On 30 June 2012 the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, taking over the Danish Presidency, presented its 6 months programme. Asylum, Migration and Borders is one of the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency's Operational Programme.

The workshop aims at sharing ideas on the relevance of mobility partnerships and projects supporting their implementation as well as enhancement of collaboration and funding opportunities.

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.

The conference aims to foster the exchange of practices and experience among present and potential partners and to raise awareness of Mobility Partnerships in their full multidimensionality and reflect on their future.

The first issue on "Global Perspectives on Migration and Development" explores fresh strategies proposed by the GFMD in its fourth year of operation in Mexico and beyond.

The European University Institute in Florence proposes its VIII Migration Summer School from Monday 25 June to Friday 6 July 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.

The handbook was presented and commented on by panelists from IOM, MPI, Swedish Ambassador for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) as well as representatives from the European Commission, Board of the Diaspora Forum for Development and other stakeholders.

On the occasion of the World Refugee Day on 20 June 2012, the statistical office of the European Union releases data on the results of asylum decisions in the EU 27.

This first issue of the EMN Bulletin briefly presents EU, National and Related Developments in migration policy published in the period January to May 2012, as well as key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments that have occurred in this period.

This practical seminar, organised in Trier by the Academy of European Law (ERA), will provide training on the incorporation of the minority status of applicants into the EU asylum process.

The past three years, CBAR-BCHV looked at the Belgian asylum procedure from a European perspective. CBAR-BCHV now organizes a half a day seminar: "Some aspects of the case law by the Council for Aliens Law Litigation. In line with EU-law?"

Every month, the Office of the Commissioner Gereral for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the first instance decisions.

The annual reports of the different public services of the FPS Home Affairs provide an overview of the structure and activities of the respective organisations.

At the end of a one and a half research, the University of Louvan-la-neuve (UCL)organizes a conference on the transposition and application of European law in Belgium, and focusses on the Dublin II Regulation and the Qualification Directive concerning asylum seekers.

The new article 57/6/1 of the Aliens Act of 1980 has introduced the notion of safe country of origin in the Belgian law. The royal decree implementing this article came into force on the 1st of June 2012.