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The Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) was created at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DG1) on 1 February 2025 to follow-up on the action by the former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. Its mandate includes suggesting assistance and support to member states, particularly through the Network of Focal Points on Migration, seeking, collecting and analysing information on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees, as well as complementing and co-ordinating activities of other relevant Council of Europe bodies and our action with other international partners, notably the UNHCR, IOM, EU, and its specialised agencies, and other national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society organisations. The DMR represents the Council of Europe in the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Selection Committee, as well as in the Consultative Forums of Frontex and of EUAA.

Back PACE Committee appointed new rapporteurs and adopted a declaration on the situation in Ukraine

PACE Committee appointed new rapporteurs and adopted a declaration on the situation in Ukraine

On 21 March 2022, at its meeting in Paris, the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons appointed Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) rapporteur for a report on “The humanitarian consequences and internal and external migration in connection with the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine”.

During the meeting, the Committee also appointed Mr Birgir Thórarinsson (Iceland, EPP/CD) rapporteur on “The humanitarian crisis emerging for Afghanistan and Afghan refugees”.

Furthermore, the Committee adopted unanimously a declaration calling for a coordinated humanitarian response by member states to evacuate persons who fled the armed conflict in Ukraine from neighbouring countries “by resettlement and relocation, and without discrimination”.

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