Publication date: 15 April 2013
Based on the contributions from 24 EMN NCPs, this synthesis report provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies allowing international students to enter into and move within the EU for the purpose of study.
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Main theme: Student Migration
Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords: student directive, student mobility, student route
Publication date: 14 March 2013
This third issue of the EMN Bulletin outlines recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national levels, including relevant statistics, from October 2012 to January 2013.
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Publication date: 07 March 2013
16 Member States provide information on legislation, responsible authorities, criteria and process and residence permits for victims of trafficking.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: assistance, identification, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 07 March 2013
21 Member States provide updated information on their policies & practices with regard to granting asylum seekers' access to the labour market.
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Main theme: Integration, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: labour market access, labour market priority, work permit
Publication date: 07 March 2013
22 Member States provide information on whether or not and under what conditions they grant a right to family reunification to unmarried partners whose relationship or partnership is not considered as equivalent to marriage.
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Publication date: 28 February 2013
What are the challenges/barriers which affect the intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals? The study analyses this question as well as the EU acquis and national policies of relevance in this matter.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: intra EU mobility, mobility rights
Publication date: 21 February 2013
This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study on Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 25 (Member) States.
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: identification, identity
Publication date: 29 January 2013
The final approval of the recast of the reception conditions directive was accomplished in June 2013. Background information, state of play and case law regarding this directive can be found here.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: CEAS, EU directive, reception directive
Publication date: 17 January 2013
This compilation of responses to a French ad hoc query provides information on the removal of unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: age assessment, family tracing, forced return, unaccompanied minors, voluntary return
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform provides a short overview of the main developments that took place in the EU in 2011 in response to increasing migratory pressure and specifically in relation to the six strategic priority areas of the EU Action on Migratory Pressure.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, External Dimension
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: border management, migration management, mobility partnership, readmission agreement
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform provides an overview of the main developments that took place in 2011 within the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) objective of maximising the development impact of migration and mobility.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: diaspora, Global Approach on Migration and Mobility, remittances
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform presents the main developments that took place in 2011 with regard to international protection comprising statistics, the Common European Asylum System, intra-EU Solidarity , external dimension and unaccompanied minors.
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Main theme: Asylum, Vulnerable groups, External Dimension
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: CEAS, resettlement, solidarity, unaccompanied minors
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform summarises the main developments in 2011 in legal migration and mobility. Topics addressed include statistics, promoting legal migration channels, economic, family Reunification and integration.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Family Migration, Citizenship & Nationality, Integration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: legal migration, mobility
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures to reduce irregular migration to the EU and Norway.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: migratory pressure, effective practice
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform analyzes whether there is a nexus between visa and migration policy in Member States practices, especially relating to long-stay visas.
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Publication date: 23 November 2012
21 Member States have responded to an ad hoc query on the provision and organisation of a legal service in advance of the first instance interview or during the first instance procedure.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: legal aid for asylum seekers
Publication date: 15 November 2012
This study of 2012 gives an overview of how migration and asylum policy is organised in Belgium. The study is an update from a study from 2008-2009.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: institutional framework
Publication date: 31 October 2012
This synthesis report summarises the main findings of the national reports for the EMN study on practical measures to reduce irregular migration preformed by EMN national contact points from 22 member states.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Publication date: 26 October 2012
This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the National Reports for the EMN Study on Visa Policy as Migration Channel undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 21 Member States.
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Publication date: 10 October 2012
20 Member States have responded to an ad hoc query on the existence of citizenship tests in order to obtain citizenship, what these citizenship tests are composed of and which assessment criteria are applied.
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: acquisition of citizenship, citizenship test
Publication date: 03 October 2012
This research project undertaken by Prof. F. Caestecker (University College Ghent) investigates the policy towards international students and the extent to which third-country nationals used opportunities to study in Belgium during the last decade.
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Main theme: Student Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: admission, education, mobility, student
Publication date: 25 September 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point describes the issue of establishing identity of applicants for international protection and for the return of rejected asylum applicants
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: identification, identity
Publication date: 25 July 2012
16 Member States have responded to an ad hoc query on unaccompanied minors, providing an overview of statistical data and procedures regarding unaccompanied minors.
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Publication date: 13 July 2012
17 Member States have answered the ad hoc query on the existence of cost-benefit analyses of migration and integration in their Member State.
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Main theme: Integration, Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: migration benefits, migration costs
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This EMN Inform summarises indications from EU migration statistics in 2009 of the effect of the economic crisis, based on the most recent relevant statistics available for analysis by the EMN.
