• Human rights implications of the European response to transit migration across the Mediterranean

    The PACE Committee on Migration (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) on 2 June unanimously approved a draft resolution entitled “Human rights implications of the European response to transit migration across the Mediterranean” making a series of recommendations to the EU, Greece, Italy, and Turkey. The draft resolution is based on the report prepared by Miltiadis Varvitsiotis (Greece, EPP/CD) and will be considered by the Assembly at its next plenary session in Strasbourg, 26-30 June 2017. The draft resolution notes the existence of concerns in both Greece and Italy.

    The draft resolution also contains several misguided recommendations calling on the EU to step up its cooperation with the Libyan Coast Guards and to engage with Libyan authorities to improve conditions in Libyan migrant detention centres. These particular recommendations are disappointing and disturbing coming from PACE whose mission is to uphold the shared values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

    http://website-pace.net/documents/19863/3286228/20170602-TransitMigration-FR.pdf/0606b69d-dd9c-4015-b308-7a77740525da
    #Grèce #réinstallation #relocalisation #accord_UE-Turquie #asile #migrations #MNA #mineurs_non_accompagnés #réfugiés #Italie

    Deux paragraphes sur la situation des #mineurs en Italie :

    84. The i ssue of unaccompanied minors remains a most serious concern, in both Italy and Greece. Both girl and boy migrants are exposed to increased risks and have often suffered from violence, exploitation, trafficking in human beings, physical, psychological and sexual abuse during the journey and in the camps. They undergo an increased risk of being marginalised and drawn into criminal activities. Risks are multiplied when children share space with adults who are strangers to them in overcrowded facilities, not adapted to their specific needs.

    87. There are over 21 000 unaccompanied minors registered in Italy and the percentage of children and young people among new arrivals is on a constant rise. Most of them are swiftly identified and registered as unaccompanied minors upon arrival but r egrettably, many of them are transferred to inappropriate reception conditions due to the lack of specialised centres .

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