After the EU Commissioners were designated by President of the EU Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on 10 September 2014, the Parliament will organise hearings for every Commissioner before voting whether to approve the whole Commission. These hearings will take place between 29 September and 3 October and also provide an opportunity for civil society organisations to encourage MEPs to ask new Commissioners crucial questions on their future work.
The 16 leading organisations would like to know from Mr. Dimitris Avramopoulos if he is committed to ensure the rights of every child affected by migration, regardless of their or their parents’ migration status; what specific actions, policy and legislative initiatives he will take to extend existing EU frameworks protecting specific groups of migrant children, and if he will take action to end immigration detention of children.
To read the joint questions, click here.