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EMN - European Migration Network, National Contact Point Belgium

Publications on Migration

The Relationship between Immigration and Nativism in Europe and North America

Cover Page of the MPI report
Pub date: 
May 2012
Is migration a major factor behind the rise of the radical right? Do higher levels of immigration automatically correlate to more votes for radical-right parties? This report focuses on the effects of migration on political extremism in North America, Western Europe and central and Eastern Europe
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Main theme:
Integration, Migration
Keywords:
Nationalism, xenophobia

Integrating refugee and asylum seeking children in the educational systems of EU member states

cover report
Pub date: 
Apr 2012
The Center for the study of democracy presents a handbook within the project “Integrating Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children in the Educational Systems of EU Member States: Evaluation and Promotion of Current Best Practices” – INTEGRACE.
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Main theme:
Integration, Reception, Study § Training
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
education

Annual report Fedasil 2011: voluntary return

cover annual report
Pub date: 
Apr 2012
The annual report for 2011 Fedasil on developments in the field of voluntary return provides insight into the voluntary return programs, and a summary of the developments regarding the additional reintegration support as well as future prospects.
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Main theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
Fedasil

FRONTEX publishes its Annual Risk Analysis 2012

Pub date: 
Apr 2012
The Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) for 2012 presents an analysis of events related to border control as well as to illegal border crossing and different forms of cross-border crime during 2011.
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Main theme:
Irregular Migration
Keywords:
Frontex

Annual Policy Report 2011 (EMN)

cover annual policy report 2011
Pub date: 
Apr 2012
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2011 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have occured in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme:
Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication type:
Annual Policy Reports
Keywords:
migration policy

Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: Marriages of Convenience and False Declarations of Parenthood in Belgium (EMN)

Pub date: 
Apr 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point clarifies the scope of the issue and presents national means of prevention, detection and actions against such misuses, as well as statistics in this field.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
False declaration of parenthood, marriage of convenience

Communication from the Commission on external dimension on social security coordination

cover communication commission
Pub date: 
Mar 2012
In a globalised economic environment, labour mobility both within the EU and between the EU and the rest of the world is a growing reality and necessity. Social security coordination is a system of rules aimed at facilitating such mobility.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, External Dimension
Keywords:
bilateral agreements, common approach, labour mobility

UNHCR’s Response to the European Commission Green Paper on the Right to Family Reunification

Cover UNHCR's publication
Pub date: 
Mar 2012
UNHCR answers questions raised by the European Commission on the Right to Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals. It provides practical recommendations on different issues of concern related to family reunification of beneficiaries of international protection.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive, refugee

The Centrality of Employment in Immigrant Integration in Europe

Cover of the publication
Pub date: 
Feb 2012
The Political scientist Randall Hansen has published his study for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied complementary about immigration and integration in Europe.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Integration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
employment, Immigrant integration

Fedasil communicates its statistics and analyses concerning voluntary returns

logo fedasil
Pub date: 
Jan 2012
The Belgian Federal Agency for Reception of Asylum Seekers presents the statistics of voluntary returns performed from Belgium in 2011.
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Main theme:
Data & Statistics, Return & Readmission
Keywords:
migration statistics, voluntary return