Nikos Sitaropoulos

Head of Division on Migration and Refugees, DGI, Council of Europe. Ps strictly personal. RPs do not mean endorsement. #HumanRights #Migration #Asylum #Climate

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

💡 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

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#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

[Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos]

#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

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#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

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#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

[InfoMigrants @InfoMigrants]

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

[Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos]

#Greece to bring in 5,000 Egyptian farm workers to close agricultural labour gap #migration https://t.co/h6umpEcA0G

[Council of Europe Migration and Refugees @CoE_Migration]

📢@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

[Council of Europe Migration and Refugees @CoE_Migration]

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

[Council of Europe Migration and Refugees @CoE_Migration]

📢 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)

[Συνήγορος του Πολίτη @Synigoros]

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.

[Council of Europe Migration and Refugees @CoE_Migration]

🇪🇺🛂 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

[Dikastiko.gr @Dikastiko_gr]

Η Ολομέλεια του ΣτΕ οριοθετεί τις ανακλήσεις ασύλου για λόγους εθνικής ασφάλειας – Το «ζύγι» ανάμεσα σε μυστικές πληροφορίες και δικαιώματα https://t.co/JTHUkknlDx

[Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos]

UN Committee against Torture takes a stand against #Italy leadership in “letter of nine” process #migration https://t.co/AKr44G4273

[Jane McAdam @profjmcadam]

$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

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#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

[Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos]

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

[InfoMigrants Français @InfoMigrants_fr]

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

[Συνήγορος του Πολίτη @Synigoros]

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

[Council of Europe Migration and Refugees @CoE_Migration]

🇨🇿 @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