Publication date: 26 February 2024
This EMN Inform sheds light on the challenges faced by beneficiaries and applicants for international protection in EMN Member Countries and Serbia as they strive to access autonomous housing. It also provides an overview of the different approaches and strategies employed by these countries to support their access to autonomous housing.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: housing, social housing, financial assistance, applicant for international protection, beneficiary of international protection, housing shortage, discrimination
Publication date: 11 January 2024
This ad hoc query identifies which EMN Member Countries organise customer service for dealing with immigration and asylum issues. It examines the challenges, methods or means to coordinate and manage customer service, the measures to support and prepare customer service personnel, and the achievement of the organization's strategic goals in case of a possible crisis or exceptional situation.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: customer service, crisis situation, asylum authority, immigration service
Publication date: 05 January 2024
This ad hoc query provides comparative information on the waiting period that applicants must prove before applying for family reunification in the EMN Member and Observer Countries. It also examines legal time limits for processing an application for family reunification and it clarifies whether such processing time is included in the above-mentioned waiting period.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: application for family reunification, Family Reunification Directive, waiting period, processing time, family reunification right
Publication date: 20 December 2023
In honour of the 15-anniversary, EMN has compiled a document spotlighting its most influential achievements and contributions from 2018 to 2022 at both EU and national levels, underscoring the network's ongoing commitment to addressing complex challenges related to migration and asylum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: European Migration Network, impact analysis
Publication date: 15 December 2023
This ad hoc query identifies which EMN Member Countries foresee an obligation for the employer to secure adequate accommodation for migrant workers, other than seasonal workers. It examines whether this obligation applies to certain types of permits, what criteria make it possible to define adequate housing, what proof is required in this regard and what possible sanctions are foreseen against employers who don't provide adequate housing.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: migrant worker, accommodation
Publication date: 29 November 2023
Upon Sweden's request, this ad hoc query examines the measures taken in the EMN Member Countries in the context of Article 7.1 of Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast).
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: reception directive, freedom of movement, assigned area
Publication date: 20 November 2023
Under the endorsement of the EMN Platform on Statelessness, this ad hoc query explores the legal framework and practice of EMN Member Countries to prevent stateless persons from receiving social and healthcare benefits in multiple countries simultaneously.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: stateless persons, statelessness, social benefits, healthcare, social security
Publication date: 15 November 2023
Within the framework of the Return Expert Group (REG), this ad hoc query aims to identify innovative collaborations related to multistakeholder governance. The focus is on partnerships between national authorities, local authorities, and civil society organizations to facilitate information sharing, guidance, and case resolution for migrants with return decisions or those remaining undocumented and off the radar of national authorities.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: multistakeholder governance, partnership, undocumented migrants
Publication date: 10 November 2023
This ad hoc query explores the use of a minimum salary threshold for granting regular residence permits to migrant workers in EMN Member Countries. This overview compares the different amounts, the policymaking and dissemination styles, and the indexation over time.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: income threshold, income requirement, residence permit
Publication date: 07 November 2023
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia is currently looking into supporting activities that provide innovative approaches to promote integration, taking into account the existing experience of libraries implementing projects for inclusive society. This ad hoc query examines the experiences from other EMN Member Countries with libraries implementing activities in the field of integration and social inclusion for third-country nationals.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: Immigrant integration, library, inclusion, social inclusion
Publication date: 18 October 2023
The Finnish Immigration Service is setting up an internal organisational development project to enhance process management and quality assurance. Therefore, the Immigration Service enquired from EMN Member Countries about cross-sectoral support for immigration processes.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: process management, quality management, cross-sectoral support
Publication date: 18 October 2023
The Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic is currently looking into a special program enabling a fast-track admission procedure for third-country national lorry drivers due to the shortage of workers in this field. This ad hoc query examines whether other EMN Member countries experience a shortage of lorry drivers and whether special procedures are in place to facilitate the admission of third-country nationals able to fill these positions.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: fast-track admission procedure, lorry driver, shortage occupation
Publication date: 15 October 2023
This ad hoc query examines the challenges faced by applicants and beneficiaries of international protection in accessing autonomous housing and how EMN Member and Observer Countries organise the provision of support to this group.
