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Special Representative on Migration and Refugees to visit Turkey
The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees (SRSG), Ambassador Drahoslav Štefánek, will visit Turkey from 15 to 26 March 2021. He will assess the current situation and developments since the last visit carried out by the former SRSG in 2016 concerning respect for...
Torture prevention committee calls on Malta to improve treatment of detained migrants
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, known as CPT, has published today a report on a rapid reaction ad hoc visit carried out in Malta, focussing on immigration detention, and the response of the Maltese government. The Committee...
Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 9 to 11 March. Information on the cases to be examined in detail this week is available here(*) Decisions...
European countries must urgently change migration policies which are endangering refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean
"European countries are failing to protect refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean. Backsliding in the protection of the lives and rights of refugees and migrants is worsening and causing thousands of avoidable deaths each year”, says Dunja Mijatović, the Council of...
