01 janvier 2018

Bulgaria has released its programme and priorities for its six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU.  Both IOM and UNHCR have published recommendations to the Bulgarian Presidency.
Thème principal: Asylum, Migration
Mots-clés: Bulgarian Presidency

29 décembre 2017

The system that will register entry, exit and refusal of entry information of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Schengen area will come into operation, by 2020 at the latest.
Thème principal: Borders & Visa
Mots-clés: entry exit system, smart border

22 décembre 2017

In December of this year, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons was asked by the Belgian government to carry out an independent enquiry on the fate of the Sudanese nationals who recently returned to their country of origin.
Thème principal: Return & Readmission
Mots-clés: CGRS

19 décembre 2017

A the beginning of December 2017, the European Commission has published the common "Return Handbook". It provides Member States with common guidelines, best practices and recommendations to be used by Member States' competent authorities when carrying out return-related tasks. 
Thème principal: Return & Readmission
Mots-clés: EU Action Plan on Return

15 décembre 2017

At the beginning of December 2017, IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), jointly with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and with the guidance of GMDAC’s Advisory Board, developed the first global Migration Data Portal. The Portal aims to serve as a unique access point to timely and comprehensive migration statistics.
Thème principal: Data & Statistics, Migration
Mots-clés: migration statistics

08 décembre 2017

UNHCR is actively working to organize more life-saving refugee evacuations to Niger in the coming weeks and months, and calls for 1,300 resettlement places to be made available by the end of March 2018 for highly vulnerable refugees stranded in Libya.
Thème principal: Asylum
Mots-clés: resettlement, Lybia, Niger

05 décembre 2017

Aujourd'hui, le Point de Contact belge du Réseau Européen des Migrations a réuni plus de 130 parties prenantes pour sa conférence nationale focalisée sur les principaux développements en matière de migration et d'asile en Belgique durant l'année 2017.

04 décembre 2017

Today the Commission adopted a new communication requiring immediate action from the EU and Member States to disrupt the modus operandi of traffickers, strengthen victims' rights and intensify EU internal and external efforts to provide a coordinated and consistent response.
Thème principal: Smuggling & Trafficking

28 novembre 2017

Myria publie aujourd'hui la 8ème édition de Myriatics. Cette édition se penche sur les immigrations d'étrangers vers la Belgique. Elle examine entre autres la position des citoyens de l'UE-28 dans le nombre total d'immigrations vers la Belgique, ainsi que l'importance croissante de la Syrie comme pays d'origine des immigrants vers la Belgique. 
Thème principal: Asile, Migration
Mots-clés: flux d'asile, flux d'immigration

23 novembre 2017

Ce mercredi après-midi à Bruxelles, le Secrétaire d’Etat à l’Asile et à la Migration, Theo Francken ainsi que la présidente de la Communauté de Sant’Egidio en Belgique et les représentants des cultes reconnus en Belgique ont lancé ensemble un projet unique de couloir humanitaire visant à accueillir 150 demandeurs d'asile syriens dans des conditions optimales.
Thème principal: Protection internationale
Mots-clés: humanitarian visa

21 novembre 2017

Today an amending regulation came into force, establishing a new common design and enhanced security features for residence permit cards in the EU.
Thème principal: Integration, Migration

17 novembre 2017

La Conférence mondiale sur les villes et les migrations s'est tenue les 16 et 17 novembre 2017 à Malines, en Belgique. les acteurs locaux et régionaux ont appelés à être reconnus comme des acteurs clefs dans la gestion des migrations et la formulation des politiques en ce domaine.
Thème principal: Migration
Mots-clés: pacte mondial pour les migrations

16 novembre 2017

La Belgique a accompli des progrès dans plusieurs domaines afin de lutter contre la traite des êtres humains et réalisé un nombre considérable de condamnations des auteurs d'infractions. Des progrès sont attendus afin d'identifier davantage d'enfants victimes de la traite et de prévenir les disparitions d'enfants non accompagnés.
Thème principal: Trafic & Traite d'êtres humains
Mots-clés: GRETA

09 novembre 2017

Le Réseau Européen des Migrations et l'OCDE ont organisé une rencontre sur le regroupement familial et l'emploi illégal le 9 novembre à Bruxelles.

02 novembre 2017

As of 2 November 2017, family members of foreign nationals who obtained a long term resident status in another Member State and reside in Belgium will not have to obtain a work permit if the long term residents themselves do not require such a permit.
Thème principal: Family reunification
Mots-clés: long term resident

26 octobre 2017

On the 26th of October 2017 the general policy note on asylum and migration of the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration was published. The policy note provides an overview of the main achievements and priorities in the field of asylum and migration.

05 octobre 2017

Aujourd'hui, le Point de Contact belge du Réseau Européen des Migrations a organisé un évènement à Bruxelles pour explorer la question de l''emploi irrégulier de ressortissants de pays tiers.

04 octobre 2017

Today a new law was published on the fight against false declarations of parenthood. The Law of 19 September 2017 modifies the Civil Code, the Immigration Law, the Judicial Code and the Consular Code, and it includes preventive and repressive measures.

04 octobre 2017

In the summer of 2017, more and more transit migrants, who wish to go to the UK, were staying in the Maximilian park in Brussels. The Belgian government did not want this park to become ‘a new Calais’. A number of transit migrants were intercepted and detained. Because a lot of them were presumed Sudanese, a Sudanese delegation was invited to come to Belgium for identification. Left-wing politicians and NGOs stressed that the Sudanese regime’s human rights record is particularly worrying. Campaigns were organised to better inform the transit migrants. On 04.10.2017 these issues were debated in the Belgian Parliament.
Thème principal: Irregular Migration
Mots-clés: transit migrants, transit migration

27 septembre 2017

The European Commission published a mid-term review of what has been achieved so far in delivering the European Agenda on Migration. It also sets out new initiatives from the Commission to address key areas, and identifies where further efforts are needed in the coming months.

27 septembre 2017

In order to preserve and strengthen the Schengen area, the Commission is proposing to update the Schengen Borders Code to adapt the rules for the reintroduction of temporary internal border controls to the current needs to respond to evolving and persistent serious threats to public policy or internal security.
Thème principal: Borders & Visa
Mots-clés: Schengen

22 septembre 2017

Dans le cadre de la présidence estonienne du Conseil, le Point de Contact estonien du REM a organisé la conférence annuelle du REM les 21 et 22 septembre à Tallinn. L'évènement a réuni des parties prenantes clés qui ont discuté des bonnes pratiques et des défis pour attirer et retenir les talents dans l'UE et dans les Etats membres.
Thème principal: Migration économique
Mots-clés: EMN Annual Conference, Estonia, talent

13 septembre 2017

Today, President Jean-Claude Juncker presented next steps towards a stronger, more effective and fairer EU migration and asylum policy.
Thème principal: Asylum, Migration
Mots-clés: State of the Union

06 septembre 2017

The judgment in joined cases C-643/15 and C-647/15 Slovakia and Hungary v Council has been delivered by the Court, calling Member States to respect the emergency relocation scheme for refugees, initiated by the EU at the height of the migration crisis
Thème principal: International Protection
Mots-clés: solidarity, relocation

01 septembre 2017

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), published data on recent arrivals in Europe.  Compared with the 273,000 migrants who landed from January through Aug. 27, 2016, about 121,000 arrived during the same period this year. Furthermore, there was no evidence of any migrant dying in the Mediterranean since Aug. 9