The Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) organizes a Policy Forum on the role of the EU's home affairs agencies in the refugee crisis.

The Odysseus Academic Network launches a Young Researcher Prize and a Best Publication Prize for publications on EU Immigration or Asylum Law.

This EMN/UNHCR Ireland seminar invites participants to examine both the challenges and advantages associated with establishing a statelessness determination procedure.

Experts from Austria and abroad will present methods and possibilities for international cooperation in order to determine individuals' identities.

This 3-day conference, as well as the exhibition, focus on the technologization of border controls, whether relating to persons, goods or capital.

The Luxembourg Contact Point of the EMN organizes a Conference on Statelessness to foster the exchange of good practices among Member States.

This MPI webinar aims at discussing what it takes to set up and manage an asylum reception system that can simultaneously meet the demands of flexibility, quality, and efficiency.

In the framework of the PONT project TEPSA (Trans European Policy Studies Association) is organising a ‘Working Europe’ Seminar on EU Asylum and Migration policies, which will take place in Brussels on 4-8 April 2016.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views on the functioning of the existing legislation aiming at preventing and countering migrant smuggling and on what could be done to further strengthen it.

The Royal Academy of Belgium organizes several short conferences on the topic of Europe and the current migration challenges it faces (in February and March 2016).

During this event integration and civic integration ("Inburgering") are being quantitatively and qualitatively brought to light and examined in several specific fields: education, living conditions, labour market, entrepreneurship and rights.

The colloquium has selected experts from different backgrounds such as academic, public administration, non-governmental and international organisations, press, medical, etc. to discuss the vulnerability of women in their migration process.

Project applications submitted under the Call for Proposals on Actions in the area of Integration should be submitted no later than today, 29 February 2016.

The Conference offers the opportunity to explore the most important policy developments from 2015 related to (financial, physical and operational) solidarity in EU Asylum and Borders Policies.

This CEIPA roundtable offers an opportunity to examine solutions to the continuing influx of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants which challenges European institutions to manage the crisis on the short and the longer run.

The Labour Market Observatory (LMO) of the European Economic and Social Committee is holding a public seminar on “Integrating refugees into the labour market: turning the crisis into an opportunity”.

Foyer organizes a series of training modules on Migration Law. The sessions will focus on various topics, such as the different residence statuses in Belgium, asylum and reception, family reunification, employment of foreign nationals, etc.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this conference explores free movement in light of EU (de)regulatory practices and their impact on EU legitimacy from the complementary angles of regulatory competition, regulatory contradictions and EU citizenship.

The Immigration Office, the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons, Fedasil and Klein Kasteeltje will explain the impact of the increased influx of asylum seekers on the asylum procedure and reception system.

The launch event of the European Dialogue on Skills and Migration aims to help the Commission understand what to do better to maximize the benefits of migration for the EU as a whole.

Possible topics for papers include the effects of migration on poverty, inequality and human capital formation; social networks and migration; diaspora externalities; remittances; brain drain; migration and institutional/technological change.

This webinar aims at discussing a recent MPI report and at analyzing how private sponsorship programmes for refugees could alleviate some of the pressure from the European refugee crisis.

On the occasion of the international migrants day, this conference will inter alia focus on how to integrate and support refugees and on which role Flemish authorities can play in the current crisis.

During this workshop, day-to-day making and unmaking of borders will be investigated from the perspective of history, policy making, surveillance and control, contestation and human agency.

Join us to discuss how to provide irregular migrants with information on voluntary return and how to address vulnerabilities in the return and reintegration process.