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Today EMN Belgium, in collaboration with the Immigration Office, organised a stakeholders meeting to exchange views on the future EU Talent Pool

13/03/2023

The meeting put institutional stakeholders and the private sector around the table, to exchange experiences and knowledge regarding the future EU Talent Pool and other databases.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
talent
Ukraine
labour market integration

The Commission adopts a Communication on the Temporary Protection Directive, taking stock of its implementation over the last year

08/03/2023

This Communication takes stock of the Directive's implementation over the last year, draws the lessons learned and identifies priority areas where continued efforts are needed.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

Ad Hoc Query on innovation in language learning

06/03/2023

In response to the large influx of Ukrainian refugees, the Estonian Ministry of Culture is looking into setting up new possibilities for e-learning the local language. The objective of this query is to map other EMN Member and Observer Countries’ experience with technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality, to develop an offer of virtual language learning.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
e-learning
language learning
artificial intelligence

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

MPI Europe webinar: Ukrainian Displacement in Europe, One Year Later

07/02/2023

This MPI Europe webinar aims to examine what has been done to foster the integration of those staying long(er) in host societies, to organize first reception services for any additional newcomers, and to prepare the return of those set on going home and rebuilding Ukraine.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Ukraine
Temporary Protection Directive

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

The EU FRA approached Ghent to get to know what they did, or are doing, to facilitate access to housing, education, healthcare, employment and social services for people who fled Ukraine.

02/02/2023

Many cities throughout the European Union hosted people fleeing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. To gauge how cities addressed Europe largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) approached selected cities in the EU.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Ukraine
cities
local actor

ECRE analyses Member States' responses to the pendular movements to and from Ukraine

13/01/2023

In a policy note published this week, ECRE analyses EU Member States’ policies and practices on “pendular” movement to and from Ukraine and makes recommendations to ensure security of status and rights for people covered by the TPD regime.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

Beneficiaries of temporary protection with an A card can present themselves to the municipality to request its renewal.

04/01/2023

As from 4 January 2023, beneficiaries of temporary protection with an A card valid until 4 March 2023 can present themselves to the municipality to request a new one valid until 4 March 2024.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
temporary protection
Ukraine
residence permit

Ad Hoc Query on extension of certificates/residence permits for beneficiaries of temporary protection

04/12/2022

Have Member States planned to extend or issue new documents certifying the right of residence to beneficiaries of temporary protection whose certificates/visas/residence permits issued in 2022 are going to expire on 4 March 2023? This ad hoc query explores how Member States will address this, taking into account the large number of Ukrainians concerned.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
temporary protection
residence permit

Arrangements for accommodation, housing and access to services for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine (EMN Informs)

23/11/2022

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of 15 November 2022, more than 7.8 million people have left Ukraine in search of safety, arriving primarily in neighbouring European Union (EU) and third countries. These Informs analyse the arrangements European Union (EU) Member States have put in place for accommodation and housing and access to specific services namely social benefits, education, employment, and healthcare for beneficiaries of temporary protection, in the context of the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) (2001/55/EC), triggered in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

The CJEU rules that unaccompanied minors don't have to be unmarried to be sponsors for their parents in family reunification procedures.

17/11/2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted Article 2(f) and Article 10(3)(a) of the Family Reunification Directive in its decision from 17 November 2022 in the case X v Belgium. An unaccompanied refugee minor residing in a Member State does not have to be unmarried to enjoy the right to family reunification with first-degree relatives in direct ascending line.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive
unaccompanied minors
family reunification right

Ad Hoc Query on supporting measures for Ukrainians wishing to go back to Ukraine on a voluntary basis

26/10/2022

Are the Member States providing any support measures to Ukrainian citizens wishing to go back to Ukraine on a voluntary basis? This ad hoc query launched by Estonia examines the current measures as well as possible plans, including to develop long-term support measures/programs for Ukrainians who wish to voluntarily go back to Ukraine.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
voluntary return
Ukraine

Ad Hoc Query on access to the labour market for family members of international students

14/08/2022

Do Member States grant access to the labour market to family members of international students and, if so, to which family members and under which conditions? This ad hoc query launched by Belgium shows that policies and practices in this matter still vary among Member States.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
student
family member
labour market access

Ad Hoc Query on time limits for decisions on family reunification

02/04/2020

21 Member States provided information on national laws and practices regarding the time limits for decisions on family reunification and the consequences of exceeding these limits.

Theme:
Family Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive

Migration in rights and numbers 2018 (Myria)

26/06/2018

In this annual report Myria analyses the current migration and tests policy and practice against respect for fundamental rights. Myria draws conclusions and formulates policy recommandations. 

Theme:
Regularization
Data & Statistics
International Protection
Economic migration
Family Migration
Citizenship & Nationality
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
fundamental rights

ERA Conference 2018: European Immigration Law

13/03/2018

This conference aims to provide legal practitioners with an update on recent developments in the EU legal migration system and the mechanisms put in place to tackle labour and skills shortages and to reinforce the attractiveness of the EU for key workers

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
legal migration

EU Court of Justice on family reunification of unaccompanied minor refugees

12/04/2018

In a judgment handed down today, the EU Court of Justice responded to a Dutch prejudicial question on family reunification of (unaccompanied minor) refugees. Following the reasoning of the Court, an unaccompanied minor who attains the age of majority during the asylum procedure retains its right to family reunification.

Theme:
Family Migration
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
family reunification right
international protection

Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration - Training session on international family law (Hasselt)

03/01/2018

This training session (in Dutch) provided by the Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration aims at providing participants with a basic understanding of international family law.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Family Law
family member
family reunification right
international private family law
Agency for Integration and Civic Integration

Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration - Training session on international family law (Leuven)

03/01/2018

This training session (in Dutch) provided by the Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration aims at providing participants with a basic understanding of international family law.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Family Law
family member
family reunification right
international private family law
Agency for Integration and Civic Integration

Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration - Training session on international family law (Gent)

03/01/2018

This training session (in Dutch) provided by the Flemish Agency for Integration and Civic Integration aims at providing participants with a basic understanding of international family law.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Family Law
family member
family reunification right
international private family law
Agency for Integration and Civic Integration

IE NCP Conference on ‘Migrant family reunification - policy and practice’ (Ireland)

30/10/2017

This full day conference will provide an opportunity to exchange information on family reunification schemes, in Ireland and abroad. Drawing on the findings of a recently published European Migration Network study the family reunification policy frameworks operational elsewhere in the EU will be discussed and compared.

Theme:
Family Migration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
family reunification right

Joint EMN-OECD event on family migration and illegal employment

09/11/2017

A joint European Migration Network & OECD event exploring the topics of family migration and illegal employment took place in Brussels on 9 November 2017.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Irregular Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
EMN conference

Exemption from work permit requirement for family members of foreign nationals who obtained a long term resident status in another Member State and reside in Belgium (if the latter are themselves exempted).

02/11/2017

As of 2 November 2017, family members of foreign nationals who obtained a long term resident status in another Member State and reside in Belgium will not have to obtain a work permit if the long term residents themselves do not require such a permit.

Theme:
Family Migration
Keywords:
long term resident

General policy note on asylum and migration (2017)

26/10/2017

On the 26th of October 2017 the general policy note on asylum and migration of the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration was published. The policy note provides an overview of the main achievements and priorities in the field of asylum and migration.

Theme:
Reception
International Protection
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords:
policy note
State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration

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