Ministers' Deputies CM Documents  679 Meeting, 15 September 1999 6 Social and Economic Questions
6.2 European Committee on Migration (CDMG)
CM(99)108 20 July 1999
The European Committee on Migration (CDMG) held its 40th meeting from 26 to 28 May 1999 with Mrs Nadia MAROT in the chair. The list of participants is set out in Appendix 1 and the agenda in Appendix 2. The Committee took note of the progress of the work of the Specialist Group on Integration and Community Relations (MG-S-INT) and particularly of the seminar on strategies for implementing integration policies, held from 4 to 6 May 1999 in Prague at the invitation of the Czech government. The Group’s final meeting will be held in the autumn (date to be arranged). The Committee examined the 4th draft of the new report on community relations, which bears the provisional title "Diversity and cohesion in a changing Europe" and is due to be finalised by the end of 1999, and gave the MG-ED instructions for the pursuit of its work. It agreed to organise an event in 2000 to launch the publication of this important report. The Committee took note of information on the national round tables on community relations which had been organised at the end of 1998. It was also informed of plans for a Round Table to be held in Ukraine from 6 to 8 July 1999. It agreed to pursue the round table process by organising thematic regional round tables (see proposals for the intergovernmental programme of activities for 2000). It agreed to be more involved in the preparatory work and to ensure the participation of one or two CDMG members in the round tables. The Committee was informed about the ongoing activity on the role of employment services in promoting equal opportunities for migrants and disadvantaged ethnic groups. The Committee agreed to pursue the work done to promote the Convention on the legal status of migrant workers on the basis of Ms Guild’s report. It also agreed to pursue a more general exercise on the legal status of migrants. The Committee agreed to entrust examination of the draft recommendation concerning the security of residence of long-term immigrants, drafted by the MG-R-RES, to a Working Party and gave it the terms of reference reproduced in Appendix 3. The Committee of Ministers is invited to approve the specific terms of reference given to the Group. The Committee was informed that, following the decision taken at its last meeting to carry out a study on the treatment of admitted family members, Professor Groenendijk had been invited to write a report on family reunion. It decided to set up a Committee of Experts to prepare a draft recommendation on this subject and asked its Bureau to prepare terms of reference for it (see proposals for the intergovernmental programme of activities for 2000).
The Committee was informed that, following the seminar on managing migration in the wider Europe (12 -13 October 1998), a Working Group had been set up to prepare a revised and expanded version of the report ("Towards a managing migration strategy") submitted at the Seminar and to draw up a preliminary text of a succinct document for submission to a future Conference of Ministers. The Committee was informed of the results of the meeting of the Specialist Group on Roma/Gypsies (MG-S-ROM) held on 29 and 30 March 1999. Following a request from the delegate of the Russian Federation, the Committee decided to propose to the Committee of Ministers that the Group be enlarged to include one more member. It decided to ask the Bureau to examine, in co-operation with the MG-S-ROM, a rotation system that would enable additional countries to participate in the Group’s work without increasing the number of members. The Committee held an exchange of views on its role and medium-term strategy, and identified priorities to be implemented, keeping in mind the strategy for social cohesion and the need for a regional approach on certain issues (variable geometry) while ensuring the coherence in the Committee. Taking into account the publication in 2000 of two major reports ("Diversity and cohesion" and "Towards a managing migration strategy"), the CDMG considered appropriate that they be launched during a major event (colloquy, symposium, seminar). It gave the Secretariat instructions on activities to be proposed for the draft intergovernmental programme of activities for 2000. The afternoon of 27 May 1999 was devoted to a Seminar on "the political rights of long-term immigrants at local level". The Committee was given information on various related activities under way within the Council of Europe and other international bodies. The Committee agreed to hold its 41st meeting from 1 to 3 December 1999.
