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Protection challenges examined during EMN national event in Dublin

17/12/2012

At the occasion of the IE EMN NCP conference in Dublin, a wide audience, including national policy makers and experts as well as representatives from the Commission and other NCPs, discussed protection challenges.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
Event
Keywords:
CEAS
EASO
protection

ADDE publishes new information sheet on European blue card

09/12/2012

This recently published information sheet "EU Blue card: Highly qualified workers" provides information on beneficiaries, procedures, statuses, legal basis and appeals in this matter.

Theme:
Economic migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EU blue card
highly skilled workers

Public lunchtime debate: COMBAT - Prevention, Protection and Support against Trafficking

Poster of the event/debate COMBAT

25/10/2012

On Wednesday 5 December in the European Parliament, key stakeholders, including EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, Ms Vassiliadou, will comment on the realities of combating trafficking.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
Event
Keywords:
COMBAT
prevention
protection
support

JHA Council 25-26 October: one step closer to a Common European Asylum System

29/10/2012

The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) achieved a Political Agreement on the Reception Conditions Directive, discussed recent developments in Syria and council conclusions were endorsed concerning the new EU strategy to combat human trafficking.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
CEAS
Syria

6th EU Anti-Trafficking Day & High Level Conference in Brussels

Programme of Anti Trafficking Day 18 October 2012

20/09/2012

To mark the 6th EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Cyprus EU Presidency and the European Commission are organising the conference 'Working together towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings: The Way Forward'

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
anti-trafficking day
prevention
prosecution
protection

Annual report Trafficking of human beings 2011 (Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism)

image of annual Trafficking report

09/10/2012

One week before the European Anti Trafficking Day (18 October), the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism presented its fifteenth annual report on trafficking in, and smuggling of human beings.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking

Council of Europe report calls for better co-operation to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders

Cover page of the report of GRETA

04/10/2012

In its latest annual report, published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking watchdog GRETA (Group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings) urges countries across the continent to step up the fight against human trafficking.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item
Keywords:
convention on fighting human trafficking
investigation
prosecution
protection

Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting its Victims (Directive 2011/36/EU)

First page of directive 2011/36/UE

21/09/2012

On 5 April 2011, the European Union adopted Directive 2011/36/EU which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
definition
directive 2011/36/EU
penalties
prevention
prosecution
protection

The EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016

20/09/2012

The Strategy, adopted on 19 June 2012, contains a set of concrete and practical measures that will support and complement the Directive 2011/36/EC whose deadline for transposition is 6 April 2013.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
identification
joint investigation
prosecution
protection
strategy

Information session: Migrant Worker & Humanitarian Regularization (Abraço)

Information session poster

07/09/2012

Abraço invites you to an information session on the rights of migrant workers and the regularization based on humanitarian grounds. Members of the federal public services will take the floor in French and Protuguese.

Theme:
Economic migration
Regularization
Keywords:
humanitarian ground
migrant worker

Entry into force of the Belgian law transposing the EU Blue Card Directive

logo Belgium

10/09/2012

On 10 September 2012 the Belgian legislation transposing the Blue Card Directive(2009/50/EC) entered into force. The Blue Card Directive itself was adopted on 25 May 2009 to create a “European Blue Card” for highly qualified third-country nationals.

Theme:
Economic migration
Keywords:
blue card
highly skilled workers

Satisfying labour demands in mid- and low-skilled occupations through immigration

07/08/2012

This article examines ways of better identifying the role of mid- and low-skilled migration in filling labour and skill shortages.

Theme:
Economic migration
Keywords:
labour migration
low-skilled
semi-skilled
labour shortage
skill development

OECD releases International Migration Outlook 2012

28/06/2012

This publication provides an analysis of recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and two analytical chapters, covering the role of migration in renewing the skills of ageing workforces and the role of Asia in international migration.

Theme:
Data & Statistics
Migration
Economic migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
migration flow
OECD

New Belgian Action plan to combat trafficking in human beings

Logo België

22/06/2012

The Belgian Minister of Justice and the State Secretary for Immigration and Asylum have presented a new national action plan to combat trafficking in human beings and human smuggling to the Belgian Council of Ministers.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Type:
News item

Evening Debate "EU Migration Policy: the Search for Skills"

Screenshot of European Voice website announcing the event

25/05/2012

European Voice will hold a debate about the future of EU migration policy to debate how the EU can reform its migration policy to become more attractive for skilled migrants while addressing the concerns of emigration countries.

Theme:
Economic migration

Abused domestic workers in Europe: the case of au pairs

03/05/2012

The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality requested this study.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Economic migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
au pair

Communication from the Commission on external dimension on social security coordination

cover communication commission

03/05/2012

In a globalised economic environment, labour mobility both within the EU and between the
EU and the rest of the world is a growing reality and necessity. Social security coordination is
a system of rules aimed at facilitating such mobility.

Theme:
Economic migration
External Dimension
Keywords:
labour mobility
bilateral agreements
common approach

Federal Parliament approves a bill transposing the European Blue Card Directive

29/03/2012

A draft bill modifying the Immigration Law and transposing the European Blue Card Directive is approved in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on March 29, 2012.

Theme:
Economic migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
blue card

The Centrality of Employment in Immigrant Integration in Europe

Cover of the publication

19/03/2012

The Political scientist Randall Hansen has published his study for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied complementary about immigration and integration in Europe.

Theme:
Economic migration
Integration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
employment
Immigrant integration

Cross-border Trafficking In Human Beings: Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Reducing Sexual Exploitation

15/03/2012

Peter H. van der Laan, Monika Smit, Inge Busschers and Pauline Aarten have published their study for the Campbell Collaboration. It focuses on cross-border trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and prostitution.

Theme:
Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
cross-border crime
victims of human trafficking

Migration: the solution to shortages of staff in the healthcare sector?

Image of the publication "Migration: the solution to shortages of staff in the

05/03/2012

Johan Wets and Tom De Bruyn, researchers at the Reasearch Center HIVA of the KUL publish their study about shortages of staff in the healthcare sector in Belgium.

Theme:
Economic migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
labour shortages

Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants

European Commission

29/02/2012

The publication commissionned by the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, offers a descriptive and analytical assessment of the use of social assistance by migrants in 19 European Member States.

Theme:
Economic migration
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
European Commission
social assistance

Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration (EMN Inform)

Cover EMN Inform: Satisfying Labour Demand

03/02/2012

This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration

Theme:
Economic migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
labour shortages

Temporary and Circular Migration (EMN Inform)

Cover EMN-Inform on Circular Migration

03/02/2012

This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Temporary and Circular Migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States, which had contributions from 24 EU Member States

Theme:
Migration
Economic migration
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
circular migration
temporary migration

Report from the Commission on the application of Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third country nationals for the purposes of scientific research

afbeelding rapport EC

19/01/2012

This report assesses the application of the Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for more than three months for the purpose of scientific research.

Theme:
Economic migration
Student Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
Scientific Visa

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