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La Division des migrations et des réfugiés (DMR) a été créée le 1er février 2025 au sein de la Direction Générale Droits humains et Etat de droit (DG1) pour assurer le suivi de l'action de l'ancien Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général sur les migrations et les réfugiés. Son mandat consiste notamment à proposer une assistance et un soutien aux Etats membres, en particulier par le biais du Réseau de correspondants sur les migrations, à rechercher, collecter et analyser des informations sur la situation des droits de l'homme des migrants et des réfugiés, ainsi qu'à compléter et coordonner les activités d'autres organes compétents du Conseil de l'Europe et notre action avec d'autres partenaires internationaux, notamment le HCR, l'OIM, l'UE et ses agences spécialisées, et d'autres parties prenantes nationales, régionales et internationales, y compris des organisations de la société civile. La DMR représente le Conseil de l'Europe au sein du Comité de sélection du Prix Nansen pour les réfugiés du HCR, ainsi que dans les Forums consultatifs de Frontex et de l'EUAA.

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New phase “European Qualifications Passport for Refugees”: assessment sessions in Greece and Italy

On 11-15 June 2018, in Athens, Greece, in the context of the new phase (2018-2020) of the project “European Qualifications Passport for Refugees” (EQPR), 48 refugees, from 12 different countries, had their qualifications assessed during the first evaluation session. The refugees were interviewed by credentials evaluators from the national recognition centres (ENICs) of Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Norway. ENICs of nine countries: Armenia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK participate in this new phase of the project. Other partners include the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research and the Conference of University Rectors of Italy. The UNHCR and the Norwegian Ministry of Education also support the project.

On 2-6 July 2018, a second assessment session was held in Sardinia, Italy. 42 refugees were interviewed by credentials evaluators from the national recognition centres (ENIC/NARICs) of Armenia, France, Germany, Italy and Norway and of the universities of Cagliari and Sassari.

A total of 90 interviews have been made this year, resulting in 54 passports issued so far, as the final assessment of the candidates interviewed in Sassari is still on-going. In this phase, online technologies will be used in a greater extent for interviews, applications, and for checking the validity of the document sent to the employers, local authorities or education institutions.

“I’m confident that this project will be instrumental in ensuring that refugees can have their skills and qualifications recognised thereby allowing them to contribute to their new host societies through further education and employment”, said Tomáš Boček, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees in a video message.

The EQPR is one of the initiatives supported by the Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe (2017-2019). The aim of the Action Plan is to support member states in developing and implementing strategies that address the challenges and issues faced by refugee and migrant children. The EQPR is an initiative that contributes to the Action Plan’s objective of ensuring that refugee and migrant children are provided with an education.

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