Head of Division on Migration and Refugees, DGI, Council of Europe. Ps strictly personal. RPs do not mean endorsement. #HumanRights#Migration#Asylum#Climate
💡 In March 2026, Iranians lodged around 800 asylum applications in the EU+, ranking 22nd among all citizenships despite the ongoing conflict.
ℹ️ 🇻🇪 nationals continued to lodge the most applications, followed by 🇦🇫.
📄 Read the latest #AsylumTrends: https://t.co/g80WQ6uZ47
#ECJ: The mother of a minor EU citizen may benefit from a derived right of residence in the Member State where she resides with her child and of which the child is a national, even if she already has a right of residence in another Member State 👉 https://t.co/DkVCZRTvmu
#Portugal#GRETA stresses need to improve protection of migrant workers by strengthening labour inspection mechanisms, and ensuring that companies involved in #trafficking, particularly in agriculture, are effectively investigated and prosecuted.https://t.co/rr6370lxLA
#ECJ#AG Ćapeta: The action brought by the French National Assembly against EU #asylum and migration legislation on subsidiarity grounds should be dismissed 👉 https://t.co/9BmVqwwZkM
#ECJ: A Member State may investigate fraud linked to a marriage of convenience and establish its existence even after the person concerned has acquired its nationality. #EUCitizenship 👉 https://t.co/JzYVyXvX8G
Germany's extension of its border controls isn't sufficiently justified, the European Commission has said.
Since mid-2024, Germany has beefed up checks & controls along its borders.
Such measures defy the EU principle of free movement of people & goods.
https://t.co/2sH9V0JNpf
📢@coe presented Final Report on its Migration&Asylum Action Plan(2021–2025)to the Committee of Ministers.
It highlights support to member states in protecting vulnerable people on the move and strengthening co-op on #migration and #asylum in Europe🤝🌍
👉https://t.co/qcd90ZUZn4
New Migration Newsletter is out:
DMR Missions to Poland🇵🇱 & Czechia🇨🇿
➡️Migration-related work by PACE, CPT and ECtHR 🧑🎓Refugee qualifications recognition initiatives
👉https://t.co/FuKoAqVLI6
#Migration#Refugees
📢 Operationalising National Independent Monitoring Mechanisms under the Pact on Migration & Asylum
🧭 Effective monitoring & investigations
💻 Online meeting | 11 June 2026 | 10:00–13:15
Co-organised by FRA, Frontex FRO, ENNHRI & @CoE_Migration
(IMMs & NPMs only)
Η Βοηθός Συνήγορος Ε. Σαββίδη και οι ειδικές επιστήμονες Μ. Ραμματά, Α. Πανάγου, Μ. Παπαδημητράκη και Δ. Γιαζιτζή παρουσιάζουν τον Οδηγό για Δημόσιους Υπαλλήλους στην εξυπηρέτηση ευάλωτων ομάδων πληθυσμού @ Πνευματικό Κέντρο - Δήμος Αθηναίων.
🇪🇺🛂 DMR participated in the 40th mtg of the @Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights in Brussels.
Discussions focused on:
⚖️ EU Pact on Migration & Asylum
📘 recast Frontex Regulation
🔍 Independent Monitoring Mechanisms at borders
👉https://t.co/tWJt05jr2W
Η Ολομέλεια του ΣτΕ οριοθετεί τις ανακλήσεις ασύλου για λόγους εθνικής ασφάλειας – Το «ζύγι» ανάμεσα σε μυστικές πληροφορίες και δικαιώματα https://t.co/JTHUkknlDx
$6m gift to UNSW opens the door to university for refugee students. The HMJ Sassafras Scholarship covers tuition, accommodation and living costs for students from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds. https://t.co/XzzMEPEmdM
#ECJ: Access to social assistance and employment: a condition of 10 years’ residence constitutes indirect discrimination against beneficiaries of international protection 👉 https://t.co/SWlq12geot
The #Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights released its 13th annual report, summarising its 2025 observations and recommendations for Frontex, and its Management Board. #Migration
https://t.co/Q372MoHgzz
Le regroupement familial ne représente plus que 5% des premiers titres de séjour délivrés chaque année pour motif familial.
L’INED explique cette forte baisse par les restrictions d'accès mais aussi par l'évolution des profils des demandeurs.
https://t.co/gRILm8DJ4G
30/4/2026
Press Release | The Ombudsman on the progress of the disciplinary probe of the Pylos shipwreck
While 15 months have elapsed since the completion of the Ombudsman's own initiative inquiry into acts and omissions of senior and top-level officials of the Coast Guard regarding the multi-fatal shipwreck of the fishing vessel Adriana off the coast of Pylos on 14/6/2023, the prescribed disciplinary procedures have yet to be initiated. During this period, two successive heads of the Hellenic Coast Guard have been discharged from their duties due to retirement. For more: https://t.co/0HOIyY3wqZ
🇨🇿 @CoE_Migration mission to Czehia: assessing protection & integration of war-displaced Ukrainians under temporary protection.
📊 400,000 hosted (highest per capita)
🎓 90% of children in school
💼 ~80% economically active
👉https://t.co/biiOJzlIhL