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A guide on Trafficking of Women (Border Woman)

25/11/2013

This guide, made by women who have escaped trafficking and based on their experiences, provides information on trafficking in women and advice for potential victims and support-organisations.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication type:
Report

A brief overview of recent findings on return (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN inform on recent findings on return

19/11/2013

This EMN Inform provides an overview of current aspects of return in EU Schengen Member States and Norway, including statistics.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
forced return
return directive
voluntary return

Committee against Torture publishes final observations on Belgium

logo UNCHR

18/11/2013

The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed both positive and negative observations on Belgium, following the examination of the third periodic report on Belgium.

Theme:
International Protection
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
detention

A child is a child. How can the EU ensure the rights of undocumented migrant children and families? (PICUM)

Cover / Poster of event

06/11/2013

The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) together with Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), invite you to join a discussion on how the European Union can ensure the rights of undocumented migrant children and their families.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
undocumented migrants

Ad Hoc Query on removal policies

09/08/2013

10 Member States provided detailed information and statistical data on their removal policy, forced returns and assisted returns. This query was launched by the French EMN NCP

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
forced return
Frontex
return policy
voluntary return

Year Report 2012 (IOM Brussels)

03/07/2013

This very first edition of the IOM Brussels Country Office (CO) Year Report will give you a brief overview of activities undertaken in 2012 allowing a focus on specific areas of interest linked to the Belgian and Luxembourg migration context and more broadly to the European and global context.

Theme:
External Dimension
Family Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
voluntary return
development
reintegration

ADDE training: Current Questions on the Removal and Return of foreigners

23/05/2013

During this morning session, ADDE proposes to highlight and discuss applicable rules, recent case law and practices in the field of removal and return of foreigners.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
return directive

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

Children First and Foremost (PICUM)

Cover page of the publication "Children First and Foremost"

22/05/2013

This guide, which aims at realising the rights of children and families in a irregular migration situation, is the result of the "Building Strategies to Improve the Protection of Undocumented Children in Europe" project

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
undocumented migrants
child protection
rights

Children on the Move

22/04/2013

This publication targets policymakers and practitioners in the field of migration and child protection, along with academics and activists, and sheds light on the situation of migrant children.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
child labour
migrant child
unaccompanied minors

Ad Hoc Query on legal assistance in detention centres

15/04/2013

The compilation of responses from 6 Member States to this French ad hoc query provides some useful information inter alia on organisations granted access to detention centres and sites accessible to such organisations.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
legal aid

South - South Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

25/03/2013

In this background note, the ACP Observatory on Migration assesses return migration in a South-South context, proposing return definitions, typologies and trends as well as a summary of current policies and best practices.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
south-south migration
reintegration
sustainable return
return migrant

Sanctions Directive transposed into national legislation

04/03/2013

On 4 March 2013, the Law laying down sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals came into force.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
sanctions directive
irregular worker

Call for Papers: Children Migrants and 3rd Culture Kids Roots and Routes

Logo of Event and Call for papers on Children Migrants

02/01/2013

Researchers and practicioners are invited to submit papers in preparation for an international conference aimed at understanding the impact of very different forms of migrations (i.e. forced migrations, economic migrations, return migrations) on children, including long-term consequences.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
migrant child

Establishing Identity for International Protection - EU synthesis (EMN)

cover synthesis report

21/02/2013

This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study on Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 25 (Member) States.

Theme:
International Protection
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
identification
identity

Publication: Migration of Unaccompanied Minors from West Africa to North Africa

logo publication MNA Afrique

01/02/2013

This report realized on the basis of a documentary study addresses the question of the protection of unaccompanied minors from West Africa to North Africa from a transnational point of view.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

Report launched to explore the current lack of uniform status across Europe for migrants who can't be returned

25/01/2013

The preliminary executive summary of the report concludes that it is necessary to push forward discussions in order to move towards legislation in the area in the near future.

Theme:
Regularization
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
tolerated status
non-removable migrant

Ad Hoc Query on the return of unaccompanied minors

17/01/2013

This compilation of responses to a French ad hoc query provides information on the removal of unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
age assessment
family tracing
forced return
unaccompanied minors
voluntary return

Open Return Centre purchased in Holsbeek industrial area, Flemish Brabant

08/01/2013

Today, Tuesday 8 January 2013, the act of purchase was signed for the building that will become the open return centre in Holsbeek.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
return centre
voluntary return

Responding to Migratory Pressures in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform Responding Migratory Pressures 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform provides a short overview of the main developments that took place in the EU in 2011 in response to increasing migratory pressure and specifically in relation to the six strategic priority areas of the EU Action on Migratory Pressure.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
External Dimension
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
border management
migration management
mobility partnership
readmission agreement

Developments in International Protection and Asylum in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform International protection 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform presents the main developments that took place in 2011 with regard to international protection comprising statistics, the Common European Asylum System, intra-EU Solidarity , external dimension and unaccompanied minors.

Theme:
Asylum
Vulnerable groups
External Dimension
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
CEAS
resettlement
solidarity
unaccompanied minors
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