The Flemish organisation 'Kruispunt M-I' invites for its study day on Partner Migration. The organisation will define major challenges for the migration policy on grounds of recent research

This seminar organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Brussels, focusses on highskilled employers migration waves of third countries.

The Service 'Roma and Travellers' of the Regional Ingetration Centre 'Foyer' in Brussels organise a study day on the topic of Roma living in the Brussels region

In the framework of the formation of a Federal Government, Ms Maggie De Block (Open-VLD) has been appointed as State Secretary for Migration and Asylum Policy and Social Integration. Ms De Block has been sworn in on 6 December 2011

The European Policy Centre and the European Programme for Integration and Migration are organising this Conference on 6 December that will explore issues around the rights of migrants, particularly those who are undocumented, and the role of the media in the migration and integration debate

The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (‘Centre’) organizes a colloquium on the problematic of so called ‘reverse discrimination’ concerning the new national law on family reunification.

Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.

These two days close a research carried out during three years by the Asylum seekers reception department of the Belgian Red Cross and by the Training center of the Federation of the public social assistance centers with the support of the European Refugee Fund

The EMN-informs are providing a brief summary of the main policy-relevant findings from an EMN activity.

2nd French EMN Conference

The Christian Michelsen Institute published a report commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration on the Norwegian Information, Return, and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) Programme. The research has been done in cooperation with the University of Duhok.

Today, the International Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, adopted a draft law amending provisions relating to the regularization for medical reasons, in order to avoid abuse of this procedure and in particular to discourage manifestly unfounded claims.

Public Policy Exchange, in association with the Centre for Parliamentary Studies organises in Brussels their third symposium on the subject under the title "Integrating the European Knowledge

The Council approved today amendments to the directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted, to be transposed into national law within 2 years.

The Commission highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its external migration policy by setting up a Global Approach to Migration through partnerships with non-EU countries that address issues related to migration and mobility in a way that makes cooperation mutually beneficial

The MAFE project is a major research initiative focused on migration between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. It brings together nine European and African research centres working on international migrations

Three Belgian NGO's (Ciré, Flemish Refugee Action & BCHR) are organizing a serial of three seminars on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention

Is there a need to change the EU rules on family reunification of migrants? By publishing its Green Paper on the right to family reunification of non-EU nationals living in the EU, the European Commission launched the debate

The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network are organising a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies, on 17 November

The Prague Process is a new political process promoting migration partnerships among the participating states of the European Union, the Schengen Area, South Eastern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia