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BE EMN NCP conference: Return of irregular and vulnerable migrants - Challenges & opportunities

EMN logo

26/10/2015

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.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
irregular migrant
vulnerable persons

EMN Conference in Belgium on the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants

Photo Conference of BE EMN NCP 2015

04/12/2015

The conference of the Belgian National Contact Point to the EMN– which took place on 4 December in Brussels – focused on challenges and opportunities associated with the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EMN conference
forced return
reintegration programmes
voluntary return
vulnerable persons

Sustainable refugee return: Triggers, constraints and lessons on addressing the development challenges of forced displacement

03/11/2015

This study aims to identify the conditions that influence the decisions by refugees in protracted displacement regarding return to their home country: when, why and by whom are decisions on return and other coping strategies made?

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
displacement
durable solution
sustainable return

Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN Inform)

Cover Image EMN Inform Dissemination of information on voluntary return

03/11/2015

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities".

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
voluntary return

Dissemination of information on voluntary return in Belgium and in the EU: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN)

Cover image EU synthesis on dissemination of information on voluntary return

17/09/2015

This EMN study analyses and compares the different approaches used by Member States to ensure irregular migrants are informed of options for return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords:
voluntary return

Cost of exclusion from healthcare: The case of migrants in an irregular situation (FRA)

07/09/2015

This report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights aims to estimate the economic cost of providing timely access to healthcare for migrants in an irregular situation, compared with providing treatment only in emergency cases.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
healthcare

Special Meeting of the European Council to address the situation in the Mediterranean

Council of the European Union logo

23/04/2015

The European Council held a special meeting with a view to adopting different orientations to address the tragic situation in the Mediterranean.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
human trafficking
Mediterranean

Ten point action plan on migration in response to crisis situation in the Mediterranean.

European Commission logo

20/04/2015

A 10 point action plan of the immediate actions has been presented by Commissioner Avramopoulos and received the full backing of Foreign and Interior Ministers.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Mediterranean region

Irregular immigration in the EU: Facts and Figures (EP Think Tank)

Cover picture EPRS Briefing irregular migration

04/04/2015

The European Parliament Think Tank has published a briefing presenting facts and figures about irregular immigration in the EU.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
illegal border crossing
illegal entry
illegal stay
obligation to leave the territory

Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) 2015

01/04/2015

The Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) presents a European summary of trends and developments along the external borders of the Member States of the EU.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
entry refusal
illegal border crossing
irregular entry
irregular stay
obligation to leave the territory

Joint Operational Team launched to combat irregular migration in the Mediterranean

Logo Europol Mare

17/03/2015

The Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare, a new initiative aiming to tackle the organised criminal groups who are facilitating the journeys of migrants by ships across the Mediterranean Sea to the European Union, has been launched today.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
criminal groups
Mediterranean
JOT Mare

Moving Back or Moving Forward? Return migration after conflict.

05/03/2015

In this dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, Marieke van Houte shows that the expectations on which migration and development policies are based only apply to a small minority of returnees, who are not the group that is targeted by these policies.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
Afghanistan
agents of changes
AVRR
development
post-conflict situation
return migration
return policies

Comparative Research on the Assisted Voluntary Return & Reintegration of Migrants (IOM)

04/03/2015

The study was conceived and commissioned as part of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Irregular Migration Research Programme and supported by the IOM and is one of the largest comparative projects on this topic in recent years.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
AVRR
sustainable return

Ad Hoc Query on detention and removal of minors

18/02/2015

18 (Member) States provided detailed national information and available statistical data on the detention and removal of unaccompanied and accompanied minors. This query was launched by the Belgian EMN national contact point.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
minor
removal
unaccompanied minors

Conference: Alternatives to immigration detention in the EU: the time for implementation (Odysseus, Brussels)

Web page of Odysseus network presentation of event

19/01/2015

Organised in the framework of the Made Real Project funded by the European Union, this conference provides a comprehensive understanding of the EU legal framework on alternatives to detention (ATD) for asylum seekers and
migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
alternative to detention
detention
Made Real Project

The European Commission makes a stand on recent human smuggling in the Mediterranean

European Commission logo

13/01/2015

On the occasion of the European Parliament plenary session of 13 January 2015, Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos spoke on human smuggling in the Mediterranean and the needed reaction of the EU

Theme:
Asylum
Irregular Migration
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Frontex
joint operation Triton
resettlement
Syrian refugees

Challenges and good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants to Western Africa (EMN Inform)

01/01/2015

This EMN Inform provides information concerning EMN national Contact Points’ practices on return and reintegration to Western Africa.

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