Skip to main content

Other government information and services: belgium.be

  • EN
  • NL
  • FR
EMN

Main navigation

  • Home
  • EMN Publications
    • Annual Reports
    • Thematic Studies
    • Informs
    • Ad Hoc Queries
    • EMNews
    • Glossary
  • All Publications
    • Reception
    • International Protection
    • Temporary Protection
    • Economic Migration
    • Family Migration
    • Student Migration
    • Citizenship & Nationality
    • Statelessness
    • Borders & Visa
    • Irregular Migration
    • Return & Readmission
    • Smuggling & Trafficking
    • Integration
    • Vulnerable Groups
    • External Dimension
  • News & Agenda
    • News
    • Agenda
    • EMN Belgium Policy Event 2026
  • About EMN
    • EMN Belgium
    • EMN Europe
    • EMN Activities
    • Contact Us
  • Clear all filters

Content type

  • News (10)
  • Publications (8)
  • Events (6)

Publication type

  • EMN Ad Hoc Queries (7)
  • External publications (1)

Theme

  • Reception (28)
  • International Protection (26)
  • Economic migration (22)
  • Integration (22)
  • (-) Vulnerable groups (19)
  • Borders & Visa (17)
  • Return & Readmission (13)
  • Irregular Migration (12)
  • Smuggling & Trafficking (12)
  • Temporary protection (10)
  • External Dimension (8)
  • (-) Family Migration (5)
  • Statelessness (4)
  • Citizenship & Nationality (3)
  • Student Migration (1)

Year

  • 2026 (23)
  • 2025 (36)
  • 2024 (24)
  • (-) 2023 (24)
  • 2022 (7)
  • 2021 (2)
  • 2020 (4)
  • 2019 (3)
  • 2018 (15)
  • 2017 (17)
  • 2016 (8)
  • 2015 (7)
  • 2014 (21)
  • 2013 (25)
  • 2012 (28)
  • 2011 (33)
  • 2009 (1)

OECD debate on addressing forced displacement in climate change adaptation

25/11/2023

This virtual event is part of the OECD COP28 Virtual Pavilion, which runs from 23 November to 12 December 2023. The pavilion presents key OECD contributions with insights to drive ambitious and globally effective action on climate change.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
forced displacement
climate change

4th edition of the Migration and Health Seminar

31/10/2023

The 4th edition of the annual Migration & Health Seminar, jointly organised by the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the University of Antwerp (MIGLOBA; previously CEMIS), will focus on mental health and migration.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
mental health
diversity
psychiatric care
mental well-being

EMN Luxembourg Conference: Children in Migration – Access to Education

26/10/2023

This conference will focus on access to education and the role of education in the development and social inclusion of migrant children. It will be an opportunity for networking and experience sharing between partners who are working on questions related to the well-being of migrant children, as well as an opportunity to bring in different perspectives from other (selected) EU Member States, which have reported developments on access to education for migrant children in the last few years.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
migrant child
access to education
social inclusion

EMN Finland Conference: Children in migration – Assessing the best interests of the child in migration processes

13/10/2023

This conference organised by the Finnish Contact Point of the EMN aims to promote dialogue between different actors and to find new perspectives on how to develop the assessment of the best interests of the child in migration processes.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
best interests of the child

New campaign "Without papers, without rights, without shelter" launched to protect the most vulnerable

07/11/2023

Samusocial, CIRÉ, Médecins du Monde, Ilot and the Brussels Platform Armoede have launched the campaign "Without papers, without rights, without shelter" to demonstrate the reality of undocumented persons and to propose concrete recommendations to policymakers in this field.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
homeless
undocumented migrants
access to employment
access to healthcare
gender

WHO publishes first-ever global research agenda on health, migration and displacement

30/10/2023

The World Health Organization has published its first-ever global research agenda on health, migration and displacement to guide research efforts to understand and address the health needs of migrants, refugees, and all forcibly displaced populations and shape responsive policies and practices worldwide. 

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
health
health emergency
migrant health

Ad Hoc Query on practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection

13/10/2023

This ad hoc query focuses on the early detection and identification of presumed victims of torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international and temporary protection procedures. It inter alia collects information from EMN Member Countries on guidance and training available to competent authorities, on referrals to medico-legal assessments and use of medico-legal documentation as well as on challenges and good practices in this field.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
torture
ill-treatment
victim
international protection
temporary protection

Ad Hoc Query on family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection

25/09/2023

This ad hoc query collects information on the submission, processing and examination of applications for family reunification with beneficiaries of international protection. It also focuses on documentary requirements which apply in this context. Finally, it touches upon family reunification with and for children, including children coming of age.

