Publication date: 08 August 2012
Nearly two-third of the foreigners living in EU Member States are citizens of countries outside the EU-27.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: citizenship, country of birth, non-EU national
Publication date: 07 August 2012
This article examines ways of better identifying the role of mid- and low-skilled migration in filling labour and skill shortages.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: labour migration, low-skilled, semi-skilled, labour shortage, skill development
Publication date: 03 August 2012
This study provides an insight into the variety of transnational practices developed by people of Chinese, Congolese, Moroccan and Turkish origin residing in Belgium.
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Main theme: Integration, External Dimension
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: link with country of origin, transnationalism, assimilation, diaspora, development
Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: first quarter 2012 (Eurostat)
Publication date: 02 August 2012
This Eurostat publication (data in focus) provides an overview of asylum applications and first instance decisions for the first quarter of 2012.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
Publication date: 31 July 2012
EASO's 1st annual report covers the 1st year of EASO operation and looks into various topics such as international developments, EASO tools and responses and EASO's network. It also includes relevant statistics.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum acquis, asylum support team, European Asylum Support Office, jurisprudence
Publication date: 27 July 2012
Asylum Aid published a study on "Gender Related Asylum Claims in Europe". The study is a Comparative Analysis of Law, Policies and Practice Focusing on Women in Nine EU Member States.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Asylum
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: gender related asylum claim, gender related persecution, gender equality
Publication date: 25 July 2012
16 member states have responded on an ad hoc query on unaccompanied minors, providing an overview of statistical data and procedures regarding unaccompanied minors.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
Publication date: 13 July 2012
17 member states have answered on 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: 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.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN inform
Publication date: 30 June 2012
This EMN Inform presents a summary of the main findings of the analysis of migration and international protection statistics for the year 2009 based on contributions from 21 Member States. The statistics were compiled in accordance with the Migratory Statistics Regulation 862/2007.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN inform
Publication date: 28 June 2012
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism presented today its fifth Annual Report on Migration, with data and analysis on different migration topics (international protection, the right to family life, return, ...)
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Regularization, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report
Publication date: 27 June 2012
Based on the main findings of national contributions from 24 EMN NCP, the report highlights similarities and differences in means of prevention, detection and action, as well as statistics related to marriages of convenience and false declarations of parenthood.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, Green paper on Family Reunification, grey marriage, white marriage
Publication date: 18 June 2012
This first issue of the EMN Bulletin briefly presents EU, National and Related Developments in migration policy published in the period January to May 2012, as well as key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments that have occurred in this period.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
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Since June 4, 2012 the annual report 2011 of the Immigration Department is available
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Publication date: 05 June 2012
On 5 June 2012, the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons presented its annual report for the reference year 2011.
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Publication date: 31 May 2012
This yearbook presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europa, including the statistics on migration and migrant population. Most data cover te period 1999-2009 for the European Union and its Member States.
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Publication date: 30 May 2012
Today, the Commission is publishing a Report on the 2011 developments in the areas of immigration and asylum.
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Publication date: 29 May 2012
This publication of the European Parliament shows the number of asylum seekers, where they seek asylum and where they come from as well as the number of first instance decisions on asylum in 2011
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
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Itinera Institute published a number of papers on its website on the occassion of its conference "Integration: what’s in a name? Going beyond multiculturalism for immigration nation Belgium".
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: citizenship
Publication date: 09 May 2012
The Immigrant Citizens Survey (ICS), piloted by the King Baudouin Foundation and the Migration Policy Group is the first transnational survey that is directly relevant for policy-makers in many areas of integration at local, national and European level.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: immigrant Citizen Survey
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The annual report describes how Fedasil in 2011 was faced with the saturation of the reception structures. The annual report provides an overview of developments in terms of arrivals, capacity and complement.
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The annual report for 2011 Fedasil on developments in the field of voluntary return provides insight into the voluntary return programs, and a summary of the developments regarding the additional reintegration support as well as future prospects.
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Publication date: 03 May 2012
The Center for the study of democracy presents a handbook within the project “Integrating Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children in the Educational Systems of EU Member States: Evaluation and Promotion of Current Best Practices” – INTEGRACE.
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Publication date: 03 May 2012
The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality requested this study.
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Publication date: 03 May 2012
In a globalised economic environment, labour mobility both within the EU and between the
EU and the rest of the world is a growing reality and necessity. Social security coordination is
a system of rules aimed at facilitating such mobility.