Migration

Migration
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The Ad Hoc Committee on Migration was established following a unanimous decision taken by the Standing Committee on 25 February 2016 at the Winter Meeting in Vienna. Serving as a focal point for the OSCE PA’s work in the field of migration in all three dimensions of the OSCE – political and security matters, economic issues, and human rights and humanitarian questions – the Ad Hoc Committee develops policy recommendations aimed at enhancing OSCE work in the field of migration and at improving the treatment of, and prospects for, migrants in OSCE countries. 

Background

migr cmm imag.pngSince issuing a special report on the Syrian refugee crisis in February 2013, the OSCE PA has increasingly devoted attention to this critical issue. As the crisis deepened in 2015, PA delegations visited a refugee camp in Harran, Turkey, and met with migrants, refugees and officials in Rome, at the First Aid Reception Center in Lampedusa and several reception centers for asylum seekers in Sicily.

The PA debated migration at each of its meetings in 2015, and at the 2016 Winter Meeting, the bureau of the Assembly's human rights committee issued a report, "Migration Crisis in the OSCE Area: Towards Greater OSCE Engagement." The report provided a thematic overview of PA activities on the migration crisis and offered lines of action for further OSCE work on the issue. This also resulted in the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Migration by the Standing Committee at the 2016 Winter Meeting.

The Committee was chaired from September 2023 to March 2025 by Vice-President Daniela De Ridder (Germany).

Take a look at our PDF factsheet for more information on the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration.

 

Mandate:

  • Serve as a focal point for the OSCE PA’s work in the field of migration in all three dimensions of the OSCE: political and security questions; economic issues; and human rights and humanitarian questions; and report back to the President and the Standing Committee;
  • Develop policy recommendations aimed at enhancing OSCE work in the field of migration and at improving the treatment of, and prospects for, migrants in OSCE countries;
  • Promote discussion within the Assembly on issues related to migration, and promote parliamentary exchanges of best practice in these fields;
  • Work closely with the OSCE Secretariat and Institutions as well as with relevant outside actors on issues related to migration to promote the understanding among the members of the Assembly of the importance of the work done in this field.

 

The Ad Hoc Committee consists of the following members. 

Members:

  • Chair, Vacant
  • Kemal Çelik (Türkiye), Vice-Chair
  • Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (Cyprus), Vice-Chair
  • Farah Karimi (The Netherlands), Vice-Chair
  • Gudrun Kugler (Austria), Vice-Chair
  • Alessandro Alfieri (Italy)
  • Jan Bauer (Czechia)
  • Valérie Boyer (France)
  • Johan Büser (Sweden)
  • Fabrizio Comba (Italy)
  • Halis Dalkılıç (Türkiye)
  • Hedy Fry (Canada)
  • Gwen Moore (United States)
  • Lucie Potůčková (Czechia)
  • Artemi Vicent Rallo (Spain)
  • Liliana Reis (Portugal)
  • Özgül Saki (Türkiye)
  • Angelos Syrigos (Greece)
  • Baroness Rosie Winterton (United Kingdom)

 

Below are links to press releases and reports from recent years regarding the attention the OSCE PA has paid to this issue. Check back regularly for updates on the Committee’s work.

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