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Ad Hoc Query on return of unaccompanied minors

30/06/2017

24 (Member) States provided information on the volume of returned unaccompanied minors and on family tracing. This ad hoc query was launched by the Finnish Contact Point to the EMN.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children (FRA)

01/06/2017

This report aims to support practitioners in implementing relevant polices in line with applicable law by outlining available safeguards against unlawful and arbitrary detention and highlighting promising practices.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Keywords:
alternative to detention
child detention

Humanitarian visa in Belgium (Myria)

23/05/2017

Myria, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre, today published a paper on humanitarian visa issued by the Belgian authorities in 2016.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
humanitarian visa

Council of Europe adopts Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children (2017-2019)

19/05/2017

Today, the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe agreed on concrete action on protecting refugee and migrant children.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migrant child

A child is a child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation (UNICEF)

01/05/2017

This report shows how the lack of safe and legal pathways for refugee and migrant children feeds a booming market for human smuggling and puts them at risk of violence, abuse and exploitation.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
child protection

Improving the protection of children in migration

12/04/2017

The Commission is today setting out actions to reinforce the protection of all migration children at all stages of the process and to ensure a closer link between the asylum and child protection services.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migrant child
Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors

EMN Conference in Belgium on the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants

Photo Conference of BE EMN NCP 2015

04/12/2015

The conference of the Belgian National Contact Point to the EMN– which took place on 4 December in Brussels – focused on challenges and opportunities associated with the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EMN conference
forced return
reintegration programmes
voluntary return
vulnerable persons

Rehabilitation and social reintegration of asylum-seeking children affected by war and armed conflict

09/11/2015

The report presents recommendations on how to improve identification, rehabilitation and social re/integration of war-affected asylum-seeking children.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Asylum
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
children
psychosocial support
rehabilitation
war

Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors (EMN)

EMN synthesis report on UAM (cover)

04/06/2015

This Report presents the main findings of the 2014 EMN Study "Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors (UAMs)". The study aims to update the findings of the 2008-2009 EMN study on UAMs.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Vulnerable groups
Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors

Cumulation of procedures is now authorized for unaccompanied foreign minors in Belgium

26/03/2015

As from 26 March 2015, unaccompanied foreign minors can also qualify for the special protection status when other protection, admission or residence procedures are ongoing.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
guardianship
protection
unaccompanied minors

Ad Hoc Query on detention and removal of minors

18/02/2015

18 (Member) States provided detailed national information and available statistical data on the detention and removal of unaccompanied and accompanied minors. This query was launched by the Belgian EMN national contact point.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
minor
removal
unaccompanied minors

Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors in Belgium (Update 2014)

31/01/2015

This is the Belgian Contribution to the EMN focused study on policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors. Other EMN National Contact Points (NCP’s) produced a similar report on the topic for their (Member) State.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
guardianship
age assessment

Morning session on the protection granted to seriously ill migrants in the context of the M’ Bodj and Abdida case-law in Belgium

ADDE logo

06/01/2015

On 20 January, the Belgian Association for foreigners’ rights organizes a training on the topic “What protection for seriously ill persons following M’Bodj and Abdida case-law?”.

Theme:
International Protection
Borders & Visa
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
association for foreigners' rights
ill migrants
Training
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