This final report, realised by the Study and Policy Unit of the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil), describes the reception of vulnerable applicants for international protection with specific needs. It discusses how (field) staff define, identify and respond to vulnerability in practice. The objective is to develop a better understanding of the way in which Fedasil and its reception partners fulfill the requirement of Belgian and European legislation to meet the specific needs of applicants for international protection.
17/12/2018
25/10/2018
The ChildMove project represents a unique attempt to follow young refugees and migrants as they travel from Libya and Turkey to European shores and onwards, and to allow young people themselves to speak of what it means to be on the move.
Join the Migration Policy Institute Europe and Ghent University for a morning coffee and discussion of this ground-breaking study of the experiences of young refugees and migrants who have travelled across Europe, unaccompanied by their families
18/10/2018
Europol launched a new report about child trafficking. It provides a comprehensive view on who the victims are and who the criminal networks are that trafficking the children in and into the EU.
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03/09/2018
22 (Member) States provided information regarding their definition of the concept of vulnerability and their practices regarding the identification and the care of vulnerable applicants for international protection with special reception needs.
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09/08/2018
This Inform summarises the main results of the EMN study on “Approaches to Unaccompanied Minors Following Status Determination in the EU plus Norway”.
09/08/2018
This EMN study focuses on the approaches to Unaccompanied Minors following status determination in the EU plus Norway. The study covers the period 2014-2017, thereby following up on previous EMN research on unaccompanied minors.
23/04/2018
This interesting conference is organised by the German Contact Point of the EMN. It aims to bring together policy-makers, academics and actors from NGOs and administration in Germany and at EU-level. Therefore, the conference covers a wide range of topics ranging from the arrival of unaccompanied minors to the transition to adulthood.
16/05/2018
Eurostat published a statistical analysis on the number of unaccompanied minors who applied for international protection in 2017. the 31,400 applications represent an important decrease compared to previous years.
09/01/2018
Over a period of two years, a UNICEF Belgium team collected the testimonies of 170 migrant and refugee children from 36 nationalities in reception centres and schools. The children talk about their experiences in their country of origin and their new environment, the disaster they fled for, the trials they endured on the way, their joy and sorrow. With this report UNICEF wants to build a bridge between the words of these young people, who are very keen on participation, and policy makers who are often far removed from their reality.
16/11/2011
The Service 'Roma and Travellers' of the Regional Ingetration Centre 'Foyer' in Brussels organise a study day on the topic of Roma living in the Brussels region
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16/11/2011
These two days close a research carried out during three years by the Asylum seekers reception department of the Belgian Red Cross and by the Training center of the Federation of the public social assistance centers with the support of the European Refugee Fund
08/09/2011
Climate change is a new driver of human migration and is expected by many to dwarf all others in its impact. This study was done by the Migration Policy Institute in coperation with the European University Institute.
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24/08/2011
In July, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)issued a policy paper entitled "Policy paper: the recast of the EU asylum Procedure and Reception Directives", containing its concerns & recommendations on the 2 directives.
20/07/2011
This week 25 refugees from Eritrea and Congo, who got into a deadlock in Libya, arrived in Belgium.
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01/06/2011
Publication of the UNHCR: Legal and Protection Policy Research Series
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06/05/2011
The Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) invites to an evening lecture followed by a debate on the theme 'Education in Intercultural Society'
Where: Kapel Grauwzusters, Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, 2000 Antwerp
When: 17 May, 18-19.30h
06/05/2011
Conference organized by the King Baudouin Foundation in the framework of MIPEX, a comparative study of integration policies of immigrants
Date and place: 13/05/2011, 14-17h, BIP, Place Royale 10-11, 1000 Brussels
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13/04/2011
Urgent action or Wait and see? – The nexus of climate change and migration
21/04/2011
Study on unaccompanied minors, carried out by the Risk Analysis Unit of FRONTEX. Amongst others, EMN and the Belgian organisation "Payoke" contributed to this study
01/04/2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Swedish NCP on 1 February 2010 on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)- related asylum claims in the EU - 18 responses
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31/03/2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Belgian NCP on 3 March 2010 concerning the issuing of residence permits for medical reasons - 18 responses
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15/02/2011
The European Commission presented an EU agenda for reinforcing the rights of the child. It includes a series of concrete actions, including promoting specific safeguards and procedural guarantees for children seeking asylum and child specific reception measures.
