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Gender aspects of labour migration policies in the Mediterranean region in focus at OSCE workshop in Malta
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
VALLETTA, 9 October 2015 – During a three-day workshop in Malta that concluded today, participants discussed how to enhance collaboration among participating States and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation in developing gender-sensitive labour migration policies in countries of origin and destination in the Mediterranean region...
OSCE Secretary General visits Vienna’s West Station to meet refugees and representatives of Austria’s Interior Ministry, Police and humanitarian organizations
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 24 September 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met refugees and representatives of local aid organizations at the Vienna West railway station (Westbahnhof), where he was briefed by Austria’s Interior Ministry and the Vienna police about their operations...
Human rights have to be at the centre of policy on migration crisis, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 September 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Migration
WARSAW, 21 September 2015 – OSCE participating States have to ensure the protection of the human rights and dignity of migrants in addressing the current crisis in Europe, speakers said at the opening in Warsaw today of a two-week OSCE conference focusing on democracy and human rights...
OSCE Representative calls on authorities in Hungary to ensure the safety of journalists covering the refugee crisis
Publishing date: 17 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Migration, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 September 2015 – Hungarian law enforcement authorities must stop threatening and obstructing the work of journalists reporting on the refugee crisis, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today...
OSCE human rights chief calls for human rights-based, co-operative response to Europe’s migration crisis
Publishing date: 1 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Migration
WARSAW, 1 September 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on countries in the OSCE to work together towards a co-ordinated and sustainable response to the increased flow of migrants into Europe; one that takes into account obligations to all individuals, including asylum seekers and refugees...
OSCE conducts training seminar on integration of labour migrants in northern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
PETROPAVLOVSK, Northern Kazakhstan, 30 July 2015-- A one-day training seminar on the integration of labour migrants took place today in Petropavlovsk. Its aim was to review the legal and operational framework regulating the migrants’ access to the host country’s labour market and obligations of OSCE participating States related to labour migration...
OSCE organizes regional training seminar on integration of labour migrants
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance, Migration