Publication date: 17 August 2011
The United Kingdom is seeing a growth in the use of ‘marriages of convenience’ as a way of obtaining the right to stay in the UK
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Main theme: Family reunification, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: marriage of convenience
Publication date: 11 August 2011
The main objective of this report is to describe the statistical trends on international migration and asylum for the reference year 2009, wherever possible data for the year 2010 are included.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Annual Statistical Reports
Publication date: 17 June 2011
EMN presents its synthesis report of the EMN study ‘Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration ’. Source of this publication are the different national studies, carried out in 2010 by the National Contact Points (NCP's) of the EMN.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords: highly skilled workers, labour migration policy, labour shortages, low-skilled workers, mobility, work permit
Publication date: 15 June 2011
Ad hoc query, requested on April 14, 2011 by the European Commission concerning the conditions of acquiring citizenship in the different Member States of the European Union. 22 responses
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: citizenship, Zambrano
Publication date: 25 May 2011
Ad hoc query, requested on February 23, 2011 by the Belgian NCP concerning methods to determine the origin of irregular migrants by language analyses. 16 responses
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication date: 25 May 2011
Ad hoc query, requested by the Swedish NCP concerning the possibilities for third-country students to remain in a European Union Member State after completing their studies in the EU. 20 responses
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Main theme: Economic migration, Study § Training
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: student migration
Publication date: 25 May 2011
Ad hoc query, requested on February 16, 2011, by the Dutch NCP concerning foreign national passports, sent by mail to the holder or a family member (so-called 'blank passports'). 16 responses
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication date: 25 May 2011
Ad hoc query, requested on April 18, 2011 by the Hungarian NCP concerning marriages of convenience in the European Union. 18 responses
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Main theme: Family reunification, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: marriage of convenience
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This is the fifth newsletter of the Belgian Contact Point (December 2010).
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Publication date: 08 April 2011
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2010 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have taken place in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Swedish NCP on 1 February 2010 on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)- related asylum claims in the EU - 18 responses
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: Femal Genital Mutilation, gender related asylum claim
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Ad hoc query, requested by the Belgian NCP on 18 February 2010 concerning a possible increase of asylum applicants from Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro due to the lifting of visa obligations for citizens of those countries - 17 responses
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, visa liberalisation
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Austrian NCP on 26 July 2010 concerning enhanced cooperation between member states and certain countries of origin - 18 responses
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: country of origin, Migration Partnership
Publication date: 01 April 2011
Ad hoc query, requested by the Polish NCP concerning the different systems of reception centres in the EU - 12 responses
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Publication date: 31 March 2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Belgian NCP on 3 March 2010 concerning the issuing of residence permits for medical reasons - 18 responses
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: humanitarian reasons, medical regularisation
Publication date: 31 March 2011
Ad hoc query requested by the Belgium NCP on 12 October 2010 concerning recent data about asylum applicants from Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo - 13 responses
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Main theme: Data & Statistics, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: asylum applications, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Publication date: 31 March 2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested on 3 November 2010 by the European Commission concerning the recognition of professional qualifications of third-country nationals in the member states - 15 responses
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: labour demand, skills recognition, third-country nationals
Publication date: 31 March 2011
Ad Hoc Query, requested by the Swedish NCP on 24 August 2010 concerning the issuing of EU Laissez-Passer for return of third country nationals - 20 responses
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Publication date: 22 March 2011
In this study the existence of, the policy on and the future options of temporary and circular migration in Belgium are examined.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: circular migration, temporary migration
Publication date: 12 January 2011
This EMN Synthesis Report aims to summarise and compare, within a European perspective, the findings from nine National Contact Points (Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Sweden, Netherlands and the United Kingdom) of the European Migration Network (EMN), on family reunification.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum outcomes, circulaire, family migration policy
Publication date: 28 December 2010
What is the Belgian approach and policy regarding economic migration? This study addresses this question and examines the labour migration in Belgium from the point of view of combating labour shortages and/or labour demands.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: highly skilled, labour policy, labour shortages, low skilled, mobility, work permit
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The main objective fixed to this report is to describe the statistical trends on international migration and asylum for the reference year 2008 in Belgium.
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Publication date: 30 June 2010
Ad-Hoc Query, requested by the Belgian NCP on 12 May 2010 concerning granting of protection to so called 'Réfugié Sur Place' in EU member states - 14 responses
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Main theme: Data & Statistics, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: refugié sur place
Publication date: 20 January 2010
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2009 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have taken place in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 01 December 2009
This study examines the protection statuses granted in Belgium, including those harmonized at European level and those set at the national level in the framework of asylum and immigration policies. It addresses the legal basis, procedures and rights attached to these statuses.
