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Regional Conference on Migration MG-RCONF (2004) 9e REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION MIGRANTS IN THE TRANSIT COUNTRIES: SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES IN MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS Istanbul, 30 September – 1st October 2004 MG-RCONF (2004) 9e REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION MIGRANTS IN THE TRANSIT COUNTRIES: SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES IN MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS Istanbul, 30 September – 1st October 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING SESSION ................................................................................................................ 1 Speech of Mrs Maud De BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, .............................................................................................................1 Speech of Mr Abdülkadir AKSU, Minister of Interior of the Republic of Turkey...................4 Speech of Mr Tadeusz IWINSKI, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Chair of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population ..........................................7 Speech of Mr Claude-Valentin MARIE, Director, Research and Anti-discrimination Unit, Paris .......................................................................................................................11 SESSION 1: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF IRREGULAR MIGRATIN IN TRANSIT COUNTRIES – FOUR LOCAL CASE-STUDIES FROM MAJOR TRANSIT MIGRATION REGIONS OF RELEVANCE FOR EUROPE................................................. 18 Analysis of the economic, social, demographic and political basis of transit migration in Russia, by Dr Irina IVAKHNIOUK, Deputy Director of Department of Population, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State 'Lomonosov'' University, Russia ................................18 Geographical situation as a facilitator of irregular migration in transit countries - Case of Tanger, by Mr Mohamed CHAREF Observatoire Régional des Migrations Espaces et Sociétés (ORMES), Morocco........................................................................................39 At the cross-roads between Europe and Asia - complexity of transit migration in Istanbul, by Mr Jean-François PEROUSE, Observatoire Urbain d’Istanbul, Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes ........................................................................................56 New Migratory patterns at the Tunisia -Libya frontiers - Case of the Sahara desert area, by Dr Hassan BOUBAKRI, Département de Géographie de la Faculté des Lettres, Université du Centre (Sousse), Tunisia ..............................................................................87 Introduction to the debate: Identification of issues and current and future trends of irregular migration in transit countries – Summary Report by Mr Stéphane De TAPIA, Researcher in CNRS “Cultures & Societies in Europe”, Department of Turkish Studies, University Marc Bloch’s Strasbourg................................................................................ 108 TRANSIT MIGRATION – EXPERIENCES OF SOME COUNTRIES.................................134 Treatment of transit migration in North America – Case of Mexico, by Pr Jorge SANTIBANEZ ROMELLÓN, President, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico............ 134 Reconciling refugee protection with combating irregular migration: the experience of Turkey, by Prof. Dr Kemal KIRISÇI............................................................................... 145 The situation of Turkey concerning migration, illegal migration, trafficking in human beings and refugees, by Mr Mehmet TERZIOGLU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Head of Asylum and Border Issues Dept. ................................................................................. 155 SESSION 2 : BURDEN SHARING, NOT BURDEN SHIFTING – THE BASIS FOR A GUENUINE CO-OPERATION ON IRREGULAR TRANSIT MIGRATION.......................165 Transit Migration and Migration Management Strategy – the need for a comprehensive approach, by Mr Michel VILLAN, Chair of the European Committee on Migration, CoE............................................................................................................................... 165 II Financing of projects for migrants, by Mrs Eva SCHWEBEL, Council of Europe Development Bank......................................................................................................... 172 New approaches to managing migration from the perspective of a country of origin – Pakistani experience, by Mr Hassan HAIDER.................................................................. 175 Migration Management from the perspective of a transit country – the Turkish case, by Mr Ahmet ICDUYGU, Koc University, Department of International Relations .................. 178 Protecting the human rights of transit migrants, by Mrs Julia HALL, Human Rights Watch............................................................................................................................ 185 CLOSING SESSION .............................................................................................................192 Presentation of the General Rapporteur's conclusions, by Mr Stéphane De TAPIA, Researcher in CNRS “Cultures & Societies in Europe”..................................................... 192 Closing remarks by Mr Alexander VLADYCHENKO, Director General ad interim for Social Cohesion (DGIII), Council of Europe .................................................................... 196 Closing remarks by H.E. N. MURAT ERSAVCI Director General For Consular Affairs, Min istry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey .................................................................... 198 FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ.......................................................................................................202 PROGRAMME .....................................................................................................................203 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS....................................................................................................207 OPENING SESSION Speech of Mrs Maud De BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Dear Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour to be present here at this important regional conference on transit migration, which is taking place in this historic city of Istanbul, the crossroad between Europe and Asia, where West meets East, North meets South: a mosaic of different civilisations, cultures and religions. However, Istanbul is not only that. Because of its geographical situation, Istanbul has also become an attraction for people wanting to cross the Bosphorus and to enter Europe. Most of these people are irregular migrants. They come from different, mostly economically undeveloped countries of the world. Often, they come to escape wars, ethnic conflicts, discrimination, xenophobia or intolerance. Sometime, they come because of ecological disasters. They cannot legally enter Europe. So they are waiting at the doors of Europe to have a chance to get to the other side. The same situation we see in other three cities which are the subject of case-studies to be presented in the Conference: Moscow, Tanger and Tunis. These candidates for migration wait sometimes for a few days, sometime months. But, it also happens that they cannot cross to Europe for years and are forced to stay in a transit country. Unfortunately, the conditions in which these transit migrants have to live are often not really different to those in their own countries of origin. They have to face misery, poverty and diseases. They live in total insecurity, never knowing what next day will bring them. It is not uncommon that they are abused by those who give them a shelter or work and, even by those who usually should protect them. Living in these conditions constitutes too often a danger to their lives and human dignity. This makes them very vulnerable to all kind of threat. It is not rare, that transit migrants often find themselves at the mercy of criminal elements involved in trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour or sexual exploitation. It is particularly unacceptable that transit migration affects not only adults, but sometimes whole families. Moreover, there is a growing number of unaccompanied minors who find themselves in such a situation. Usually, the world public opinion is not informed about their fate. But, it happens, that transit migrants, in a desperate act, accept to undertake their route to Europe under condit ions which put in danger their health and their life. Only then does their tragic life hit the headlines of newspapers. Taking account of the situation of transit migrants it is sometimes very difficult to speak about their basic human rights. In fact, they have no legal status from the point of view of transit country, unless they are apprehended. However, the Council of Europe as an international organisation promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law cannot ignore the lot of transit migrant. The present Conference is a major Council of Europe political event in 2004 in the field of migration. Its main objective is to examine the situation of transit migrants from the human rights perspective and the protection of their dignity. We hope that highlighting this 2 prospective we will contribute to better define the phenomenon of transit migration. It is particularly important that for the first time, at least in the migration field, we will have policy discussions based on national “case studies” reports. I am very happy that again the Council of Europe regional Conference on migration attracts a
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