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Aegean islands: Greece should urgently transfer asylum seekers and improve their living conditions
Commissioner for Human Rights
31 October 2019
Strasbourg
“The situation of migrants, including asylum seekers, in the Greek Aegean islands has dramatically worsened over the past 12 months. Urgent measures are needed to address the desperate conditions in which thousands of human beings are living,” said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for...
National minorities in Finland: rising intolerance needs tackling
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM)
31 October 2019
Strasbourg
Finland has a long tradition of support for minority languages and cultures, through a well-developed legal framework that is generous towards persons belonging to minorities and affords extensive linguistic rights. However, as in other European countries, levels of intolerance and nationalism...
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