The meeting focused on a number of issues regarding the protection of the rights of women returnees with a special emphasis on Croatia's tasks in the process of joining the European Union.
Concolato proposed cooperation to the Government's Office on issues of the protection of the rights of women returnees. In that context, the UNHCR official stressed the importance of the role of local commissions for gender equality, notably in the areas of special state concern.
Concolato also underlined problems of asylum seekers and stressed the need for investing more efforts into the prevention of women trafficking for prostitution purposes.
Stimac Radin informed the UNHCR representative that a new, third national policy for the promotion of gender equality was being drawn up.