Publication date: 20 October 2022
In 2022, Belgium was subject to the third evaluation round of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. This report analyses in detail how the Belgian authorities ensure access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: GRETA, effective remedy, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 19 October 2022
How do other EU Member States, and Georgia, recognise diplomas obtained in third countries? This ad hoc query, that Belgium launched in July 2022, focused on the (i) institutional landscape for diploma recognition throughout Europe, (ii) the role of Public Employment Services in this recognition and (iii) best practices that the responding States wanted to share regarding their diploma recognition practices, specifically in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. 20 countries answered the query.
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Publication date: 20 September 2022
This ad hoc query mainly collects information on calculation methods used to determine the necessary reception capacity for applicants for international protection and on the flexibility measures developed in case of shortage or surplus. It also examines how EMN Member and Observer Countries organise the outflow of beneficiaries of international protection and rejected applicants for international protection to housing and other forms of accommodation.
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Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: reception centre, reception capacity, flexibility, shortage, surplus, outflow to housing
Publication date: 16 September 2022
What bilateral readmission agreements exist between EU Member States, Norway and third countries to facilitate the return of migrants staying irregularly on the EU territory? This EMN inform aims to map these agreements and understand how they work.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Informs
Publication date: 12 September 2022
To what extent do Member States consider the distinct situation of migrant women in their integration policies and measures? This study focuses on the main areas covered by the EU Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 that support the integration of migrant women for example in education and training, employment and skills, health and housing as these are considered by the Action Plan the base for societal integration.
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Publication date: 08 September 2022
How do Member States regulate the mobility and residence of persons already granted international protection status in another Member State? What are the applicable rules for transfer of responsibility of a beneficiary of international protection?
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Informs
Publication date: 24 August 2022
In the context of migration, detention is permitted and regulated by a strict European legislative framework. Recognising the severity of the measure against the right to liberty and in order to enhance the safeguards for vulnerable persons, Member States rely increasingly on alternatives to detention. Alternatives to detention are often considered to be less resource-intensive, less intrusive for the individual, and more effective at reducing pressure on national detention systems, but their implementation comes with a series of challenges.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: alternatives to detention
Publication date: 19 August 2022
The Country Factsheet provides a brief summary of the main developments in migration and international protection in Belgium in 2021, including the latest statistics.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 14 August 2022
Do Member States grant access to the labour market to family members of international students and, if so, to which family members and under which conditions? This ad hoc query launched by Belgium shows that policies and practices in this matter still vary among Member States.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Family reunification, Study § Training
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: student, family member, labour market access
Publication date: 01 August 2022
The 39th edition of the EMN Quarterly provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMNews
Publication date: 05 July 2022
What are the challenges migrants face in accessing mental health services, and how are Member States addressing them? This inform maps the policies in place to help legally-residing migrants access mental health services.
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Publication date: 15 June 2022
The EMN annual report on asylum and migration provides an overview of the major developments in the field of migration and asylum in Belgium and in the EU in 2021.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: annual report
Publication date: 13 June 2022
The 38th edition of the EMN Quarterly (known before as Bulletin) provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level.
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Publication date: 06 June 2022
Did Member States suspend decision-making on applications for international protection from Afghan nationals when the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan in August 2021? This ad hoc query launched by Belgium examines the nature and consequences of such suspension in terms of hearings, protection statuses etc.
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Publication date: 06 May 2022
Trafficking in human beings is a crime against the victim’s fundamental rights. It can take several forms, such as sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery and servitude-related practices, as well as the removal of organs. This practice is prohibited under numerous EU and international instruments. Yet, persistent demand for sexual services and for low-wage workers employed in manual jobs continues to provide opportunities for traffickers to exploit human beings.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 28 April 2022
On 25 April 2022, the EMN published its inform on attracting and retaining international researchers, which provides an overview of the means adopted by Member States to enhance attractiveness for international researchers, as well as the main challenges and best practices that they encountered to admit and retain them.
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Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: Informs
Publication date: 10 March 2022
The 37th edition of the EMN Quarterly (previously named Bulletin) provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level.
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Publication date: 08 March 2022
This EMN inform outlines approaches, experiences and best practices in monitoring, detecting and addressing the misuse of authorisations to reside in the EU for the purpose of study.
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Publication date: 03 March 2022
EMN in cooperation with the OECD published a new inform ‘Skills Mobility Partnerships: Exploring Innovative Approaches to Labour Migration’. This inform highlights experiences by EU Member States, non-EU countries and international organisations with regards to the introduction of Skills Mobility Partnerships (SMPs), a new concept that promotes a sustainable approach to skilled migration and mobility, with the aim to build skills for the benefit of both countries of origin and destination.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: Skills Mobility Partnerships; Labour Migration
Publication date: 02 February 2022
How do Member States and Norway ensure the care and protection of children who arrive in their countries, and what measures are in place in relation to guardianship, education, access to justice, and more? This new report from the European Migration Network (EMN) provides an overview of the progress made during 2020 in the implementation of the recommendations laid out in the 2017 Communication on the protection of children in migration and is the second edition of a series of reports developed by the EMN.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies
Publication date: 10 January 2022
This comparative report provides an overview of the use of digital tools and remote working methods in asylum processes in 23 European countries. It questions the risks and benefits of such use and highlights several fundamental guarantees and procedural safeguards which must continue to apply to ensure that they do not infringe the existing CEAS framework.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: digitalisation, asylum procedure
Publication date: 22 December 2021
The 36th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level.
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Publication date: 01 November 2021
The EMN has collected data on statelessness from across EU Member States and Georgia to assess progress, draw key findings on the state of play, and provide an overview of how statelessness is addressed.
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Publication date: 22 July 2021
On 20 July 2021, the European Migration Network (EMN) published an overview of Member States’ experiences with new legal pathways in the areas of Talent Partnerships and complementary work-related pathways for those in need of international protection.