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Publication date: 13 October 2023
This ad hoc query focuses on the early detection and identification of presumed victims of torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international and temporary protection procedures. It inter alia collects information from EMN Member Countries on guidance and training available to competent authorities, on referrals to medico-legal assessments and use of medico-legal documentation as well as on challenges and good practices in this field.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: torture, ill-treatment, victim, international protection, temporary protection
Publication date: 11 October 2023
In response to the growing awareness of the barriers for irregularly staying adult migrants to access higher education, vocational training and employment, the Netherlands sought to map out existing legislation and practices in other EMN Member countries to facilitate this access.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: access to education, access to employment, irregularly staying third-country national
Publication date: 06 October 2023
This ad hoc query addresses the human resource management strategies in Asylum and Dublin Units in EMN Member Countries. It provides information on the division of the workload between the different institutions involved in the asylum procedure within the EMN Member Countries, on the number of decisions issued as well as on the methodologies in place to ensure a sufficient number of employees to guarantee decision-making.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: asylum procedure, workload, asylum applications
Publication date: 05 October 2023
This study offers a thorough and current examination of the legislation, policies and practices related to the integration of international protection applicants into the job market in EMN Member Countries. It offers an overview of the various stakeholders responsible for implementing labour market accessibility and highlights both the challenges encountered and examples of good practices.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: labour market integration, labour shortages, waiting period, labour market access, discrimination
Publication date: 25 September 2023
This ad hoc query collects information on the submission, processing and examination of applications for family reunification with beneficiaries of international protection. It also focuses on documentary requirements which apply in this context. Finally, it touches upon family reunification with and for children, including children coming of age.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, application for family reunification, evidence, family tie, children
Publication date: 22 September 2023
As set out in many strategy documents at the EU and OECD levels, there is a growing need to compare integration policies across EU Member States in order to facilitate mutual learning and tackle the lack of evidence on the impact of measures. The objective of this ad hoc query is to provide an overview of different approaches used by the EMN Member and Observer Countries that are designed to monitor and evaluate the integration of third-country nationals. The results of this ad hoc query will form the basis of an upcoming Inform.
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Publication date: 08 September 2023
The Czech Ministry of Interior is currently looking into the possibility of using real-time speech-translating devices during the asylum procedure, especially during the interviews. It launched an ad hoc query to find out if other Member States are using this type of system in the asylum procedure.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: speech-translating device, interpretation, asylum procedure
Publication date: 05 September 2023
The Swedish government has established a committee to review aspects of Swedish legislation concerning the return procedures for third-country nationals. The committee's goal is to propose new measures and revisions to existing laws to enhance the effectiveness of the return process. Consequently, they initiated an ad hoc query to gather information about the regulations related to the limited validity period of return decisions and the duration of entry bans.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: return decision, entry ban
Publication date: 05 September 2023
In the Netherlands, there is a special policy applicable to third-country national children based on a family supervision order (child protection order) that is imposed by the juvenile court. The Dutch authorities launched this query because they want to know whether it is possible for a minor third-country national who is covered by a similar order to receive a residence permit in other Member States.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: accompanied children, family supervision order, protection order, vulnerable persons
Publication date: 29 August 2023
The Country Factsheet provides a brief summary of the main developments in migration and international protection in Belgium in 2022.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration, international protection
Publication date: 28 August 2023
This ad hoc query aims to explore current practices and possible lessons learned on issuing or planning to issue digital-only identity and residency documents to third-country nationals.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: digitalisation, identity document, residence permit
Publication date: 09 August 2023
The Finnish Immigration Service launched an ad hoc query on data collection related to customer satisfaction and customer experience in migration processes to seek how these data are collected in other EU Member States, what challenges have arisen and how the information is used.