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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

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

Conference EU Third Countries on Migration Flows Management - The Democratic Republic of Congo (ACTED - FJEC - OCDH)

Poster of conference

07/11/2012

This conference takes place within the framework of the project "Awareness raising of the risks associated with irregular migration and support to vocational reintegration of migrants in the Republic of Congo" (2011-2012).

Theme:
Irregular Migration
External Dimension
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Democratic Republic of Congo
flow
management

Practical Measures to Reduce Irregular Migration - EU synthesis (EMN)

Cover page of this EMN synthesis report

31/10/2012

This synthesis report summarises the main findings of the national reports for the EMN study on practical measures to reduce irregular migration preformed by EMN national contact points from 22 member states.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies

Play & Debate: "Odysseys": a fresh perspective on irregal immigration (De Poche Theater)

Poster of the play Odysseys

22/08/2012

What drives so many migrants to risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean sea? How does Europe react? These questions will be addressed with representatives from CIRé, CNCD and Boats4People during a debate following the play on 25 September 2012.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Mediterranean
boat migrant

Annual Risk Analysis 2012 (Frontex)

19/04/2012

The Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) for 2012 presents an analysis of events related to border control as well as to illegal border crossing and different forms of cross-border crime during 2011.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Keywords:
Frontex

The Court makes assisting illegal immigration punishable by criminal penalties for fraudulently obtained and not yet annulled visa holders

Logo of the Court of Justice of the European Union

10/04/2012

Based on judgement in case C-83/12 Minh Koa Vo, a Member State may impose criminal penalties for aiding illegal immigration when the persons who have entered the Union territory, national of non member countries, hold visas fraudulently obtained but not yet annulled.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Keywords:
Court of Justice of the European Union
criminal penalties
judgement

Press release: Common responses to current challenges of secondary mixed migration flows

Foreign Affairs Logo

07/03/2012

The Ministers responsible for asylum and migration of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom met in Brussels on 7 March 2012 to discuss measures in the field of combating illegal immigration

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item

Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants

European Commission

29/02/2012

The publication commissionned by the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, offers a descriptive and analytical assessment of the use of social assistance by migrants in 19 European Member States.

Theme:
Economic migration
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
European Commission
social assistance

"Exils": new play in "Théâtre National" from 24 January to 11 February 2012

01/01/2012

In "Exils", classed somewhere between a documentary and an imagination, reality and virtual reality, actors and marionettes tell how the destiny of an exile stranded at Lampedusa intertwines with that of a police officer charged with the expulsion of new refugees.

Theme:
Irregular Migration

Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration towards Belgium

afbeelding rapport Irr. migratie

23/01/2012

This national report on the EMN-study topic "Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration" provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures implemented by Belgium to address irregular migration.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies

Irregular Migration in Europe

09/01/2012

Irregular migration is a subject of ongoing public debate in Europe. Policy makers are under pressure to reduce it and majorities often view it as a problem. Have policy interventions contributed to a decline in irregular migration? Have new hotspots of irregular entry emerged?

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
border management
detection
illegal entry
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