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Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly
June 7, 2021
Meeting of the AdHoc Committee on Migration
By videoconference
Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration met to continue its discussion on the situation facing migrants on Lesbos and other Aegean islands.
The group heard from OSCE PA Vice-President Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), Acting Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, from Mr. Dimitrios Markopoulos (MP, Greece), Member of the Committee and from Ms. Sofia Voultepsi (MP, Greece), Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum in charge of Integration. The group discussed Covid-19 mitigation measures and roll-out of vaccination programmes for the asylum-seeking population of the Aegean Islands and heard about the status of the Reception and Identification Centres (RICs)
The Honourable Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P., head of the Canadian Delegation to the OSCE PA and Special Representative on Gender Issues, participated as a member of the committee. She questioned the panelists about the protections provided to asylum seekers in Greece, particularly in the realm of maternal health, access to education, and pediatric care.
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