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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

Responsibilities and access to rights for beneficiaries of temporary protection (EMN-OECD Inform)

06/11/2025

This Inform provides an overview of national policy and legal changes from July 2023 to early 2025 concerning the responsibilities and access to rights of beneficiaries of temporary protection (BoTP) under Directive 2001/55/EC. It maps these changes, provides evidence for decisions on possible financial contributions from BoTP, and offers insights into national strategies after the expiration of temporary protection.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
access to rights
employment
housing
education
health care
social assistance
accommodation

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

Access to remedies for international protection applicants (EMN Inform)

13/05/2025

This EMN Inform maps how EMN Member Countries organise their first instance appeals procedures and examine operational changes implemented between 2018 and 2024. It delivers a comprehensive comparative analysis, reflecting on procedural safeguards, key challenges, and good practices observed across the EU.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
right to an effective remedy
asylum procedure
procedure for international protection
first instance
appeal procedure
time limit
suspensive effect
procedural guarantee

Designing migration strategies (EMN-OECD Inform)

11/03/2025

This joint EMN-OECD Inform presents an overview of the different approaches to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and subsequent adaptation of migration strategies in EMN Member and Observer Countries and non-EU OECD Countries. The Inform also provides some examples of common challenges and good practices in developing and implementing migration strategies.

Theme:
Cross-sectional
Asylum
Migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
migration strategy
design
duration
implementation
dissemination
monitoring
evaluation

New and innovative ways to attract foreign talents in the EU (EMN-OECD Inform)

27/02/2025

This joint European Migration Network (EMN) – OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Inform provides an overview of innovative initiatives to attract foreign talent between January 2021 and March 2024 by EMN Member Countries and selected non-EU OECD member countries. It also analyses whether and how EMN Member Countries monitor the effectiveness of these initiatives and identify related challenges and good practices.

Theme:
Economic migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
talent mobility
foreign workers
skill development
talent partnership
talent attraction

Statelessness in the EU (EMN Inform)

28/11/2016

This EMN Inform examines – inter alia – the state of play of the 1954 and 1961 conventions on statelessness, statelessness determination procedures, rights granted to recognized stateless persons, and the situation of stateless minors in the EU.

Theme:
Statelessness
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
statelessness

The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices (EMN Inform)

Cover image Inform on rejected asylum seekers

15/11/2016

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices".

Theme:
Asylum
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Grèce

The Use of Social Media in the Fight Against Migrant Smuggling (EMN Inform)

Cover EMN Inform on migrant smuggling

19/10/2016

This EMN Inform provides an overview of the use of social media in migrant smuggling.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
social media

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

Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay in Belgium and the EU (EMN Inform)

Cover image EMN Inform Change in immigration status

28/07/2016

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study 'Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay'.

Theme:
Asylum
Migration
Cross-sectional
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Immigration status
purpose of stay

Incentives to return to a third-country and support provided to migrants for their reintegration (EMN Inform)

08/06/2016

This EMN Inform provides an overview of the results of the review of 87 programmes implemented by 23 Member States and Norway to assist migrants to return and to support their reintegration.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
financial assistance
reintegration programmes
voluntary return

Migrants' movements through the Mediterranean (EMN Inform)

First page of the EMN Inform Migrant's movements through the Mediterranean

05/01/2016

This EMN Inform shows how movements of asylum-seekers, migrants and displaced persons to the EU have changed and evolved in 2015.

Theme:
Asylum
Irregular Migration
Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Mediterranean
migration route
secondary movement
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