Newsletter - March 2019
Alternatives to detention and integration of migrants on the agenda
On 4 April 2019, the Special Representative, together with the Council of Europe Human Rights Policy and Co-operation Department, the European Commission, and the European Migration Network, organises the international conference “Effective Alternatives to the Detention of Migrants. The Special...
Inadequate protection of unaccompanied children in Greece and France
On 28 February 2019, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a Chamber judgment in the case of Khan v. France (application no. 12267/16), concerning the failure by the French authorities to provide an unaccompanied foreign minor with care before and after the dismantling of the makeshift...
The Commissioner intervenes before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning family reunification in Denmark and visits Hungary
On 8 February 2019, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning family reunification in Denmark. The case of M.A. v. Denmark concerned the refusal to grant family reunification to a person with...
Greece: CPT criticises once again the poor treatment of immigration detainees
On 19 February, the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published the report on its ad hoc visit to Greece carried out in April 2018, together with the response of the Greek authorities. In the course of the visit, the...
Upcoming migration-related reports and Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies meeting
On 11 April 2019, during the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the report on “The situation of migrants and refugees on the Greek islands: more needs to be done” by Petra De Sutter (Belgium, SOC), will be debated. On 26 March 2019, in Paris, the PACE...
Conference on Effective Alternatives to the Detention of Migrants
On 4 April 2019, the Special Representative is organising together with the Council of Europe Human Rights Policy and Co-operation Department, the European Commission, and the European Migration Network, the international conference “Effective Alternatives to the Detention of Migrants. The...
The role of education in supporting refugees’ integration - joint event in Strasbourg
On 1 March 2019, 14 of the 28 refugees who were awarded the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR), during a week of evaluations in Strasbourg, received their Passports in a public ceremony at Strasbourg City Hall. The ceremony followed a roundtable on the role of education in...
Intercultural experts visited the cities of Izhevsk and Kepez
In February, the Intercultural Cities programme (ICC) carried out two intercultural expert visits to the cities of Izhevsk (Russian Federation) and Kepez (Turkey). The visits are regular activities carried out by the Intercultural Cities programme to deepen the assessment of the community´s...
- 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