Conference on illegal residents issue in Estonia

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Conference on illegal residents issue in Estonia


On 15 October 1999, at the Institute of Economy and Management, a
round-table conference of non-governmental organizations was convened
within the framework of the project with the Netherlands Helsinki
Committee.  The conference was devoted to the issues concerning the
legal standing of the persons without the legal status necessary for
their stay in Estonia (illegal residents), and also the problems
existing in that sphere and the ways to solve them.
 
The main reason of this conference was a wish to discuss the most
urgent issues of the above-mentioned problem. The participants of the
discussion were going to work out certain proposals to make some
legislative amendments and hand them over to the governmental bodies,
which have the right of legislative initiative.

Besides the non-governmental organizations, Minister for Internal
Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Minister of Population, as well as
representatives of the Constitutional Committee of the Estonian
Parliament, OSCE Mission, Citizenship and Migration Board and bodies
of local self-governments were invited.
 
One of the main aims of the round-table discussion was searching for
real and quick ways to solve the problem of illegal residents. Another
aim was a wish to make working contacts with corresponding state
institutions in order to make the authorities aware of the point of
view of non-governmental organizations concerning this problem and try
to solve it on the basis of mutual cooperation.
 
As a result, the participants of the round-table conference supported
the recommendations of the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
on making amendments to the law. Moreover, some of the participants
made suggestions how to change and supplement the draft. The final
list of the recommendations as well as report on the round-table
conference are available on the web page of the Legal Information
Centre for Human Rights
(http://www.lichr.ee/eng/centre/Seminars/index.htm).
 
Andrei Arjupin
 
The Legal Information Centre for Human Rights
Nunne str 2, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel (+372 ) 64 64 27 0
Fax (+372) 64 64 272
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.lichr.ee

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