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Welcome to the September issue of the Save the Children Brussels Office Newsletter which provides information on the activities of the Brussels office as well as on the latest EU policy developments on children’s rights. This Newsletter is written by Espérance Kana (Information Officer), Olivia Lind Haldorsson (Head of Office), Rebecca O’Donnell (Asylum and Migration Officer) and Karin Lundell (Policy and Advocacy Officer). The Newsletter is free and can be received by e-mail. Articles can be reproduced, provided the source is acknowledged. Please distribute this newsletter widely within your organisation and let Espérance know if you would like to be placed on the mailing list. Her e-mail is info@savethechildren.be, tel. + 32 2 512 7851, fax + 32 2 513 4903. This newsletter is also available on our website at: www.savethechildren.net/brussels

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Save the Children Europe Group Headlines

  • First anniversary of "Rewrite the Future" Campaign
  • The Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament adopts a report on the Proposed Returns Directive
  • Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament adopts reports on the Commission’s two policy plans on legal and illegal immigration respectively
  • An EU Anti-Trafficking Day will be held on October 18, 2007
  • The European Commission announces a Public Hearing on the future of the common European asylum system for November 7, 2007
  • Save the Children comments on the EP Report on the Rights of the Child
  • New EU Guidelines on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Children with focus on violence
  • Launch of Save the Children’s Regional Report "Children Speak Out. Trafficking Risk and Resilience in Southeast Europe"
  • Save the Children Brussels has updated its website on children's participation.
  • Adoption of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
  • Forthcoming Events

    • Child Sexual Abuse: Protecting Children Across Borders, A Joint Save the Children and NSPCC Seminar

    Eurochild’s conference on exclusion of children

    • Publications

    Publication of the "Third Annual Report on Migration and Integration

    The EU's external migration policy and the Med-MENA countries 

 

 

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