News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Overcoming myths about migration and migrants, engaging in more balanced and fact-based dialogue is vital, say participants at IOM and OSCE discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 18 December 2017
VIENNA, 18 December 2017 – Now more than ever, there is a strong need to overcome myths and misconceptions about migration and migrants and to engage in a more balanced and fact-based dialogue about a phenomenon that has shaped humanity, said participants at a IOM and OSCE-hosted discussion, Perception is not reality – Towards a new narrative of migration, today in Vienna...
OSCE countries must show leadership on migration, says PA’s Lombardi on International Migrants Day
Publishing date: 18 December 2017
COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2017 – Today’s observation of International Migrants Day is an opportunity to build momentum towards adopting a strong global compact at the United Nations next year, said Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration Filippo Lombardi (MP, Switzerland)...
ODIHR hosts panel discussion on migrant integration in Poland ahead of International Migrants Day
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
A panel discussion on migrant integration issues in Poland, hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), took place in Warsaw on 15 December 2017 in the run-up to the International Migrants Day on 18 December. The event enabled representatives of Polish national
OSCE parliamentarians call for enhanced international co-operation on migration in Malta conference
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
VALLETTA, 16 November 2017 – Senior Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration are in Malta for discussions on promoting co-operation related to migration in the Mediterranean region. The conference, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the Parliament of Malta, will serve as parliamentary input to United Nations discussions on global compacts on refugees and migrants next year...
Experts discuss civic and political participation of migrants at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Brussels
Publishing date: 15 November 2017
The civic and political participation of migrants was the focus of an expert roundtable meeting held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for 40 participants from 14 OSCE participating States in Brussels on 14 and 15 November 2017.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on migration policy in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan’s recently adopted 2017–2021 Migration Policy Concept Paper, which relates to regulating external, internal, and ethnic migration in the country, took place on 3 November 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Turning migration governance challenges into mutually beneficial opportunities is the way forward, say participants at 2017 OSCE Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 24 October 2017
ROME, 24 October 2017 – Co-operation in migration management is the focus of the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference taking place on 24 and 25 October in Palermo, Italy...