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On 8 October 2019, Fedasil launched the new information platform www.fedasilinfo.be. The mobile website provides applicants for international protection (asylum seekers) in Belgium with reliable information in 12 languages, 8 of which include an audio version.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: information for applicants for international protection
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The Annual National Conference of the EMN Portugal on the theme “Migration, Asylum and Statistics”, is scheduled to be held on the 18th of September in Lisbon.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Statistics
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The Annual National Conference of the EMN Luxembourg on “Attracting start-up founders and innovative entrepreneurs from third countries” will be held on the 1st October in Esch-sur-Alzette.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: entrepreneurs
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On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, which is organized every year on 20th June by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Eurostat published an infographic on annual asylum data for 2018 . Eurostat also published its Asylum quarterly report. In the first quarter of 2019, the number of first-time asylum applicants slightly increased : 4% more compared to the 4th quarter of 2018.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics, Asylum
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Today the English translation of the latest report on Human Trafficking and Smuggling from Myria was published. The 2018 report focuses on underage victims of trafficking and smuggling of human beings.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
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On May 27, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Commission and European Migration Network organise the International Conference “A New European Agenda on Migration?”. During this event, experts will share their views on the achievements, challenges and perspectives of integration and migration policies in Europe.
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Main theme: Integration, Asylum, Migration
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration
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The Federal Public Service Interior has made a short video about foreign unaccompanied minors seeking international protection in Belgium.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
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Each year, the Odysseus Network organizes a Summer School in EU immigration and asylum law and policy. The courses tackle the most recent legislative, jurisprudential and political developments in the field at EU level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: immigration law
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Myria, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre, is recruiting a policy officer to work for the Belgian Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN).
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: job vacancy
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Voluntary returns to the countries of origin are decreasing. Among others, this is the result of the lower number of asylum applications during the past years.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: AVRR Sustainable Return
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On 18 January a conference will take place in Brussels organised by the federal Migration Centre Myria, the Académie Royale des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten and newspaper Le Soir. The focus will be on international protection and economic migration.
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Main theme: International Protection, Economic migration
Keywords: conference
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On 12 December 2018, the Belgian contact point of the EMN organized its annual asylum and migration policy event in which recent national and EU developments in the field of international protection, legal migration and integration and irregular migration, human trafficking and return were discussed.
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Main theme: Integration, Reception, International Protection, Return & Readmission, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: annual EMN policy event
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The European Commission is presenting its Second Report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: human trafficking
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On the 26th of October 2018 the general policy note on asylum and migration of the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration was published. The policy note provides an overview of the main achievements and priorities in the field of asylum and migration.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: policy note
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Europol launched a new report about child trafficking. It provides a comprehensive view on who the victims are and who the criminal networks are that trafficking the children in and into the EU.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: child victim of trafficking
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On 10 September, the Belgian Minister of Security and the Interior and the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration presented a 9-point action plan on the fight against irregular transit migration.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: transit migration, action plan
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In his State of the Union, President Jean-Claude Juncker presented proposals to ensure full EU solidarity on migration and better protection of Europe's external borders. The Commission is proposing to reinforce the European Border and Coast Guard and the EU's Agency for Asylum and is proposing a targeted review of the Return Directive.
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Main theme: External Dimension, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Keywords: return directive, State of the Union, EUAA, EBCG
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As of 11 August, irregularly staying families with minor children can be detained with a view to removal in family housing on the grounds of the closed detention centre 127bis.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: detention, child detention
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Today, the Commission is expanding on the concept of controlled centres as well as short-term measures that could be taken to improve the processing of migrants being disembarked in the EU, and giving a first outline of the possible way forward for the establishment of regional disembarkation arrangements with third countries.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: controlled centre, regional disembarkation arrangement
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This conference seeks to shed light on the interesting topic of returning third-country nationals who have entered or stayed irregularly in the EU, as well as on their subsequent reintegration.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: reintegration
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The EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2017 provides a comprehensive overview of developments at European level and at the level of national asylum systems. Based on a wide range of sources, the Report looks into main statistical trends and analyses changes in EU+ countries as regards their legislation, policies, practices, as well as national case law.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: EASO, Common European Asylum System
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This year seminar will be focused on vulnerabilities of migrants in the current global migration context.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Slovakia
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This conference will seek to discuss global migration trends, the role of the EU, as well as the external dimensions of the EU migration policy.
