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Bridging the digital divide: Digital services in legal migration procedures for accessibility and inclusion (EMN Inform)

12/05/2026

This Inform examines how digital services in legal migration procedures are designed and implemented in EMN Member and Observer Countries to ensure accessibility and inclusion for applicants with disabilities and digitally disadvantaged applicants. It looks at how authorities have adapted applications, document submission, appointment booking, communication and information exchange, and case-tracking services in the context of the ongoing digitalisation of legal migration procedures. The analysis is based on contributions from 25 EMN Member and Observer Countries.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Borders & Visa
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
legal migration
digitalisation
accessibility
inclusion

Vocational education and training of applicants and beneficiaries of international protection (EMN Inform)

28/11/2025

This EMN Inform provides an overview of how EMN Member and Observer Countries ensure access to vocational education and training (VET) for beneficiaries of international protection and applicants for international protection. It examines existing procedures, the incentive mechanisms used to encourage enrolment, and the main challenges and good practices identified across countries.

Theme:
Integration
International Protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
labour market integration
vocational education
vocational training
applicant for international protection
beneficiary of international protection

Language and literacy support measures for adult beneficiaries of international protection (EMN–OECD–Council of Europe Inform)

04/11/2025

This Inform offers a comprehensive overview of language and literacy support measures for adult beneficiaries of international protection (BIP) across Europe. It analyses how these measures are designed, implemented and quality-assured, how they address diverse literacy and learning needs, and maps good practices that facilitate integration into education, employment and society. 

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
beneficiary of international protection
language learning
language course
literacy support

Distribution of international protection accommodation centres and relationship management with local communities (EMN Inform)

26/09/2025

This Inform examines how international protection applicants and accommodation centres are distributed across 23 EMN Member Countries and Serbia, and how such policies are governed and managed. It compares approaches, criteria and mechanisms used by different countries, highlighting both challenges and good practices. The study also looks at how local communities and stakeholders are informed and engaged in the process. Finally, it identifies opportunities for further collaboration to support effective reception and integration.

Theme:
Integration
Reception
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
distribution
applicant for international protection
reception centre
local community
communication
funding
municipality

Implementation of measures for civic training as an important tool for integration of third-country nationals (EMN-OECD Inform)

04/10/2024

This inform provides information on civic training objectives and requirements for the integration of third-country nationals; identifies the competent authorities and allocation of costs; identifies the content of civic orientation or training courses and how they are implemented (i.e. modalities); and collects best practices of EMN Member and Observer Countries to provide useful insights into improving the implementation of different integration tools.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
civic integration programme
civic training
cost
effectiveness
access to equal opportunities

Monitoring the integration of third-country nationals (EMN-OECD Inform)

31/07/2024

This joint EMN-OECD inform presents an overview of policies and state-led practices designed to monitor the integration of third-country nationals and compares relevant national legislation in each EMN Member and Observer Country. Drawing on the contributions from 25 EMN Member and Observer Countries, this Inform sheds light on the various dimensions of integration – from education and employment to social inclusion and civic participation.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
monitoring
education
employment
housing
data
survey

Labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine (EMN - OECD Inform)

21/05/2024

This Inform, jointly produced by the European Migration Network and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, offers an analysis of employment trends, policy priorities, and measures aimed at facilitating the integration of displaced individuals from Ukraine into host countries' labour markets. 

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine
beneficiary of temporary protection
employment
self-employment
employment rate
education
language barrier
skills recognition
labour market integration
recognition of qualifications

Access to autonomous housing in the context of international protection (EMN Inform)

26/02/2024

This EMN Inform sheds light on the challenges faced by beneficiaries and applicants for international protection in EMN Member Countries and Serbia as they strive to access autonomous housing. It also provides an overview of the different approaches and strategies employed by these countries to support their access to autonomous housing.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
housing
social housing
financial assistance
applicant for international protection
beneficiary of international protection
housing shortage
discrimination

Arrangements for accommodation, housing and access to services for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine (EMN Informs)

23/11/2022

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of 15 November 2022, more than 7.8 million people have left Ukraine in search of safety, arriving primarily in neighbouring European Union (EU) and third countries. These Informs analyse the arrangements European Union (EU) Member States have put in place for accommodation and housing and access to specific services namely social benefits, education, employment, and healthcare for beneficiaries of temporary protection, in the context of the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) (2001/55/EC), triggered in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

Mapping of Mental Health Policies for Third-Country National Migrants (EMN Inform)

05/07/2022

What are the challenges migrants face in accessing mental health services, and how are Member States addressing them? This inform maps the policies in place to help legally-residing migrants access mental health services.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
mental health; access to healthcare

Attracting and retaining international researchers (EMN Inform)

28/04/2022

On 25 April 2022, the EMN published its inform on attracting and retaining international researchers, which provides an overview of the means adopted by Member States to enhance attractiveness for international researchers, as well as the main challenges and best practices that they encountered to admit and retain them.  

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Informs

Misuse of the authorisation to reside for studying (EMN Inform)

08/03/2022

This EMN inform outlines approaches, experiences and best practices in monitoring, detecting and addressing the misuse of authorisations to reside in the EU for the purpose of study.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
student migration

Impact of COVID-19 on international students (EMN OECD Inform)

17/09/2020

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the ability of international students to enrol in a HEI abroad and to travel to that country to take up studies. How did EU & OECD countries respond? Did they adapt their admission processes? An answer to these and other questions can be found in the Inform.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
student migration

Long-Term Resident Status in the EU (EMN Inform)

01/07/2020

In 2003, the Council adopted the Long-Term Resident Directive 2003/109/EC in order to promote the integration of third-country nationals in legal stay in the EU. Fourteen years after its entry into force, EMN Luxembourg conducted a study on the implementation of the Directive in 23 EU Member States, including Belgium.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Long-term Residents
intra-EU mobility

Integration of beneficiaries of international protection into the labour market in Belgium and in the EU (EMN Inform)

Cover EMN Inform on the integration of beneficiaries of international protection

03/08/2016

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Integration of beneficiaries of international protection into the labour market in Belgium and in the EU".

Theme:
Asylum
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
labour market access
labour market integration
support measures

Developments in Legal Migration and Mobility in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform Legal Migration Mobility 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform summarises the main developments in 2011 in legal migration and mobility. Topics addressed include statistics, promoting legal migration channels, economic, family Reunification and integration.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Integration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
legal migration
mobility
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