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Refugee students start a master's degree at the KU Leuven and UCL Louvain as part of the EU Passworld programme

02/09/2024

Students, who were originally from Syria and Congo before becoming refugees in Egypt and Uganda, have the opportunity to start this new academic year in Belgian universities thanks to the legal and sustainable migration pathway offered by the university corridors. 

Theme:
Student Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
university corridor
legal pathway
refugee

The Court of Justice of the EU stresses that the prohibition of abusive practices is a general principle of EU law

29/07/2024

In a judgement from 29 July 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU states that a Member State may reject an abusive application for an authorisation to reside on its territory for the purpose of study, even if it has not correctly transposed the directive that provides for that option.

Theme:
Student Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
abusive application
abusive practice
abusive intention
study

Ad Hoc Query on intra-EU mobility for international students (Directive 2016/801)

18/07/2024

This ad hoc query focuses on the implementation of Article 31(2) of Directive 2016/801, which sets out the conditions for notifying mobility of students between two or more EU Member States. The query examines the mobility notification process, existing arrangements in the absence of an official notification process, and the rules applicable to students covered by an EU programme, a multilateral programme involving mobility measures or an agreement between two or more higher education institutions, as opposed to those applicable to students who are not.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
student mobility
notification
mobility agreement

Tackling Brain Waste: Strategies to Improve the Recognition of Immigrants' Foreign Qualifications (MPI)

Cover page of MPI report

12/08/2013

This report examines the barriers that internationally mobile professionals may face, the policies that have been adopted to overcome these barriers and the lessons that governments can draw from policy experiences to date.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
credentials
qualifications
skills recognition

Annual Report 2012 (Immigration Office)

14/06/2013

The annual "activity report" 2012 of the Immigration Office is available.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Regularization
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
Immigration Office

Immigration of International Students to the EU - EU Synthesis (EMN)

Cover page of the EMN Study

15/04/2013

Based on the contributions from 24 EMN NCPs, this synthesis report provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies allowing international students to enter into and move within the EU for the purpose of study.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords:
student directive
student mobility
student route

Commission proposes Recast Directive on Students and Researchers

European Commission logo

25/03/2013

Today the Commission proposed to make it easier and more attractive for non-EU national students, researchers and other groups to enter and stay in the EU for periods exceeding three months.

Theme:
Student Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
researcher directive
student directive

state of play researchers directive

cover

08/02/2013

The commission is expected to present a proposal to amend and merge the directive on students and the researchers directive. Background information and state of play can be found here.

Theme:
Student Migration
Keywords:
EU directive
researcher directive

state of play students directive

cover

08/02/2013

The commission has presented a proposal to amend and merge the directive on students and the researchers directive. Background information and state of play can be found here.

Theme:
Student Migration
Keywords:
EU directive
student directive
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