ANNEXE 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
Chair/Président: Mme Nadia MAROT (France)
Vice-Chair/Vice-président: Mrs Heide-Marie FENZL (Austria/Autriche) ALBANIA/ALBANIE : Mr Kosta BARJABA, Chief of Cabinet of Director, Department of Migration, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Albania, TIRANA. AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE : Mrs Heide-Marie FENZL, Head of Division, Ministry of the Interior, WIEN BELGIUM/BELGIQUE : M. Michel VILLAN, Directeur, Division de l’Action sociale et des Immigrés, NAMUR. Mr Jozef MOSTINCKX, Directeur d'administration, BRUXELLES
M. Thierry LHOIR, Inspecteur principal, Ministère de l'Emploi et du Travail, BRUXELLES Mme Marie DURT, Assistante Sociale, Service Insertion Sociale, Cohabitation, Commission communautaire française, BRUXELLES
BULGARIA/BULGARIE : Mrs Assia Mihaylova TCHOLACHKA, Chief Specialist, International Agreements and Work Permits Department, SOFIA. CROATIA/CROATIE : Mr Miljenko BUKOVAC, Assistant Minister, Sector for Inspection, Administrative Affairs and Foreign Nationals in the Ministry of the Interior, ZAGREB. CYPRUS/CHYPRE :- CZECH REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE : Mr Tomáš HAIŠMAN, Director, Ministry of the Interior, Department for Refugees and for the Integration of Foreigners, PRAHA Mr Petr TROMBIK, Head of Section for the Integration of Foreigners, Ministry of Interior, Department for Refugees and for the Integration of Foreigners PRAHA DENMARK/DANEMARK : Mr Mark Bang KJELDGAARD, Head of Section, Ministry of the Interior, Immigration Division, KØBENHAVN K Mr Jens KOFOD, Deputy Head of Division, Ministry of the Interior, Immigration Division, KØBENHAVN K
ESTONIA/ESTONIE : Mr Andres KOLLIST, Director General, State Citizenship and Immigration Department, TALLINN FINLAND/FINLANDE : Mrs Meri-Sisko ESKOLA, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Labour, HELSINIKI. Mr Kari ESKOLA, Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Interior, Immigration Department, HELSINKI FRANCE : Mme Nadia MAROT, Chef du Bureau des affaires internationales, Direction de la Population et des Migrations, Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité, PARIS M. Christian LEFEUVRE, Direction de la Population et des Migrations, Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité, PARIS
GEORGIA/GEORGIE : apologised for absence/excusé GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE : Dr Frank HEMPEL, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, BONN. Mrs Martina WENSKE, German Ministry of the Interior, Bundesministerium des Innern, BONN GREECE/GRECE : Mrs Zoi KRAIA, Chef de la Section des Organismes Internationaux et de la Coopération Internationale du Secrétariat Général pour les Grecs à l’étranger, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, ATHENES. HUNGARY/HONGRIE : Mr Peter SARKÖZY, Chief of Section, Migration and Refugee Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BUDAPEST IRELAND/IRLANDE: - ISLAND/ISLANDE : apologised for absence/excusé ITALY/ITALIE : Mrs Vaifra PALANCA, Expert, Dipartimento Affari Sociali, Presindenza del Consiglio dei Ministri ROMA LATVIA/LETTONIE : Mr Ints ZITARS, Head of the Department for Citizenship and Migration Affairs, Ministry of Interior, RIGA LIECHTENSTEIN :Mr Horst SCHADLER, Head of the Office for Immigration, Ausländer und Passamt, VADUZ LITHUANIA/LITUANIE : Mr Janas VIDICKAS, First Deputy Director, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Migration Department, VILNIUS LUXEMBOURG : apologised for absence/excusé MALTE: - MOLDOVA/MOLDAVIE : Mr Valerian REVENCO, First Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Security and Family Protection, CHISINAU. NETHERLANDS/PAYS-BAS : Mr G.L. VAN RIENEN, International Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), EJ THE HAGUE Mr Gerard C DE BOER, Senior Policy Advisor, Directorate General International Affairs and Aliens Policy, Ministry of Justice, EH THE HAGUE
NORWAY/NORVEGE : Mrs Barbro BAKKEN, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, OSLO Mr Stephan MO, Acting Assistant Director General, Ministry of Local Government and Labour, OSLO POLAND/POLOGNE : Mr Maciej KUCZYNSKI, Deputy Director Department for Migration and Refugee Affairs, Ministry of Interior and Administration WARSAW PORTUGAL :M. Joaquim Rosario, Directeur Général, Organisation des Affaires Consulaires des Communautés Portuguaises, LISBOA ROMANIA/ROUMANIE : Mr Marin TUDOR, Head of Office, General Directorate for Passports, Aliens and Migration Issues, Ministry of the Interior, BUCAREST Tel.: +40 1 659 27 32 - Fax: +40 1 312 15 00. RUSSIAN FEDERATION/FEDERATION DE RUSSIE : Mr Oleg MALGUINOV, Deputy Director, Department of International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOSCOW. SAN MARINO/SAINT MARIN : Mme Noemie UGOLINI, Directeur du Musée de l'Emigrant, Centre d'Etudes sur l'Emigration, Contrada Omerelli, République de Saint-Marin SLOVAK REPUBLIC/REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE : Mr Bernard PRIECEL, Director of Migration Office, Ministry of Interior, BRATISLAVA. Ms Katariná ZVAROVÁ, Adviser, Migration Office, Ministry of Interior
Drienova, BRATISLAVA. SLOVENIA/SLOVENIE : Mr Samo DROBEZ, Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Interior, Office for Foreigners, LJUBLJANA SPAIN/ESPAGNE : - SWEDEN/SUEDE : Mr Göran LINDQVIST, Deputy Director, Ministry of Culture, STOCKHOLM. SWITZERLAND/SUISSE : M. Michael BRAUN, Adjoint scientifique, Affaires internationales et analyse, Office fédéral des Etrangers, Département fédéral de justice et police, BERNE-WABERN "THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA"/"L'EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE" : - TURKEY/TURQUIE : Mr. Muzaffer EROKTEM, Deputy Director for Overseas Turkish Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ANKARA. UKRAINE : Mrs Olena MALYNOVSKA, Head of Department on Refugees and Migration, State Committee of Ukraine for Nationalities and Migration, KYIV. UNITED-KINGDOM/ROYAUME UNI : Mrs Julie CLOUDER, Home Office, Race Equality Unit, LONDON Mr Warwick MAYNARD, Home Office, LONDON
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY/COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE European Commission / Commission européenne Mme Floriana SIPALA, Administrateur, Secrétariat Général, BRUXELLES.
