Publication date: 30 May 2023

In this bulletin, FRA takes stock of concerns and improvements regarding the fundamental rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. It highlights the EU Member States’ legal and practical responses. It identifies key trends, promising practices, long-standing and emerging patterns, and persistent concerns.
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Newsletters
Keywords: fundamental rights

Publication date: 17 May 2023

This report from the European Union Agency for Asylum provides information on environmental sustainability strategies and policies implemented in reception facilities in EU+ countries.
Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: environmental sustainability, reception centre

Publication date: 08 May 2023

As more and more people are affected by climate change, the need to understand and prepare for climate-related migration has increased. This inform aims to complement existing research by providing a broader perspective on how displacement and migration related to disasters, climate change and environmental degradation are being addressed by key national-level initiatives and policies in EMN Member Countries as well as non-EU OECD countries.
Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: climate change, environmental migration

Publication date: 27 April 2023

In its 12th Myriadoc, Myria focuses on issues relating to foreigners' access to banking services and formulates recommendations for the banking sector and the ministers concerned.
Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: financial inclusion, banking services

Publication date: 26 April 2023

This EMN Inform updates the 2020 Inform “Statelessness in the EU” and focuses on the implications of statelessness for affected individuals in the EU, Norway and Georgia.
Main theme: Statelessness
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: stateless persons

Publication date: 21 April 2023

The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2022. Further, the report includes an annex providing an overview of temporary protection.
Main theme: Asylum
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum procedure, reception condition, detention

Publication date: 21 April 2023

Children who migrate with their parents face unique challenges and vulnerabilities. That's why it's crucial that their right to express their views is fully implemented in international protection procedures. This inform provides an overview of how the right of accompanied children to be heard is being implemented in EMN Member Countries and Norway, including good practices, challenges, and lessons learned.

Publication date: 14 April 2023

In the context of the draft law ‘controlling immigration, improving integration’, currently under discussion in the French Parliament, France is reflecting on possible changes to the procedure for issuing a residence permit for care, whether of a legislative or regulatory nature. To examine the legal and operational feasibility of the proposed amendments, EMN France enquired from the Member States about the relevant legal provisions in this matter.  

Publication date: 05 April 2023

The paper examines the amendments to the Eurodac proposal proposed by the Council and the European Parliament and the connections between Eurodac and other CEAS reform proposals. 
Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Eurodac, Common European Asylum System

Publication date: 30 March 2023

In the event of implicit withdrawal or abandonment of an asylum application, Art. 28 par. 2 of the directive 2013/32/EU allows Member States to determine in their legislation a time limit of at least nine months, after which the applicant’s case can no longer be reopened or the new application may be treated as a subsequent application. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees launched an Ad Hoc Query to enquire whether and how the Member States transposed this provision.

Publication date: 24 March 2023

This Policy Note analyses the challenges faced by asylum seekers in the EU to access their right to education, from primary-level education to higher and vocational education. It is based on the analysis of the 19 country reports and further desk research.
Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: access to education, inclusion, special needs

Publication date: 23 March 2023

This briefing discusses key recent trends and figures and provides an overview of EU policy developments relating to the management of the EU's external borders.
Main theme: Borders & Visa
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: external border, border management, border security

Publication date: 16 March 2023

At the beginning of 2023, a coordination meeting of the directors of the Belgian closed detention centers was held. At this meeting, they expressed their concern about the significant increase in the trafficking of drugs inside their centers. That’s why EMN Belgium was asked to launch an ad-hoc query in order to gather information on how this issue is addressed in the other Member States.  

Publication date: 15 March 2023

This 41th Quarterly (used to be named Bulletin) of the European Migration Network (EMN) offers an overview of EU and national developments in asylum and migration policy as well as an overview of key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments for the period October to December 2022.
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMN bulletin

Publication date: 06 March 2023

In response to the large influx of Ukrainian refugees, the Estonian Ministry of Culture is looking into setting up new possibilities for e-learning the local language. The objective of this query is to map other EMN Member and Observer Countries’ experience with technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality, to develop an offer of virtual language learning.

Publication date: 03 March 2023

The Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network launched an ad hoc query on the existing data on unaccompanied minors (UAMs) outside of international protection procedures in other Member Countries. With this query, the Dutch NCP wanted to get a better picture of the total influx of UAMs in a European perspective.

Publication date: 02 March 2023

In the Czech Republic, a marriage can, under the current legislation, only take place if both parties have legal residence on the territory. By launching this AHQ, the Czech National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network (EMN) wanted to know more about the existing practices in other Member Countries.

Publication date: 27 February 2023

This Inform explores which national strategies, successful programmes and initiatives have been implemented in the EMN Member Countries to enhance the prospects for displaced persons in non-EU first reception and transit countries, and how these strategies have been integrated within existing EU and international frameworks and agreements.

Publication date: 27 January 2023

Have Member States created municipal level centres where foreigners can receive the main migration and integration services in one place? This ad hoc query examines who are the actors involved and the services offered and to what extent foreigners are satisfied about such services. 

Publication date: 23 January 2023

This report maps out the existing uses of new technologies across European immigration and asylum systems both at the national and the EU level. It is the first outcome of the Algorithmic Fairness and Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) Project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: technologies, automation

Publication date: 20 January 2023

Most EMN Member and Observer Countries reported pressures and challenges in housing applicants for international protection between 2017 and 2021. This inform highlights the challenges encountered and best practices for responding to the emergency.

Publication date: 22 December 2022

How do medium-sized cities deal with the newcomers, the “international talent”? This book focuses on “incoming” internationalization driven by the attraction, facilitation, and integration of skilled migrants in urban settings, taking a policy perspective.
Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: cities, mentoring, skilled migrants

Publication date: 22 December 2022

Do Member States have guidelines on the reception of LGBTIQ+ individuals in detention facilities? This ad hoc vraag, launched by Luxembourg, examines what guidelines, procedures and possible best practices are in place when these persons are detained.
Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: detention, vulnerable persons

Publication date: 20 December 2022

Fedasil, the Belgian Reception Agency, aims to harmonise the use of interpreters in its reception facilities. This ad hoc query examines if Member States have established guidelines or instructions on the use of interpreting services and how these services are provided in reception facilities.
Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: interpretation, reception centre

Publication date: 07 December 2022

Myria, the Federal Migration Centre and independent national rapporteur on trafficking in human beings, published its independent and public annual report "Trapped by debt" on 7 December 2022.
Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report