Publication date: 13 February 2017
16 (Member) States provided information on their policies and practices regarding the implementation and execution of provisions of EU directives on public order and public security. This ad-hoc query was launched by the Dutch Contact Point to the EMN.
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Publication date: 06 February 2017
In 2015 the Study and Policy Unit from the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers, started with a study into vulnerable persons with specific reception needs. The first phase of this study has been completed.
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Publication date: 01 February 2017
The European Commission’s Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) published its first newsletter, with information on the KCMD, its recent activities and the Migration Data Catalogue and Dynamic Data Hub.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Newsletters
Publication date: 01 February 2017
This paper reviews existing theoretical and empirical evidence on the economic effects of immigration in developing countries.
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Publication date: 06 January 2017
Le nombre de demandes d’asile introduites en Belgique en 2016 a diminué de plus de la moitié par rapport à l’année passée et le nombre de décisions prises par le CGRA a atteint un niveau record.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
Publication date: 01 January 2017
This report of the ‘Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’ (ISI) explores the urgency of and opportunities for addressing childhood statelessness. Over 50 experts and organizations have contributed material – essays, interviews, photographs and more.
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Publication date: 22 December 2016
This report presents an overview of the shifting of economic activity to developing countries and examines whether this shift has led to an increase in international migration towards developing countries.
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Main theme: International Protection, Economic migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: development, economic growth
Publication date: 05 December 2016
In this paper, UNHCR sets out a vision for achieving a pragmatic and common approach to responding to refugees and migrants. The proposals can facilitate the development, over the long term, of EU-wide arrangements to address and respond to movements effectively.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Opinion
Keywords: UNHCR, Common European Asylum System
Publication date: 01 December 2016
A surge of refugees and asylum seekers has strained the continent. The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) argues that managing the asylum procedure and integrating those refugees well, could not only mitigate risks but also benefit the economy.
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Publication date: 30 November 2016
This EMN study offers a comprehensive overview of policies and practices on the functioning of resettlement, humanitarian admission programmes and schemes, as well as private sponsorship programmes for refugees in the EU Member States and Norway
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: resettlement, private sponsorship
Publication date: 28 November 2016
This EMN Inform examines – inter alia – the state of play of the 1954 and 1961 conventions on statelessness, statelessness determination procedures, rights granted to recognized stateless persons, and the situation of stateless minors in the EU.
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Publication date: 15 November 2016
This EMN Study examines the policies and practices in place in Belgium and in the EU to encourage the return of rejected asylum seekers, identifying the challenges and good practices associated with return.
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Main theme: Asylum, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Publication date: 15 November 2016
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices".
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Publication date: 13 November 2016
The 16th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 01 November 2016
This report considers how integration challenges in Europe differ from, and complicate, existing challenges of fragmentation and social unrest in European countries. It assesses where integration has worked—and where it hasn’t—and analyzes the prognosis for the most recent cohort of newcomers.
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Publication date: 31 October 2016
In its annual report, Myria examines the evolution and the results of the fight against smuggling and trafficking in human beings and provides recommendations. The 2016 report focuses in particular on the exploitation of begging.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Myria, Germany, annual report
Publication date: 19 October 2016
This EMN Inform provides an overview of the use of social media in migrant smuggling.
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Publication date: 01 October 2016
This MPI report provides an overview of the barriers to the successful labor market integration of refugees and asylum seekers across all skills levels, and analyzes the targeted support initiatives and structural policy levers available to overcome them.
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Main theme: International Protection, Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: labour market integration
Publication date: 29 September 2016
This publication investigates the identification of suspected jihadists among asylum seekers and of jihadist activities in and around reception centers for asylum seekers.
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Publication date: 19 September 2016
This report provides a broad overview of recent trends in international migration flows and migration policies in OECD countries and some non-OECD countries.
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Main theme: International Protection, Economic migration, External Dimension
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: labour market
Publication date: 01 September 2016
This report sheds light on the truly global nature of childhood migration and displacement, highlighting challenges faced by child migrants and refugees in every region.
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Publication date: 01 September 2016
This guide, published in partnership with the Greens/EFA, provides an overview of EU funding available for local and regional actors working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
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Publication date: 12 August 2016
The 15th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 03 August 2016
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Integration of beneficiaries of international protection into the labour market in Belgium and in the EU".
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: labour market access, labour market integration, support measures
Publication date: 01 August 2016
The EMN annual policy report provides an overview of the major developments in the field of migration and asylum in Belgium and in the EU in 2015.