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Fedasil opens a return desk in Charleroi

24/11/2016

In october 2016, Fedasil has opened a new return desk in Charleroi, where migrants can receive information and assistance on voluntary return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
return desk
voluntary return

The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices (EMN Inform)

Cover image Inform on rejected asylum seekers

15/11/2016

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices".

Theme:
Asylum
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Grèce

The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices (EMN)

15/11/2016

This EMN Study examines the policies and practices in place in Belgium and in the EU to encourage the return of rejected asylum seekers, identifying the challenges and good practices associated with return.

Theme:
Asylum
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies

REDIAL Conference: Challenges in the legal and judicial implementation of the Return Directive

REDIAL logo

10/10/2016

The REDIAL conference proposes for discussion some of the most contentious issues in the implementation of the Return Directive.

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

FI EMN NCP Conference: Returning rejected asylum-seekers (Helsinki)

18/09/2016

The Finnish Contact Point of the EMN organizes this conference to present and discuss the outcomes of the EMN study on the return of rejected asylum-seekers.

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

EMN Conference - Rethinking returns from the EU (Slovakia, 2 days)

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20/05/2016

On the 6th and 7th of July, the Slovakian National Contact Point - in connection with its Member State's Presidency of the Council of the EU - organizes the EMN conference on sustainable returns and cooperation with countries of origin.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
country of origin
EMN conference

Annual EMN Conference "Rethinking returns from the EU: Sustainable returns and cooperation with countries of origin

06/07/2016

On 6 and 7 July, the Slovakian National Contact Point of the EMN - in connection with its Member State's Presidency of the Council of the EU - organized the annual EMN conference. This time the conference focused on sustainable returns and cooperation with countries of origin.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
country of origin
EMN conference

Voluntary departure premiums doubled for Iraqi and Afghan asylum seekers

14/06/2016

At the initiative of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, the premiums granted to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who voluntarily return to their country of origin have been temporarily doubled.

Theme:
Asylum
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Afghanistan
departure premium
Iraq
voluntary return

Incentives to return to a third-country and support provided to migrants for their reintegration (EMN Inform)

08/06/2016

This EMN Inform provides an overview of the results of the review of 87 programmes implemented by 23 Member States and Norway to assist migrants to return and to support their reintegration.

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

Awareness and image of voluntary return - the perspective of irregular migrants and their representatives in Belgium (KUL)

Front page - Study on awareness and image of voluntary return (KUL)

10/05/2016

What image do irregular migrants and their representatives have of voluntary return? Is voluntary return well-known? These topics are the focus of a study carried out by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL).

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

European Commission reports on implementation of EU-Turkey Statement

Logo European Commission

20/04/2016

The Commission finds that good progress has been made to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EU-Turkey Statement
resettlement

EU-Turkey Agreement to tackle the refugee crisis

Logo of the Council of the EU

18/03/2016

The EU and Turkey have found an agreement in order to end irregular migration from Turkey to the EU.

Theme:
International Protection
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EU-Turkey Agreement
humanitarian admission
resettlement

Main results of the Justice and Home Affairs Council

logo EU JHA council

25/02/2016

The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 25/02/2016 discussed the current migratory situation, including the monitoring of implementation of the measures already agreed at recent meetings of the European Council and Justice and Home Affairs Council.

Theme:
Asylum
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Justice and Home Affairs Council
Schengen borders code
Western Balkans route

Voluntary return: charter flight to Iraq

Logo Fedasil

02/02/2016

For the first time in Europe, Fedasil and IOM organized on Monday 1st February 2016 a chartered flight to Baghdad for the voluntary return of 106 persons to Iraq.

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

Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of AVR(R) Programmes (EMN)

25/01/2016

The Guidelines – developed under the EMN Return Expert Group (REG) - propose a common methodology that Member States can follow to monitor and evaluate AVVR programmes.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords:
monitoring
evaluation
AVRR
AVR

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

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

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

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

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

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