Today, the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration and his Tunisian counterpart signed an agreement which focuses on cooperation regarding migration and return.

The Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration carried out information missions in Albania and in Georgia, respectively in April and June 2018.

The EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2017 provides a comprehensive overview of developments at European level and at the level of national asylum systems. Based on a wide range of sources, the Report looks into main statistical trends and analyses changes in EU+ countries as regards their legislation, policies, practices, as well as national case law. 

Today, 10 families with a humanitarian visa arrived in Zaventem. They will apply for international protection once in Belgium. They will be hosted in Christian communities, in cooperation with Caritas, during the first year.

Home Affairs Ministers met in Brussels and discussed inter alia the Dublin reform which gripped the political center stage of the broader asylum debate.

Dans le cadre de la présidence bulgare du Conseil, le Point de Contact National bulgare du REM a organisé la conférence annuelle du REM du 31 mai au 1er Juin à Sofia. La conférence était consacrée aux défis et aux facteurs de succès dans la gestion des flux migratoires.

The Royal Decree of 23 April 2018 introduced changes with regards to extending or ending the stay of international students. It details – inter alia – in which cases an order to leave the territory can be issued to a student when he/she extends his/her studies in an excessive manner considering the results.

In this report, the Commission is reporting on progress made under the European Agenda on Migration and the Commission's roadmap from December 2017, and is setting out further key actions to be taken.

Eurostat published a statistical analysis on the number of unaccompanied minors who applied for international protection in 2017. the 31,400 applications represent an important decrease compared to previous years. 

En 2018, le Réseau Européen des Migrations (REM) célèbre son dixième anniversaire. A cette occasion, le REM a organisé une conférence le 15 mai à Bruxelles.

Commissioner Avramopoulos has congratulated the EMN on it's approaching 10th anniversary in a speech. 

In a judgment handed down today, the EU Court of Justice responded to a Dutch prejudicial question on family reunification of (unaccompanied minor) refugees. Following the reasoning of the Court, an unaccompanied minor who attains the age of majority during the asylum procedure retains its right to family reunification.

Following the release of its EASO Guidance on reception conditions: operational standards and indicators in December 2016, EASO has just issued the EASO guidance on contingency planning in the context of reception.

Le Point de Contact belge du REM a produit une courte vidéo sur la thématique de l’emploi illégal de ressortissants de pays tiers, et les études du REM consacrées à ce sujet

Two United Nations agencies are joining forces to combat migrant smuggling. They organized an event centering on a Joint Platform on Countering Migrant Smuggling.

Following the adoption of the Cooperation Agreement on the Single Permit Procedure on 2 February 2018, different legislative texts have been adopted at the federal and regional levels in March 2018 to approve this Cooperation Agreement.

Le gouvernement a approuvé le 24 mars 2018 un nouveau plan de réduction de capacité pour les demandeurs de protection internationale. Le réseau d’accueil actuel compte 23.815 places. Ce nombre devrait être réduit à 16.629 places en 2019, dont 10.044 places collectives et 6.585 places individuelles. Avec ce nouveau plan, le réseau retrouvera ainsi sa capacité d’avant la crise.

En février, Fedasil, l'Agence fédérale pour l'accueil des demandeurs d'asile, a signé un accord-cadre avec Enabel (www.enabel.be), l’Agence belge du développement (anciennement Coopération technique belge).

Today Eurostat published the 2017 statistics on 'Asylum in the EU' on its website. It covers main trends and characteristics of first time applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications for 2017 in the EU.

La Commission européenne propose de réformer la politique commune de visas de l'UE. Elle rend également compte - et demande - de nouveaux progrès dans le cadre de l'agenda européen pour les migrations. Enfin, elle mobilise des fonds supplémentaires pour les réfugiés syriens en Turquie.

Today, the Belgian Minister of Home Affairs, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration met with the British Home Secretary in London to discuss the issue of transit migration.

From 21 until 23 February 2018, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, Theo Francken, visited Guinea in order to discuss the questions of – inter alia - irregular migration and return.

Today, Frontex published its Risk Analysis for 2018, which concentrates on the scope of Frontex operational activities and, in particular, on irregular migration at the external borders of the EU and Schengen Associated Countries.

On 22 December 2017, Deputy Prime Minister Jan Jambon, in the name of the government, asked the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) to carry out an independent inquiry regarding the risk in case of return to Sudan. The report was handed over to the government on 8 February 2018.