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EMN - European Migration Network, National Contact Point Belgium

Publications on Irregular Migration

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

Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration towards Belgium

afbeelding rapport Irr. migratie
Pub date: 
Jan 2012
This national report on the EMN-study topic "Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration" provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures implemented by Belgium to address irregular migration.
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Main theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies

Irregular Migration in Europe

Pub date: 
Dec 2011
Irregular migration is a subject of ongoing public debate in Europe. Policy makers are under pressure to reduce it and majorities often view it as a problem. Have policy interventions contributed to a decline in irregular migration? Have new hotspots of irregular entry emerged?
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Main theme:
Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
border management, detection, illegal entry

Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants

European Commission
Pub date: 
Sep 2011
The publication commissionned by the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, offers a descriptive and analytical assessment of the use of social assistance by migrants in 19 European Member States.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
European Commission, social assistance

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

The role of organized crime in the smuggling of migrants of West Africa to the European Union

UN logo
Pub date: 
May 2011
The new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) investigates the involvement of organized criminal groups in the smuggling of migrants from West Africa towards the European Union (EU).
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Main theme:
Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
criminal groups, smuggling of migrants

Frontex Annual Risk Analysis 2011

Cover page report
Pub date: 
May 2011
The Annual Risk Analysis Report of EU Agency FRONTEX, in charge for the coordination of the operational cooperation between Member States in the field of border security
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Main theme:
Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking, Migration
Keywords:
border control, risk analysis

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

No Easy Options: Irregular Immigration in the UK

Cover page report
Pub date: 
Apr 2011
How to cope with one of the most difficult public policy issue at the moment in Europe, dealing with irregular migration? On 20 April 2011, the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published a new report on irregular migration in the UK
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Main theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
border control, forced return

Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and 'Alternatives to Detention' of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Stateless Persons and Other Migrants

Cover UNHCR study on alternatives to detention
Pub date: 
Apr 2011
Publication of the UNHCR: Legal and Protection Policy Research Series
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Main theme:
International Protection, Vulnerable groups, Asylum, Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
alternatives to detention, detention