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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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.
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Main theme: Economic migration, External Dimension
Keywords: labour mobility, bilateral agreements, common approach
Publication date: 25 April 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point clarifies the scope of the issue and presents national means of prevention, detection and actions against such misuses, as well as statistics in this field.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: False declaration of parenthood, marriage of convenience
Publication date: 19 April 2012
The Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) for 2012 presents an analysis of events related to border control as well as to illegal border crossing and different forms of cross-border crime during 2011.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: Frontex
Publication date: 16 April 2012
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2011 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have occured in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 02 April 2012
Miet Lamberts, researcher at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA center) of the KU Leuven offers an analyzis of the immigration data in Flanders for the year 2011. It gives a specific point of view on how the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of migrants take part in the Flamish society.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Immigrant integration, integration monitor
Publication date: 26 March 2012
The sociologist Christian Joppke examines the delicate balance that states face in promoting policies that are aggressive enough to further social cohesion yet restrained enough to respect immigrants’ moral autonomy.
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Publication date: 19 March 2012
The Political scientist Randall Hansen has published his study for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied complementary about immigration and integration in Europe.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: employment, Immigrant integration
Publication date: 19 March 2012
The political philosopher Will Kymlicka published his research for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied what he calls the "central myths" about multiculturalist policies and provided evidence on related achievements.
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Publication date: 15 March 2012
Peter H. van der Laan, Monika Smit, Inge Busschers and Pauline Aarten have published their study for the Campbell Collaboration. It focuses on cross-border trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and prostitution.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: cross-border crime, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 07 March 2012
UNHCR answers questions raised by the European Commission on the Right to Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals. It provides practical recommendations on different issues of concern related to family reunification of beneficiaries of international protection.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, refugee
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Johan Wets and Tom De Bruyn, researchers at the Reasearch Center HIVA of the KUL publish their study about shortages of staff in the healthcare sector in Belgium.
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Publication date: 29 February 2012
The Belgian Federal Agency for Reception of Asylum Seekers presents the statistics of voluntary returns performed from Belgium in 2011.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission, Data & Statistics
Keywords: migration statistics, voluntary return
Publication date: 29 February 2012
The Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) released its newest quarterly Issue 3, July–September 2011.
