Skopje Group is part of the Directoriate for Human Rights with the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF) , ERTF is consultation partner to the CoE and its institutions on policies and activities concerning Roma and Traveller communities across Europe. The Skopje Group is working on the problematic of migration with a special attention to the problem of the Roma from Kosovo, the Balkans and Europe. Its first assembly was held 25.03.2006 in Skopje and for this city it got its name.The meeting was held with a joint cooperation with OSCE ODIHR CPRSI Warsaw. On the first meeting 20 Roma representatives participated. The Skopje Group from that first period till now was constantly open for supporters of this problematic, there has been some changes but this was always with positive effect. First coordinator of the group was Gjuner Abdula and after him was Asmet Elezovski from December 2006. Our task is to work on participation, repatriation, security, health problematic, resposnability of the international community on the issue of the Roma from Kosovo and the Balkans.

Relevant documents and statements:

Our Position (English, Romanes, Serbian, ?) 613KB PDF Roma Migration Issues 43 KB PDF Letter to the ERTF Board 40 KB PDF Letter to the Institutions 41 KB PDF Letter to Denmark 30 KB PDF

Skopje Group Meeting 103 KB PDF ERTF Roma Rights Charter 78 KB PDF Reaction from RNC on Ireland 934 KB PDF Reaction from RNC on Romania 934 KB PDF

Succesor States of the former Yugoslavia must assume responsibility over refugees, Strasbourg 10 May 2007

Stop Ignoring the Rights of Kosovo Roma, Strasbourg, 12 March 2007

No Security Guarantees for Roma in Kosovo, Strasbourg, 15 February 2007

Kosovo status talks democratic disguise, Strasbourg 24 January 2007

Don’t create a Palestinian refugee problem in Europe, Pristina, 9 September 2006