Theme:
International Protection
Family Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive
application for family reunification
evidence
family tie
children

Child Focus has registered 244 disappearances of unaccompanied minors so far this year

13/09/2023

The organisation reports a huge increase in the number of vulnerable young asylum seekers who disappear in Belgium. The number of disappearances could double this year, compared to 2022 which had 136 cases.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
disappearance

Ad Hoc Query on granting a residence permit on the basis of a child protection order

05/09/2023

In the Netherlands, there is a special policy applicable to third-country national children based on a family supervision order (child protection order) that is imposed by the juvenile court. The Dutch authorities launched this query because they want to know whether it is possible for a minor third-country national who is covered by a similar order to receive a residence permit in other Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
accompanied children
family supervision order
protection order
vulnerable persons

Ad Hoc Query on guardianship of unaccompanied minors

01/09/2023

The Luxembourg Ombudsman for Children and Youth (OKaJu), together with UNICEF Luxembourg, is carrying out research on the situation of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) in Luxembourg. In this context, they would like to collect information on good practices in other EU Member States with a focus on the guardianship of UAMs.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
guardianship

The Belgian Red Cross-Flanders is looking for volunteers to help refugees searching for missing relatives

14/07/2023

During the first six months of 2023, the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders already helped 152 people – mostly refugees – in their search for lost relatives. That is the highest number since 2017. The organisation is looking for volunteers who want to commit at least 6 hours a week to help find the missing relatives.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
refugee
missing relative

EMN Slovakia Educational Seminar on Migration “Protection of migrants in vulnerable situations” (3 days)

11/05/2023

The EMN Slovakia Educational Seminar on Migration is a learning platform about migration that fosters networking, experience sharing, and discussions among (inter)national experts and participants. The seminar has been organised by IOM as the coordinator of the EMN activities in Slovakia with funding from the European Union since 2012, each year on a specific migration-related topic.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event

EMN Italy Conference: The prevention and restraint of violence against foreign minors

04/05/2023

The conference organised by the Italian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN) will focus on violence against foreign minors. It will explore solutions to prevent the phenomenon, to further develop staff training and efficiently take charge of the victims.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
minor
violence

Ad Hoc Queries on residence procedure specifically for unaccompanied minors

20/06/2023

The Belgian authorities are looking to improve/review the special residence procedure for unaccompanied foreign minors, known as the Best Interest Procedure. In this context, Belgium launched three ad hoc queries to seek information from other Member States on (i) similar residence procedures specifically for UAMs, (ii) procedures followed in case return to the country of origin is considered and (iii) steps taken to implement return decisions.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
residence procedure
unaccompanied minors

On the occasion of the International Day of Missing Children, a guide is released to prevent the disappearance of unaccompanied minors

25/05/2023

Today, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor, the Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden, Fedasil, Child Focus, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, and the Guardianship Service presented together a guide aimed at preventing and resolving the disappearance of unaccompanied foreign minors.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
disappearance

Have a look at the term "best interests of the child" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary

21/04/2023

The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "best interests of the child" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
best interests of the child

The Court of Justice released its judgment in Case C-1/23 PPU | Afrin with a significant impact on applications for family reunification

18/04/2023

According to the Court of Justice of the EU, European Union law precludes national legislation which requires, without exception, that an application for family reunification be submitted in person at a competent diplomatic post.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
application for family reunification
Family Reunification Directive
refugee

Have a look at the term "unaccompanied minor" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary

07/04/2023

The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "unaccompanied minor" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!

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

Caritas is looking for volunteers to support unaccompanied foreign minors in Liege

30/03/2023

You are from Liège and you want to give your time to unaccompanied foreign minors? Caritas is looking for volunteers who want to meet them and exchange, either by doing activities or by supporting them at school.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
volunteer

Global Displacement Forecast 2023 (Danish Refugee Council)

13/03/2023

The DRC Global Displacement Forecast 2023 Report, projects that the total number of people displaced will increase by 1.9 million in 2023 and an additional 3.5 million in 2024. This means that by 2024, the number of displaced people will have more than doubled since 2015 and increased by more than 50 million. 

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
displacement

Ad Hoc Query on data on unaccompanied minors outside of international protection procedures

03/03/2023

The Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network launched an ad hoc query on the existing data on unaccompanied minors (UAMs) outside of international protection procedures in other Member Countries. With this query, the Dutch NCP wanted to get a better picture of the total influx of UAMs in a European perspective.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Data & Statistics
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
data collection

Ad Hoc Query on the possibility of concluding a marriage between a European citizen and a third-country national who resides illegally on the territory

02/03/2023

In the Czech Republic, a marriage can, under the current legislation, only take place if both parties have legal residence on the territory. By launching this ad hoc query, the Czech National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network (EMN) wanted to know more about the existing practices in other Member Countries.

Theme:
Family Migration
Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
marriage of convenience
illegal stay

New AIDA report concludes that various improvements are needed to ensure the effectiveness of the right to family unity of persons in need of protection

10/02/2023

Ahead of the Family Reunification Directive’s 20th anniversary, this new comparative report provides a comprehensive overview of the current implementation of the Directive and other forms of realisation of family unity for individuals in need of protection across 23 European countries based on ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA).

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive
family reunification right
  • Contact us | Links |  Youtube |  Twitter |  LinkedIn

  • Legal Notice & Privacy Policy

    Please carefully read the legal notice and privacy policy before using this website.

Co-funded by
the European Union

EU logo

Dynamate Dynamate
EMN Belgium

We value your privacy

We use cookies to make this website work and, with your consent, to measure its audience (Google Analytics). The site also uses Google reCAPTCHA to protect its forms against spam, and may embed YouTube videos.

For more information, see our privacy policy.

Strictly necessary cookies Always active

Required for the website to function: security, form protection (Google reCAPTCHA) and remembering your cookie choices. They cannot be disabled.

Audience measurement (Google Analytics)

Helps us understand how the site is used so we can improve it. No data is sent to Google until you give your consent.

Embedded videos (YouTube) may set Google cookies when they are played.