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Eurostat newsrelease: report on asylum decisions in the EU, 2015

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20/04/2016

The News Release covers main trends on first and final instance decisions on applications for international protection and on Resettled persons, for the complete 2015 year, in the EU28+ EFTA region.

Theme:
International Protection
Data & Statistics
Type:
News item
Keywords:
asylum decisions
resettlement

EU-Turkey Agreement to tackle the refugee crisis

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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

Asylum applications in the EU Member States in 2015 (Eurostat)

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04/03/2016

This Eurostat News Release covers main trends on first time asylum applicants and on pending asylum applicants for the complete 2015 year in the EU28+ EFTA region.

Theme:
International Protection
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
asylum applications

Greece in the process of returning 308 irregular migrants to Turkey

Logo European Commission

02/03/2016

Today, the Commission confirmed that Greece is in the process of returning 308 irregular migrants to Turkey, as the EU steps up its efforts to ensure that those who do not qualify for international protection will be quickly and effectively returned to their countries of origin or transit.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Greece
irregular migrant
return
Turkey

Main results of the Justice and Home Affairs Council

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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

Asylum statistics January 2016: renewed asylum statistics

logo CGRS

18/02/2016

As of January 2016, the monthly statistics published by the CGRS refer to the number of persons and no longer to the number of asylum cases. In this way, the Belgian statistics conform to the definitions used by European agencies such as Eurostat and EASO.

Theme:
International Protection
Data & Statistics
Type:
News item
Keywords:
asylum applications
asylum decisions
CGRS

How (un)restrictive are we? : 'Adjusted' and 'expected' asylum recognition rates in Europe (WODC)

Cover report How (un)restrictive are we? (WODC)

16/02/2016

This study, published by the "Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum" (Dutch Ministry for Security and Justice), focuses on asylum recognition rates in the EU/EFTA area.

Theme:
International Protection
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
asylum recognition rate

New EASO executive director and more EASO news in the EASO Newsletter - January 2016

01/02/2016

This EASO newsletter provides information on the election of new executive director José Carreira (PT) and chairman Wolfgang Taucher (AT) of the EASO managment board.

Theme:
International Protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EASO
EASO executive director

Ad Hoc Query on illegal working

28/01/2016

22 (Member) States provided information on their practices regarding illegally working migrants, more precisely on whether this is considered a criminal offence and what possible sanctions they face. This query was launched by the British National Contact Point.

Theme:
Economic migration
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
illegal work
irregularly staying third-country national

Migrants' movements through the Mediterranean (EMN Policy Brief)

Cover page of EMN Policy Brief Migrants' movements through the Mediterranean

05/01/2016

This EMN Policy Brief presents key data on the irregular movements of people across the EU external borders and within the European Union itself, whether as asylum-seekers or as migrants, over the past few years and including the first nine months of 2015.

Theme:
Asylum
Irregular Migration
Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
asylum applications
asylum decisions
Mediterranean
migratory route
secondary movement

Migrants' movements through the Mediterranean (EMN Inform)

First page of the EMN Inform Migrant's movements through the Mediterranean

05/01/2016

This EMN Inform shows how movements of asylum-seekers, migrants and displaced persons to the EU have changed and evolved in 2015.

Theme:
Asylum
Irregular Migration
Data & Statistics
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Mediterranean
migration route
secondary movement

Study on the exchange of information between European countries regarding persons excluded from refugee status in accordance with Article 1F Refugee Convention

04/01/2016

What exchange of information on the application of exclusion 1F takes place currently ? Is it desirable and feasible to enhance international information exchange in this matter? This study answers these questions.

Theme:
International Protection
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
article 1F of the Refugee Convention
exclusion clause
information exchange

Welcoming engagement: How private sponsorship can strengthen refugee resettlement in the EU (MPI Europe)

08/12/2015

This report examines private sponsorship programmes to permit private individuals, groups, corporations and other entities to sponsor individual refugees for resettlement and accept financial responsibility for them for a period of time.

Theme:
International Protection
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
private sponsorship
resettlement

Ad Hoc Query on the status granted in resettlement schemes

06/11/2015

21 (Member) States provided information on the status granted to beneficiaries of resettlement, as well as on the practical procedure to grant this status and on the integration measures available. This query was launched by the Slovenian National Contact Point.

Theme:
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
resettlement

Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN Inform)

Cover Image EMN Inform Dissemination of information on voluntary return

03/11/2015

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities".

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

News Release report on Asylum in the EU in the second quarter of 2015 (Eurostat)

18/09/2015

This News Release, covers main trends on first time asylum applicants and on pending asylum applicants for the second quarter of 2015 in the EU28+EFTA region.

Theme:
International Protection
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
asylum applications
asylum decisions

Dissemination of information on voluntary return in Belgium and in the EU: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN)

Cover image EU synthesis on dissemination of information on voluntary return

17/09/2015

This EMN study analyses and compares the different approaches used by Member States to ensure irregular migrants are informed of options for return.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords:
voluntary return

Cost of exclusion from healthcare: The case of migrants in an irregular situation (FRA)

07/09/2015

This report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights aims to estimate the economic cost of providing timely access to healthcare for migrants in an irregular situation, compared with providing treatment only in emergency cases.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
healthcare

A Call for collective courage by Jean-Claude Juncker

24/08/2015

The European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, writes on the challenge of the migration issue.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
relocation
resettlement
solidarity

Remarks of Commissioner Avramopoulos after the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 20 July 2015

logo European Commission

21/07/2015

Interior ministers in Brussels on Monday (20 July) fell short of a European Commission-proposed target to relocate 40,000 asylum seekers arriving in Greece and Italy over the next two years. However according to EU Commissioner Avramopoulos significant progress was made on different topics.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
hotspots
relocation
safe country of origin

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

Special Meeting of the European Council to address the situation in the Mediterranean

Council of the European Union logo

23/04/2015

The European Council held a special meeting with a view to adopting different orientations to address the tragic situation in the Mediterranean.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
human trafficking
Mediterranean

Ten point action plan on migration in response to crisis situation in the Mediterranean.

European Commission logo

20/04/2015

A 10 point action plan of the immediate actions has been presented by Commissioner Avramopoulos and received the full backing of Foreign and Interior Ministers.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Mediterranean region

Protection in Crisis: Forced Migration and Protection in a Global Era (MPI)

08/04/2015

This Report makes the case of the complexity of the drivers favoring displacements as refugees, making protection based on a strict definition of persecution increasingly problematic and challenging to implement.

Theme:
International Protection
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
displacement
forced migrant
protection gap
humanitarian crisis

Irregular immigration in the EU: Facts and Figures (EP Think Tank)

Cover picture EPRS Briefing irregular migration

04/04/2015

The European Parliament Think Tank has published a briefing presenting facts and figures about irregular immigration in the EU.

Theme:
Irregular Migration
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
illegal border crossing
illegal entry
illegal stay
obligation to leave the territory

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