International Organisation for Migration 70 years ago,...
Follow-up to the International Conference on Statelessness
From 1 to 3 December 2021, in Strasbourg, the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) held its 97th plenary meeting. The Committee took decisions with respect to further work or actions to be considered by the Committee regarding a wide range of topics, including, statelessness and the...
EQPR Training on Afghanistan situation and its impact on the education system
On 10 December 2021, the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) project´s Task Force on Afghanistan organised a webinar to share the first findings and observations to capture the recent developments in the country and provide an analysis of how these changes impact the system of...
A new draft Recommendation on intercultural integration
From 7 to 9 December 2021, the Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity, and Inclusion (CDADI) held its fourth meeting and unanimously endorsed a new draft Recommendation on intercultural integration on multilevel policies and governance for intercultural integration and decided to submit it...