All Publications

Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Annual Report 2014

Publication date: 01 January 2015

This report provides a synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union

Good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants: entry bans policy and use of readmission agreements (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 11 December 2014

This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study aimed at analyzing Member States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements as the EU main policy measures to implement effective return policies

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive

Good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants in Belgium and in the EU (EMN)

Screen shot study return and readmission

Publication date: 11 December 2014

This focused study presents an analysis of (Member) States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements and also identify good practices in this field, including possible synergies in the implementation of return and reintegration measures.

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive

When the best option is a leaky boat: why migrants risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean and what Europe is doing about it (MPC)

Publication date: 04 December 2014

This policy brief, produced by the Migration Policy Centre, focuses on immigration to Europe via the Mediterranean and related issues such as smuggling, sea routes, Mare Nostrum and risks encountered by migrants. It also provides statistics and data.

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: boat migrant, human smuggling, Mare Nostrum, Mediterranean, migrant death

Annual Report on Human Trafficking, 2013 (Federal Migration Center)

Publication date: 04 December 2014

This annual report on Human Trafficking, produced by the Federal Migration Centre, provides qualitative and quantitative data on victims of human trafficking as well as judicial analysis and recommendations to the new government.

Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: human smuggling, human trafficking, national referral mechanism, victims of human trafficking

EMN Bulletin (August- November 2014)

Publication date: 03 December 2014

The 9th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: EMN bulletin

Keywords: legal migration

International Migration Outlook 2014 (OECD)

Publication date: 03 December 2014

This flagship publication on migration analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and selected non-OECD countries.

Main theme: Migration, Economic migration, Integration

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: economic growth, international migration trend, labour market integration, labour migration

Enhancing EU Education Policy: Building a Framework to Help Young People of Migrant Background Succeed

Publication date: 03 December 2014

This policy brief is part of a series produced by the SIRIUS Network in collaboration with MPI Europe, which focuses on how policies at the EU level and within individual Member States can better support the education outcomes of young people with a migrant background.

Main theme: Study § Training, Integration

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: education policy, integration policy, migrant pupil need, Social cohesion

Practical approaches and good practices in return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan (EMN Inform)

Cover Picture EMN Inform on return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Publication date: 01 December 2014

This EMN Inform provides information concerning Member States’ practices on return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: REG

Keywords: country of origin, reintegration programmes, return

The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies in Belgium and in the EU (EMN)

Cover report EMN Study use of detention and alternatives to detention

Publication date: 03 November 2014

This focused study presents an analysis of (Member) States use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies and identifies similarities, differences and good practices in this field

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Keywords: alternative to detention, detention

New approaches, alternative avenues and means of access to asylum procedures for persons seeking international protection (LIBE Committee)

Publication date: 03 November 2014

Upon request by the LIBE committee, this study examines the workings of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) in order to assess the need and potential for new approaches to ensure access to protection for people seeking it in the EU

Main theme: Asylum

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: Common European Asylum System, reception policy, refugee status determination, first generation

The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 03 November 2014

This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study aimed at analyzing Member States’ use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: alternative to detention, detention

Humanitarian visas: option or obligation? A study for the LIBE committee

Publication date: 15 October 2014

Upon request by the LIBE committee, this study analyses existing EU legislation and practice on the issuing of humanitarian visas and the opportunity to lay down clear rules for common humanitarian visa schemes

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: humanitarian visa, LIBE committee, visa code

Selling Visas and Citizenship: Policy Questions from the Global Boom in Investor Immigration (MPI)

Publication date: 09 October 2014

The October Report of the Migration Policy Institute focuses on immigrant investor programs and the policymakers’ responses to immigrant investors’ increasing needs and demands, in particular visa and citizenship.

Main theme: Economic migration

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: business migration, economic benefit, immigrant investor program, immigration policy, visa policy

EMN Return Experts Group (REG) Directory

Publication date: 01 October 2014

The REG Directory “Connecting Return Experts across Europe” gives an overview of the programmes across Europe to support return and reintegration in third countries.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: REG

Keywords: reintegration programmes, voluntary return

EMN Bulletin (developments from May to August 2014)

Publication date: 16 September 2014

The EMN Bulletin provides policymakers and other practitioners with updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level. The 8th Edition provides information from May 2014 to August 2014, including (latest) relevant published statistics.

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: EMN bulletin

(Un)desirable immigration? Belgian family reunification policy until 1980

Publication date: 11 September 2014

This book is describing the origins of the Belgian family reunification policy and its evolution until 1980. It is the first historical monograph about family reunification in Belgium and it has received the price of the Fetullah Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies (GCIS).

Main theme: Family reunification

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: immigration history

Impacts of the European Migration Network (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 14 August 2014

This EMN Inform draws together examples of impacts that the EMN and its products have had in relation to policymaking and debate on issues of migration and asylum at EU and national levels.

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: impact analysis

Migrant access to social security and healthcare: policies and practice (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform on Migrant Access to Social Security

Publication date: 14 August 2014

This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN main study aimed at analyzing policies and practices regarding entitlements to social security and healthcare for third-country nationals in EU Member States.

Main theme: Migration

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: healthcare, social security

The organization of reception facilities for asylum seekers in different Member States (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform on reception facilities

Publication date: 14 August 2014

This EMN Inform summarizes the key findings of the corresponding EMN study which aimed to identify good practices and mechanisms to allow for flexible and efficient reception facilities whilst maintaining the quality of reception conditions.

Main theme: Reception

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: reception centre, reception condition, reception crisis

Identification of victims of trafficking in human beings in international protection and forced return procedures (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform on Identification of Trafficking victims

Publication date: 14 August 2014

This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study, which aimed at examining whether and how victims of trafficking are detected/identified in international protection and forced return procedures and further referred to specific procedures.

Main theme: Vulnerable groups

Publication Type: EMN inform

Keywords: detection, identification, referral, victim of trafficking

Frontex publishes first Annual Report of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights

Publication date: 07 August 2014

The key task of the Consultative Forum is to provide advice to Frontex on fundamental rights issues. The Annual Report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by the Consultative Forum in 2013 and contains the main recommendations made to Frontex and its Management Board.

Main theme: Borders & Visa

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: Frontex, human rights

Policy Report 2013 on Asylum and Migration in Belgium (EMN)

Publication date: 24 July 2014

This is the 10th Policy Report elaborated by the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN. It provides an overview of major developments in the field of asylum and migration in Belgium in the year 2013.

Main theme: Asylum, Migration

Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports

Annual Report 2013 (Immigration Office)

Publication date: 16 July 2014

The annual "activity report" 2013 of the Immigration Office is available.

Main theme: Migration, Economic migration, Family reunification, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: Immigration Office

Fedasil: Annual Report 2013

Publication date: 16 July 2014

The Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) published its annual report 2013, a year marked by the reorganisation of the reception network.