Indicator in all countries

Are migrants' representatives engaged in any formal consultation with public authorities?

• Austria

  There are the so called National Minority Advisory Councils and aliens' advisory boards in some Austrian municipialities.

• Bulgaria

  Yes.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  Yes.

• Finland

  Yes.

• France

  NGO and trade unions representing migrants can participate in the work of the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights that advises and makes proposals to the Government in the field of human rights and humanitarian actions and can also submit recomendations to Parliament and the Government on measures that would further contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights.

• Germany

  Yes.

• Greece

  Yes, at the local level.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  There are differing forums and oppertunities for consultation with public authorites depending on the context and particular issue involved.

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  Yes/No.

• Portugal

  Yes, migrant's representatives are formally engagend in consultation with Portuguese public authorities.

• Romania

  No formal setting, but independent attempts at creating one.

• Slovenia

  If we consider migrants to be those who are not nationals of Slovenia, there are no formal mechanisms for regular consultations with public authorities. In the Slovenian circumstances, migrants are sometimes considered also nationals of Slovenia with origins in former Yugoslavia. In their case there is a formal mechanism for consultations.

• Spain

  Yes national.

  Yes local.

• Sweden

  Yes.