Publication date: 14 July 2016
In this study, Myria, the Federal Migration Centre, closely looks at the reaction of Europe regarding the unusual situation of refugees in 2015 and 2016 and more particularly from a fundamental rights point of view.
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Main theme: Asylum, Reception, International Protection
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: resettlement, hotspots, EU-Turkey Agreement
Publication date: 12 July 2016
Myria's annual report "Migration in figures and rights 2016" highlights recent available data, provides a juridical analysis on the issues at stake and lists a number of recommendations towards the government.
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Publication date: 20 June 2016
UNHCR's Global Trends report finds that 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution in 2015. This is the highest figure since UNHCR records began.
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Publication date: 08 June 2016
This EMN Inform provides an overview of the results of the review of 87 programmes implemented by 23 Member States and Norway to assist migrants to return and to support their reintegration.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: REG
Keywords: financial assistance, reintegration programmes, voluntary return
Publication date: 07 June 2016
Among other findings, the report estimates that the annual turnover of migrant smuggling was worth an estimated USD 5 to 6 billion in 2015, representing one of the main profit-generating activities for organised criminals in Europe.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: migrant smuggling, criminal network, foreign terrorist fighter
Publication date: 27 May 2016
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) have developped a tool for measuring progress in migration governance structures.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: migration policy, migration governance structure, migration governance index
Publication date: 27 May 2016
The ICMC has conduct a project called SHARE to build a European resettlement network. Here is the final report.
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Publication date: 26 May 2016
This EMN study describes the labour market participation of beneficiaries of international protection and provides an overview of support measures that can facilitate labour market participation.
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Main theme: Integration, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: labour market access, labour market integration, support measures
Publication date: 10 May 2016
What image do irregular migrants and their representatives have of voluntary return? Is voluntary return well-known? These topics are the focus of a study carried out by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL).
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: voluntary return
Publication date: 10 May 2016
This study, published by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), focuses on links between the Europe 2020 Strategy and undocumented migrants.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: EU 2020 Strategy, social inclusion, undocumented migrants
Publication date: 28 April 2016
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the identification and understanding of what it means to be ‘taking into account the gender perspective, to strengthen the prevention of this crime and protection of the victims thereof’ as required in the Art 1 of EU Directive 2011/36/EU.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking, Vulnerable groups
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: gender, sexual exploitation
Publication date: 28 April 2016
This new study by ICMPD, "Targeting Vulnerabilities", examines the impact of the Syrian war on trafficking in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
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Main theme: Reception, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: displacement, Syria
Publication date: 21 April 2016
The 14th 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: Cross-sectional, Migration, Asylum
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 24 February 2016
This policy-oriented booklet reviews OECD countries' experiences with the integration of refugees and humanitarian migrants. It is the first volume of the OECD series 'Making Integration Work', developed with support from Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: humanitarian migrants, Integration, refugees
Publication date: 23 February 2016
This report presents migrant smuggling routes, the criminal networks, the links with other crimes and terrorism, illicit financial flows and the way forward.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: criminal hotspot, criminal network, illicit financial flow, migrant smuggling route
Publication date: 19 February 2016
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, describes the practices and approaches in all EU Member States as regards the prevention and eradication of statelessness.
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Publication date: 18 February 2016
This Eurofund report examines how policies in the areas of migration, the labour market and integration are coordinated within EU Member States, with a specific focus on the role of the social partners and local-level initiatives.
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Publication date: 16 February 2016
This study, published by the "Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum" (Dutch Ministry for Security and Justice), focuses on asylum recognition rates in the EU/EFTA area.
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Publication date: 10 February 2016
The 51st edition of Forced Migration Review is dedicated to the current migration crisis in Europe, which is examined from different perspectives (legal, practical, moral...).
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Forced Migration Review, migration crisis
Publication date: 03 February 2016
This MPI Europe report by Michael Kegels, details the central importance of well-functioning reception systems for asylum seekers in the EU.
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Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: capacity, CEAS, flexibility, quality standards
Publication date: 29 January 2016
The 13th 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
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 25 January 2016
The Guidelines – developed under the EMN Return Expert Group (REG) - propose a common methodology that Member States can follow to monitor and evaluate AVVR programmes.
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Publication date: 21 January 2016
The report contains administrative and statistical data on migration and asylum, integration, social cohesion and the social position and participation of foreign nationals and people of foreign origin in Flanders, within a Belgian and European framework.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: integration monitor
Publication date: 05 January 2016
This EMN Inform shows how movements of asylum-seekers, migrants and displaced persons to the EU have changed and evolved in 2015.
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Main theme: Asylum, Irregular Migration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: Mediterranean, migration route, secondary movement
Publication date: 05 January 2016
This EMN Policy Brief presents key data on the irregular movements of people across the EU external borders and within the European Union itself, whether as asylum-seekers or as migrants, over the past few years and including the first nine months of 2015.