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

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

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.

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

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

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

Publication date: 16 July 2014

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

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.
Main theme: Asylum, Reception
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Fedasil

Publication date: 04 July 2014

Today, the Federal Migration Centre presented its Annual Report on Migration 2013. The report highlights recent available data, provides a juridical analysis on the issues at stake and lists a number of recommandations towards the government.
Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report, federal migration centre

Publication date: 02 July 2014

This focused study examines the use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies in Belgium.

Publication date: 13 June 2014

The report debunks some common myths and provides an understanding of key characteristics of migration in the context of climate change. With a focus on EU policies and legal frameworks in the area of migration and asylum, the report presents a series of policy recommendations to the EU.
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: climate change

Publication date: 10 June 2014

The brochure 'Marriage and legal cohabitation in Belgium' of the Federal Migration Centre is a simple and useful tool for partners searching information as well as for people assisting them with advice.
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: legal cohabitation, marriage migration

Publication date: 09 June 2014

The governance of integration of immigrants in EU Member States is a complex process involving actors across multiple policy areas at national, local, and supranational levels of administration.
Main theme: Integration, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: diaspora, Integration

Publication date: 03 June 2014

The 7th 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

Publication date: 23 May 2014

This Report synthesises information collected annually to provide a descriptive analysis of the situation in the Member States and to identify trends in relation to the Stockholm Programme.
Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: Stockholm Programme

Publication date: 23 May 2014

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published the Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union.
Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: CEAS, EASO annual report

Publication date: 07 April 2014

This Eurostat publication (data in focus) provides an overview of asylum applications and first instance decisions for the year 2013 in the EU.

Publication date: 04 April 2014

The purpose of this publication is to provide practical support to Member States in the field of age assessment.
Main theme: Asylum
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: age assessment

Publication date: 31 March 2014

This focussed study examines the mechanisms for detection, identification and referral of (potential) victims of trafficking in human beings in international protection (including Dublin) and forced return procedures.

Publication date: 01 March 2014

This paper published in March 2014 examines the sanctions applied to counteract irregular migration.
Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: illegal entry, penalties, sanction

Publication date: 21 February 2014

This study provides an overview of the social security entitlements of certain categories of immigrants in Belgium. It also analyses the socio-economic position of immigrants in Belgium.

Publication date: 20 February 2014

The EMN Bulletin provides policymakers and other practitioners with updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, and is structured to provide in all relevant themes.
Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN bulletin

Publication date: 23 December 2013

This Eurostat publication (data in focus) provides an overview of asylum applications and first instance decisions for the third quarter of 2013 in the EU.

Publication date: 18 December 2013

On International Day of the Migrant (18 December), the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism published its most recent Statistical and Demographical Report.
Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report

Publication date: 11 December 2013

This SVR policy brief, published jointly with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, proposes a multi-factor model which is capable of calculating a fair reception quota for every Member State, based on publicly available official data.
Main theme: Asylum
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Dublin Regulation, responsibility sharing