News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On International Migrants Day, OSCE parliamentarians urge co-ordinated response based on principles of comprehensive security
Publishing date: 18 December 2016
COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2016 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration today marked International Migrants Day with a call for European and global leaders to adopt a coherent, co-ordinated response to migration based on the principles of human rights and international co-operation that are at the heart of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s comprehensive approach to security...
ODIHR Director Link calls for humane and co-ordinated approach to migrant integration ahead of International Migrants Day
Publishing date: 16 December 2016
WARSAW, 16 December 2016- Protection of the rights of migrants and their integration remains a challenge that OSCE participating States must face with co-ordination and commitment to humane treatment, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today, ahead of International Migrants Day on Sunday...
Positive agenda on migration governance needed, conclude participants of IOM and OSCE hosted discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 December 2016
VIENNA, 14 December 2016 – Now more than ever there is a strong need for inclusive and collaborative dialogue promoting a positive agenda on migration governance, conclude in Vienna today participants of a discussion hosted by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the development of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, following the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted by the UN General Assembly in September...
OSCE-supported workshop in Chisinau explores trends in labour migration and gender in Central and Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
CHISINAU, 23 November 2016 – Representatives of OSCE participating States in Central and Eastern Europe as well as international organizations and civil society concluded a three-day workshop today in Chisinau on contemporary trends in labour migration and gender in Central and Eastern Europe...
OSCE organizes study visit on readmission for Kazakhstan officials
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the European Union’s Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) organized a study tour to Riga, Latvia from 8 to 11 November 2016 for four officials from the Internal Affairs Ministry and National Security Committee on irregular migration management and readmission procedures...
OSCE hosts conference in Skopje on addressing human trafficking along Western Balkan migration routes
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
SKOPJE, 27 October 2016- Some 60 representatives of national authorities, civil society and OSCE field operations from South-Eastern Europe called for an enhanced regional response to human trafficking at the start of a two-day OSCE regional conference in Skopje on promoting synergies and common approaches in addressing human trafficking along the Western Balkan migration routes...
OSCE trains Mongolian law enforcement personnel on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 17 October 2016
ULAANBAATAR, 17 October 2016 – A one-week intensive training course for Mongolian law enforcement personnel aimed at increasing their operational awareness to detect forged travel documents started today in Ulaanbaatar. This is the first of a series of trainings courses organized by the OSCE on detecting forged documents that will take place every autumn in Mongolia over the next five years to 2020...