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Webinar on Alternatives to Detention (EMN Belgium)

21/12/2020

On 15 December, EMN Belgium and the EMN Return Expert Group hosted a webinar on Alternatives to Detention. The online event focused on the current legal framework on alternatives to detention, the implementation of these alternatives in practice and the identification of emerging good practices and pilot projects.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Conférence EMN

Webinar on Alternatives to Detention (EMN Belgium)

16/11/2020

On 15 December, EMN Belgium and the EMN Return Expert Group will host a half-day webinar on Alternatives to Detention. The online event focuses on the current legal framework on alternatives to detention, the implementation of these alternatives in practice and the identification of emerging good practices and pilot projects.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
alternatives to detention
effective return

Parliamentary hearing on legislative proposal concerning the prohibition of detention of minors

24/09/2020

On 16 September 2020, the Interior Committee of the Belgian House of Representatives held a parliamentary hearing on a legislative proposal concerning the prohibition of detention of minors. EMN Belgium contributed to the hearing by presenting the laws, policies and practices in other EU Member States.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
detention
alternatives to detention
families
unaccompanied minors

Ad Hoc Query on detention of minors

24/09/2020

24 Member States provided information on national laws and practices regarding the detention of families with children in migration procedures, the possibility to detain one of the parents and detention in the context of the age assessment process.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
families

Return counselling (EMN Informs)

30/03/2020

These three EMN Informs look into i.a. possible approaches for return counselling, support for return counsellors, and information provision for the return of migrants.

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

2.426 voluntary returns conducted by Belgium in 2019

12/02/2020

Voluntary returns to the countries of origin are decreasing for the third consecutive year.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
voluntary return

CMI Report: Review of the Information, Return and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) Programme

29/11/2011

The Christian Michelsen Institute published a report commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration on the Norwegian Information, Return, and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) Programme. The research has been done in cooperation with the University of Duhok.

Theme:
Integration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
reintegration program
voluntary return

Omzetting terugkeerrichtlijn en invoering principe veilig land van oorsprong

24/11/2011

Theme:
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Type:
Nieuwsbericht
Keywords:
terugkeer
veilig land

Possibilities and realities of return migration

logo prio

06/10/2011

PREMIG is a four-year research project 2011-2014 based at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The project addresses return migration from Norway and the United Kingdom

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

EMN-rapport in de Vlaamse media

07/09/2011

Theme:
Irreguliere migratie
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Type:
Nieuwsbericht

Launching of the SEFOR Project

Logo Belgian Home Office

01/07/2011

The Belgian Immigration Office started the SEFOR Project, which aims at ensuring the follow-up of the migrants having received an order to leave the territory, if they are effectively returning to their country of origin, voluntarily or not (SEFOR meaning "Sensibilisation, Follow-up, Return)

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

Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office

Cover Annual Report 2010, Immigration Office

23/06/2011

This is the Annual Report 2010 of the Belgian Immigration Office (Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken/Office des Etrangers)

Theme:
Asylum
Migration
Economic migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Regularization

Ad Hoc Query on the use of language analyses in the removal process

25/05/2011

Ad hoc query, requested on February 23, 2011 by the Belgian NCP concerning methods to determine the origin of irregular migrants by language analyses. 16 responses

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries

Annual Report 'Migration' 2010 (Centre)

Cover Annual Report Migration 2010

11/05/2011

The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published its fourth annual report 'Migration'. The Centre pleads for the third year in a row for a sustainable migration policy in Belgium.

Theme:
Asylum
Migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Regularization
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
annual report
migration policy

Annual Report: Return and Emigration of Asylum Seekers Ex-Belgium (REAB)

Cover page REAB Annual Report 2010

04/05/2011

IOM published in cooperation with Fedasil the annual REAB-report 2010

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
IOM
REAB program
reintegration programmes
voluntary return

Vrijwillige terugkeer: moeilijk onderwerp, mogelijke toekomstpiste

12/04/2011

Theme:
Terugkeer & Readmissie
Publication type:
Rapport
Keywords:
terugkeer
vrijwillige terugkeer

Ad Hoc Query on EU laissez-passer

31/03/2011

Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Swedish NCP on 24 August 2010 concerning the issuing of EU Laissez-Passer for return of third country nationals - 20 responses

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
laissez-passer
return

Voluntary Return Programmes: Could they Assuage the effects of the Economic Crisis?

Cover page study

30/03/2011

To what extent the Voluntary Return Programmes for foreign workers can be helpful in order to decrease unemployment pressures in a context of economic crisis? In the background of lessons provided by experience in other countries, this paper analyzes the Spanish policy in that field.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
foreign workers
Spain
voluntary return

Rapport annuel 2009 Fedasil

28/01/2011

Theme:
Accueil
Accueil
Retour & Réadmission
Retour & Réadmission
Données & Statistiques
Données & Statistiques
Publication type:
Rapport

Assessment of Brazilian Migration Patterns and AVR-Programmes from selected EU Member States to Brazil (IOM)

Cover page study

27/01/2011

This research, initiated by the IOM, aimed at better defining the profile of the Brazilian migrants residing in Ireland, Portugal and Belgium.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
Brazil
IOM
irregular resident

Pressrelease State Secretary Wathelet: balance sheet asylum and migration policies 2010

picture front page press release Wathelet

19/01/2011

The federal State Secretary for Migration and Asylum Policies Melchior Wathelet has given a pressconference presenting the asylum and migration policies in 2010 and providing an overview of some statistical data.

Theme:
Asylum
Return & Readmission
Regularization
Data & Statistics
Type:
News item
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