The delegation of the Council on refugees PACE arrived in Rostov-on-don
The delegation of the Council on migration, refugees and displaced persons of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has arrived in Rostov-on-don, where in the near future to meet With the competent local authorities, and Also visit the camping immigrants, said Last news Commissioner of the government of the Rostov region.
before it was declared about the plans authorized PACE to visit Rostov region 8-10 December. In November in the area was visited by a Delegation of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, which met With Ukrainian refugees. All in all there are more than 39 thousand Citizens of Ukraine, as well as among them 4 points of temporary accommodation - more than 1 thousand people.
" in Rostov profit Rapporteur and the Secretary of the Council on migration, refugees and displaced persons Jim Sheridan and David Milner ", - said the head of the Department.
according to him, in the near future, the PACE delegates will meet With representatives of the government of the Rostov region headed by the Deputy head Sergei Bondarev. Then visit one of the representatives of the Commission of the temporary accommodation of immigrants from Ukraine in the village of Red Troops Neklinovsky area. It is also planned that the delegates will visit local schools and the children of immigrants.
With the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, which led to the influx of immigrants in the Rostov region, the region except the Russian Ministers, visited Authorised by the UN, the OSCE, and the German Bundestag. In November, Deputy Governor of the Rostov Vadim Artemov said that the arrival in the region authorized PACE is recognition of the organization having an active dialogue With the Russian side, such as assisting residents of Ukraine who do not have the opportunity to return home.
PACE is one of the 2 main Advisory bodies of the Council of Europe made by authorized officers of the parliaments of all member States of PACE. The five most major countries, including the Russian Federation, presented in the PACE of 18 delegates. In April the PACE for the position of the capital of Russia in the Crimea has deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights to participate in the meeting of statutory bodies and participation in monitoring activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room to restore power. The range of capabilities of all delegations are updated every year, for this reason, the deprivation of voting rights is effective only until the end of the year.