The question of the rights of Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees is a key issue for the Network and the EMHRN has over the years conducted several missions and in 2001 took the lead in organising a regional seminar in Trieste, Italy, on these questions.
In 2005 funds became available through the UNHCR to establish a working group and develop regional work of the EMHRN on the rights of Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees. The project at present concerns mainly North Africa and the Machrek in terms of research, but issues pertaining to Turkey and to European policies are also dealt with. the activities consist in:
- Researching and writing a reports on the experience of forced migrants and asylum seekers in traveling through North Africa, as well as the Machreq, and coming to Europe.
- Researching and writing a report surveying NGO presence and activities in relation to forced migrants and asylum seekers, as well as the legal and practical environment in which the NGOs act.
- Researching reports on violence against women in migration and on economic and social rights relating to migration and the Barcelona process
Strengthening regional networking on forced migration and asylum seekers by gathering human rights NGOs, refugee councils, migrant and refugee organisations working on North Africa and the movement of people in the EuroMed region.
