http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/0370256fcf8282fd https://verfassungsblog.de/a-divided-response-to-migration/ A Divided Response to Migration - On the Council of Europe’s December Meeting Krommendijk, Jasper Möller, Lina Sophie eng 2025-12-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 ECHR ECtHR Human Rights Migration Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 10 December, the Council of Europe (CoE) ministers met to discuss proposals that could potentially recalibrate the treatment of migration-related issues under the European Convention on Human Rights. This meeting deliberately shifted a debate that had been unfolding in political arenas for months onto the Council’s formal institutional stage. While the formal conclusions call, in diplomatic terms, for a political declaration to be prepared for adoption in May 2026, a separate joint statement of 27 States Parties reveals a harsher line, illustrating the CoE’s internal divisions.