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EMN - European Migration Network, National Contact Point Belgium

Publications on Family reunification

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

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

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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

Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies

Cover Family Reunification
Pub date: 
Nov 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network (ULB) have organised a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies, on last 17 November
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
family migration policy

Marriages of convenience: A comparative study

afbeelding Noorse study
Pub date: 
Nov 2011
This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Directoratie of Immigration (UDI) and managed by Econ Pöyry. The study provides an overview of rules and practices in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
marriages of convenience

Eurostat Statistics in Focus: Residence permits issued to non-EU citizens

cover eurostat report statistics in focus
Pub date: 
Sep 2011
In 2009, EU Member States issued about 2.3 million new residence permits to third country nationals, i.e. to non-EU citizens, a number that represents a decline of about 0.2 million compared with 2008.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Family reunification, Study § Training, Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
Eurostat, residence permit

Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office

Cover Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office
Pub date: 
Jun 2011
This is the Annual Report 2010 of the Belgian Immigration Office (Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken/Office des Etrangers)
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Family reunification, Regularization, Asylum, Citizenship & Nationality, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Smuggling & Trafficking, Migration

Family Reunification in Belgium: giving the floor to field actors

King Boudouin Foundation
Pub date: 
Jun 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation has organized between April 2010 to March 2011 different meetings gathering actors implicated by their personal or their professional background in the field of family reunification policies
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
family migration policy

What is at Stake with Family Reunification in Belgium?

cover Itinera-Study
Pub date: 
May 2011
The Think-Tank Itinera Institute analyses in its publication the new legal rules on family reunification in Belgium
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive, Immigrant integration, labour market

Annual Report 'Migration' 2010 (Centre)

Cover Annual Report Migration 2010
Pub date: 
May 2011
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published its fourth annual report 'Migration'. The Centre pleads for the third year in a row for a sustainable migration policy in Belgium.
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Main theme:
Family reunification, Regularization, Asylum, Citizenship & Nationality, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
annual report, migration policy

Family Reunification in Belgium: Data Beyond the Myth

Cover page report
Pub date: 
Jan 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation presents figures and trends on the influx of migrant spouses in Belgium and information about socio-economic profile of those concerned (2011)
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
KBF