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union/ Secrétariat Général du Conseil de l'Union européenne M. Francesco PRESUTTI, Administrator, DG H, Immigration and Asylum, BRUXELLES
OTHER PARTICIPANTS / AUTRES PARTICIPANTS Parliamentary Assembly / Assemblée parlementaire Mme Manuela AGUIAR, Députée, Membre de la Commission des migrations, des réfugiés et de la démographie, LISBONNE.
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe / Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux de l’Europe Ad hoc Committee of Experts on the legal aspects of territorial asylum, refugees and stateless persons / Comité ad hoc sur les aspects juridiques de l’asile, des réfugiés et des apatrides (CAHAR) M. Giovanni KOJANEC, Jurisconsulte, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, DGEAS, ROME.
OBSERVERS/OBSERVATEURS Non member States / Etats non membres Australia/Australie: -
Belarus Mr Aleg IVANOU, Counsellor, Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, MINSK. Bosnia-Herzegovina/Bosnie et Herzégovine: -
Canada Mme Suzanne DAVIDSON, Senior Policy Advisor, Policy, Education and Promotion Division, Integration Branch, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa Holy See/Saint Siège R. Père Antonio PEROTTI
25, rue de l'Hippodrome, 1730 LUXEMBOURG Tel: +352 48 62 35 - Fax: +352 49 63 97 Japan/Japon: apologised for absence/excusé
United States of America/Etats-Unis d'Amérique: -
International intergovernmental organisations Organisations internationales gouvernementales International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) International Labour Office (ILO) / Bureau international du Travail (BIT) International Organisation for Migration (IOM) / Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) Mr Dirk DE WINTER, Senior Regional Adviser for Europe, GENEVA
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe / Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OCDE) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees / Haut-Commissaire des Nations-Unies pour les Réfugiés United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) / Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et la Culture
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) / Association européenne de libre-échange (AELE) Budapest Group / Groupe de Budapest
International non-governmental organisations Organisations internationales non gouvernementales European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) / Confédération européenne des Syndicats (CES) Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) / Commission des Eglises auprès des migrants en Europe (CEME) Mr Arriën KRUYT, General Secretary, BRUXELLES
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) / Commission internationale catholique pour les migrations (ICMC) Père Philippe SCHILLINGS, Senior Liaison Officer European Affairs/Président du Comité Catholique pour les Migrations Intra-Européennes, BRUXELLES
Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE) / Union des Confédérations de l’Industrie et des Employeurs d’Europe (UNICE) Mr Alexandre PLASSARD, Union Patronale Suisse, ZÜRICH
CONSULTANTS Mr Jan NIESSEN, Migration Policy Group, BRUXELLES Ms Elspeth GUILD, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit des Rechtsgeleerdheid, NIJMEGEN
Prof. Giovanna ZINCONE, Commission On Integration, Department of Social Affairs, ROME
SECRETARIAT
Mme Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Director of Social and Economic Affairs, Directrice Adjointe des Affaires Sociales et Economiques
Mr John MURRAY, Executive Secretary of the European Committee of Social Cohesion, Secrétaire exécutif du Comité Européen pour la Cohésion Sociale Mme Maria OCHOA-LLIDO, Principal Administrative Officer, Migration (Secretary to the CDMG), Administratrice principale, Migrations (Secrétaire du CDMG)
Mme Eva KOPROLIN, Administrative Officer, Migration (Co-Secretary to the CDMG), Administratrice, Migrations (Co-Secrétaire du CDMG) Mr Simon TONELLI, Administrative Officer, Directorate of Social and Economic Affairs, Division des Affaires Sociales et Economiques
Mme Hilde LEDY, Principal Administrative Assistant, Migration/Assistante administrative principale, Migrations Mme Brigitte THOMAS, Secretary, Migration/Secrétaire Migrations
Mme Isabelle CHANEL, Secretary Migration/Secrétaire, Migrations Mlle Joëlle FLORENT, Secretary, Migration/Secrétaire, Migrations
ECRI Ms Isobelle JAQUES, Administrative Officer, European Commission against racism and intolerance / Administratrice, Commission européenne contre le racisme et l'intolérance.
APPENDIX 2 AGENDA
APPENDIX 3 SPECIFIC TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. Name of committee: WORKING PARTY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION (CDMG) ON SECURITY OF RESIDENCE OF LONG-TERM IMMIGRANTS 2. Type of committee: Working Party 3. Source of terms of reference: European Committee on Migration (CDMG) 4. Terms of reference:
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