Publication date: 05 July 2013
The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) presented its annual report for the reference year 2012.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics, International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions, CGRS
Publication date: 04 July 2013
Produced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the FRA, the Handbook provides an accessible guide to the various European standards relevant to asylum, borders and immigration.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: european law, fundamental rights
Publication date: 04 July 2013
The FRA Annual Report examines fundamental rights-related developments in many fields, including asylum, immigration and integration, border control and visa policy.
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Main theme: Integration, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: economic crisis, fundamental rights
Publication date: 03 July 2013
This report provides statistics, information on the legal framework, the asylum procedure and reception conditions for asylum seekers in Belgium.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum decisions, asylum law, asylum policy, asylum procedure
Publication date: 25 June 2013
In order to satisfy the large demand for detailed figures on asylum and migration, the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN compiled in August 2012 a series of figures on asylum and migration.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum decisions, asylum applications, residence permit, forced return, voluntary return, work permit
Publication date: 24 June 2013
This is the sixth annual report that the Centre for Equal Opportunities and the Fight against Racism publishes on migration. The report highlights relevant available data and provides a juridical analysis on the issues at stake.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: annual report
Publication date: 24 June 2013
The 4th Annual Report, that was releases on 17 June 2013, analyses the 2012 and early 2013 developments in the areas of immigration and asylum and calls for a more coherent EU response. The Report is inter alia based on EMN annual reports 2012.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: annual report
Publication date: 23 May 2013
This is the 9th Policy Report elaborated by the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN. It provides an overview of major developments in the field of asylum and migration in Belgium in the year 2012.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 21 May 2013
This document gives victims and practitioners an overview of rights based on EU legislation.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: rights, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 14 May 2013
This Eurostat publication (data in focus) provides an overview of asylum applications and first instance decisions for the year 2012 in the EU-27.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
Publication date: 22 April 2013
According to Frontex, the number of people trying to get into the EU dropped by around a half in 2012. Some 73.000 people were detected in 2012, down from around 114.000 in 2011.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: Frontex, illegal border crossing
Publication date: 15 April 2013
The compilation of responses from 6 Member States to this French ad hoc query provides some useful information inter alia on organisations granted access to detention centres and sites accessible to such organisations.
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Publication date: 15 April 2013
Based on the contributions from 24 EMN NCPs, this synthesis report provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies allowing international students to enter into and move within the EU for the purpose of study.
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Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords: student directive, student mobility, student route
Publication date: 27 March 2013
This paper maps the marital choices of persons with a migratory background in Belgium, with a focus on populations of Moroccan and Turkish origin.
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Main theme: Migration, Family reunification
Keywords: first generation, marital choice, second generation
Publication date: 18 March 2013
The report explores how movements have responded to key changes such as EU enlargements, the end of restrictions on workers of new Member States and the economic crisis. The repot also examines the motivations for migration and impacts on labour markets.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: free movement, intra-EU mobility
Publication date: 18 March 2013
This discussion paper investigates the broad range of integration needs that exist in Europe and the role different actors, including employers, can play in meeting them.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: free movement, mobile EU citizen, integration programme
Publication date: 14 March 2013
This third issue of the EMN Bulletin outlines recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national levels, including relevant statistics, from October 2012 to January 2013.
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Publication date: 12 March 2013
This study, coordinated by the Immigrant Council of Ireland and supported by the European Integration Fund, answers the question to what extent certain family reunification policies hinder or promote reunification with TCN family members and also their integration
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Main theme: Family reunification, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: family reunification right, income requirement, obstacle to integration
Publication date: 11 March 2013
Frontex Programme of Work 2013 outlines Frontex's areas of possible activities for the year in question, focusing inter alia on the further development of the EUROSUR system, the operational support to Greece, implementation measures and new structures.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: border control, EUROSUR, external border
Publication date: 07 March 2013
16 Member States provide information on legislation, responsible authorities, criteria and process and residence permits for victims of trafficking.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: assistance, identification, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 07 March 2013
21 Member States provide updated information on their policies & practices with regard to granting asylum seekers' access to the labour market.
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Main theme: Integration, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: labour market access, labour market priority, work permit
Publication date: 07 March 2013
22 Member States provide information on whether or not and under what conditions they grant a right to family reunification to unmarried partners whose relationship or partnership is not considered as equivalent to marriage.
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Publication date: 07 March 2013
This Policy Brief, which launches a flagship series for Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Europe, offers a first analysis of the changed empirical and policy environment in which the European Union (EU) finds itself.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: European Agenda, migration strategy, whole-of-government policymaking
Publication date: 28 February 2013
The Dublin transnational network project co-ordinated by Forum Réfugiés -Cosi in collaboration with ECRE, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and national partners published a comparative report on the Dublin application in several EU member states.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Dublin Regulation
Publication date: 28 February 2013
What are the challenges/barriers which affect the intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals? The study analyses this question as well as the EU acquis and national policies of relevance in this matter.
