Publication date: 03 February 2012

This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Temporary and Circular Migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States, which had contributions from 24 EU Member States
Main theme: Migration, Economic migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: circular migration, temporary migration

Publication date: 03 February 2012

This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration
Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: labour shortages

Publication date: 02 February 2012

This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Directoratie of Immigration (UDI) and managed by Econ Pöyry. The study provides an overview of rules and practices in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: marriages of convenience

Publication date: 01 February 2012

Gallup’s ongoing World Poll surveys in more than 150 countries. The Many Faces of Global Migration report is an introduction to what Gallup has learned by asking migrants and potential migrants themselves about their lives.
Main theme: Migration, External Dimension
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Gallup

Publication date: 25 January 2012

The survey entitled Transatlantic Trends: Immigration was conducted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. It is a comparative survey involving 5 EU countries (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the UK) and the United States on immigration and integration topics.
Main theme: Integration, Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: public opinion

Publication date: 23 January 2012

This national report on the EMN-study topic "Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration" provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures implemented by Belgium to address irregular migration.
Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Publication date: 19 January 2012

This report assesses the application of the Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for more than three months for the purpose of scientific research.
Main theme: Economic migration, Study § Training
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Scientific Visa

Publication date: 09 January 2012

Irregular migration is a subject of ongoing public debate in Europe. Policy makers are under pressure to reduce it and majorities often view it as a problem. Have policy interventions contributed to a decline in irregular migration? Have new hotspots of irregular entry emerged?

Publication date: 04 January 2012

The World Migration Report 2011: Communicating Effectively about Migration is the sixth report in IOM’s World Migration Report (WMR) series. This year’s report shines the spotlight on the issue of public perceptions of migration.
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: communication, IOM, Media, public debate

Publication date: 01 January 2012

Every six months the Flemish Employment Service (VDAB) reports about various disadvantaged groups.
Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: unemployment

Publication date: 22 December 2011

The report of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) offers facts and figures on migration flows and migrant populations in Belgium up to 2009

Publication date: 21 December 2011

This Eurostat-publication provides a wide range of information on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of migrants.
Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Eurostat, Immigrant integration, migration flows

Publication date: 28 November 2011

The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network (ULB) have organised a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies, on last 17 November
Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: family migration policy

Publication date: 23 November 2011

The main objective of this report is to describe the statistical trends on migration and international protection for the reference year 2008 at the EU level

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In this study, the UNIZO (Union of the Independent Entrepreneurs in Flanders) outlined a quantified image of the phenomenon of non-Belgian entrepreneurs settled in Belgium
Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Entrepreneurs

Publication date: 28 October 2011

Final Report of the ‘Migration and Global Environmental Change’ project, led by the UK Government Office for Science
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: climate change

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At the request of the Flemish Government and European Funds of integration, the University of Ghent carried out a quantitative and qualitative study for better determining the migration of the partners of the non-European nationals towards Flanders and Brussels
Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Immigrant integration

Publication date: 20 October 2011

The Belgian EMN NCP updated a report on protection statuses and published the report. The publication was presented on the EMN-national seminar on 60 years Geneva convention on October 14, 2011 which took place at Residence Palace in Brussels.
Main theme: International Protection, Regularization
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: protection, status

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The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism has published its 2010 annual report on trafficking/smuggling of human beings
Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: victims of human trafficking

Publication date: 18 October 2011

UNHCR has just released its Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries
Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics

Publication date: 13 October 2011

The Norwegian 'Welfare and Migration Committee' (Brochmann Committee) issued a report on the prospects for the Norwegian welfare state in view of increasing immigration

Publication date: 13 October 2011

This study examines the impact of the visa policy on legal and illegal migration in Belgium. It is limited to nationals from third countries, with exception of family members of EU nationals or Belgians. Short-stay visas of max. 3 months and D visas for stays of more than 3 months are discussed
Main theme: Borders & Visa
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: visa policy

Publication date: 12 October 2011

The final version of the Synthesis Report for the EMN Study on ‘Temporary and Circular migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States’ has now been launched
Main theme: Migration, Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: temporary migration

Publication date: 06 October 2011

This EMN Synthesis Report provides an overall insight into the most significant political and legislative (including EU) developments, as well as public debates, in the area of migration and asylum in the 27 EMN National Contact Points plus Norway for 2010
Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: EU Migration Policy

Publication date: 03 October 2011

The new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) investigates the involvement of organized criminal groups in the smuggling of migrants from West Africa towards the European Union (EU).