Syria concludes the discussion of its report before the Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers in Geneva

Geneva-Damascus, (ST) – Yesterday, the Syrian Arab Republic  delegates concluded the discussion of their report before the Committee on the Protection of  Migrant Workers in Geneva.

Discussions continued over three sessions, during which the Syrian delegation provided responses to the committee’s inquiry regarding the implementation of the Convention, and efforts to overcome unilateral coercive measures.

Ambassador Husam El-Din Ala, the permanent representative in Geneva, indicated that the Syrian Arab Republic attaches to the issue of the return of Syrians to their country and their contribution to its reconstruction a great importance.

He added that Syria continues to work within the available capabilities to address the reasons that prompted the Syrians to leave their country, and to provide the requirements for their return.

Ambassador Ala pointed to the importance of supporting and expanding the humanitarian activities carried out by the United Nations in Syria, to include early recovery projects aimed at providing basic services.

Ala called for supporting lifting unilateral coercive measures targeting the Syrian people without any legal or moral basis.

In turn, Dr. Yasser Kalazi, representative of the Ministry of Interior in the delegation, referred to procedures related to granting entry and residence visas in Syria, and the conditions for granting them. He pointed to the need to develop strategies to overcome the repercussions of the war on Syria, and unilateral coercive measures.

Through video technology from Damascus, the Head of the Syrian Commission for Family and Population Affairs, Eng. Samar Al-Sibai indicated that Syria has taken a set of measures related to the protection of women, child care, and the strengthening of programs and policies that protect the family.

Eng. Al-Sibai pointed out that there are a set of facilities related to the return of refugees, including amnesty decrees issued by President Bashar Al-Assad, which encourage return, regularize the situation of refugees, and provide them with basic documents, in addition to measures to support rural women, and the prohibition of child labour.

Raghda Sawas