Today the European Commission decided to increase the level of cofinancing for the transport of the assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, following activation of the mechanism by Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia.

The 2015 IDM high-level conference will be dedicated to migrants and cities to discuss the complex dynamics of human mobility at city and local level. State Secretary Théo Francken participates as speaker.

During a meeting on 25 October, leaders from countries facing challenges along the Western Balkans Migration Route agreed on a 17-point plan of action.

The declaration presenting some of the key principles of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Belgian Constitution will be submitted to foreigners arriving in the country.

EU statistics on first residence permits in 2014 have been issued today. Eurostat explains key statistical findings.

Today, the European Commission adopted two decisions in relation to the EU's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union speech last September

Myria's first edition of its newsletter "Myriatics" provides useful figures and facts on the current refugee crisis, to facilitate a better understanding of the global context and the situation in the EU and Belgium.

A first group of 19 asylum seekers was relocated from Italy to Sweden today under an EU relocation scheme.

The Council adopted a series of conclusions on the future of the return policy and approved more money to tackle the refugee crisis. The EMN will be used to monitor whether disparities among Member States' programmes could lead to return shopping.

On the 7th of October 2015, the Luxembourg Contact Point of the European Migration Network organizes - in the framework of the Luxembourgish Presidency of the European Council - the EMN Conference on "30 Years of the Schengen Agreement".

On the 7th October 2015, the EMN Annual Conference took place in Esch-Belval (Luxembourg). It was dedicated to the 30 years of the Schengen Agreement, as well as to the current challenges to the system regarding border management and irregular migration.

The 5 days training programme focuses on the issues of residence, international protection, employment and social assistance, private international law, citizenship, and integration processes.

EASO is organising a full day general conference on 23 September in Malta with the theme: 5 years of EASO and the CEAS; results and perspectives.

Following the increase in the number of asylum seekers, the Belgian government approved a series of measures to progressively increase the reception capacity .

This News Release, covers main trends on first time asylum applicants and on pending asylum applicants for the second quarter of 2015 in the EU28+EFTA region.

On 14 September 2015, an extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting was held in Brussels to discuss Europe's response to the current refugee crisis.

This symposium will examine the current state of affairs around the recast directives and regulations for asylum at EU level, and assess the implementation challenges that Member States face.

The third edition of the Annual Report on the State of Asylum in Europe, which compiles information from the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), will be launched on 10 September 2015 in Brussels.

Today, the European Commission put forward a package of proposals to help address the refugee crisis that EU Member States and neighbouring countries are facing, including by tackling the root causes making people seek refuge in Europe.