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A Europe that Protects

04/12/2018

The European Commission is presenting its Second Report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings.

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

9-point action plan on the fight against irregular transit migration

26/09/2018

On 10 September, the Belgian Minister of Security and the Interior and the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration presented a 9-point action plan on the fight against irregular transit migration.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Keywords:
transit migration
action plan

European Commission State of the Union and proposal to review Return Directive

12/09/2018

In his State of the Union, President Jean-Claude Juncker presented proposals to ensure full EU solidarity on migration and better protection of Europe's external borders. The Commission is proposing to reinforce the European Border and Coast Guard and the EU's Agency for Asylum and is proposing a targeted review of the Return Directive.

Theme:
External Dimension
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
return directive
State of the Union
EUAA
EBCG

Detention of irregularly staying families with children in family housing in a closed centre

11/08/2018

As of 11 August, irregularly staying families with minor children can be detained with a view to removal in family housing on the grounds of the closed detention centre 127bis.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
detention
child detention

The effectiveness of return in Belgium and other Member States (EMN)

08/08/2018

This EMN study aims at analysing the impact of EU rules on return policies and practices of Member States (including Belgium), and hence on the effectiveness of return decisions issued across the EU.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
return directive

Agreement on migration and return signed by Belgium and Tunisia

17/07/2018

Today, the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration and his Tunisian counterpart signed an agreement which focuses on cooperation regarding migration and return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Tunisia
bilateral agreements

EMN Annual Conference in the framework of the Bulgarian EU presidency: Crossroads of migration

01/06/2018

On the 31st of May and 1st of June, the Bulgarian Contact Point of the EMN - in the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council - organized the EMN Annual Conference. The conference was dedicated to  challenges and success factors in managing migration flows. 

Theme:
International Protection
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migration management
EMN Annual Conference

EMN Annual Conference: Crossroads of migration - challenges and success factors in managing migration flows (Bulgaria, 2 days)

02/05/2018

On the 31st of May and 1st of June, the Bulgarian Contact Point of the EMN - in the framework of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council - organizes the EMN Annual Conference. The conference will be dedicated to the following topic: challenges and success factors in managing migration flows.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Bulgarian Presidency
Bulgaria
EMN conference

Belgium and the United Kingdom to further cooperate on the issue of transit migration

26/02/2018

Today, the Belgian Minister of Home Affairs, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration met with the British Home Secretary in London to discuss the issue of transit migration.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
transit migration
transit migrants
United Kingdom

Visit of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration in Guinea focuses on the prevention of irregular migration and return

23/02/2018

From 21 until 23 February 2018, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, Theo Francken, visited Guinea in order to discuss the questions of – inter alia - irregular migration and return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
Guinea

Number of illegal border-crossings into the EU in 2017 at its lowest in four years (Frontex)

20/02/2018

Today, Frontex published its Risk Analysis for 2018, which concentrates on the scope of Frontex operational activities and, in particular, on irregular migration at the external borders of the EU and Schengen Associated Countries.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Frontex
risk analysis
border management

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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