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POLITICAL PAPERS IN MIGRATION POLICY

Integration Measures

Council of Europe

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on policies for Roma and/or Travellers in Europe
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on strengthening the integration of children of migrants and of immigrant background
• Convention on the public participation of foreigners in public life at local level, Strasbourg 5.11.1992
• Regularisation programmes for irregular migrants – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1807 (2007)
• European Convention on social security, Paris 14.12.1972
• Effective access to social rights for immigrants: the role of local and regional authorities Recommendation 194 (2006) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 February 2007 at the 988th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
• Convention on the recognition of qualifications concerning higher education in the European Region, Lisbon 11.04.1997
• European Convention on the legal status of migrant workers, Strasbourg 24.11.1977
• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11 with Protocol Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13

European Economic and Social Committee

• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the specific programme "Fight against violence (Daphne) and drugs prevention and information" as part of the General programme "Fundamental Rights and Justice"
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Immigration in the EU and integration policies: cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Migration and development: opportunities and challenges (own-initiative opinion)
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Promoting decent work for all - The EU contribution to the implementation of the decent work agenda in the world COM(2006) 249 final
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Immigration in the EU and integration policies: cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations, (2006/C 318/24)
• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on The role of civil society in helping to prevent undeclared work (2005/C 255/12)

Committee of the Regions

• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 20 November 2002 on the Communication from the Commission on the Action Plan for skills and mobility, (COM(2002) 72 final)
• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 October 2006 on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the migration process – the role and suggestions of regional and local authorities
• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 February 2004 on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on immigration, integration and employment (COM(2003) 336 final)
• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 16 November 2005 on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament establishing a framework programme on Solidarity and the Management of Migration Flows for the period 2007-2013, COM(2005) 123 final