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The Conference offers the opportunity to explore the most important policy developments from 2015 related to (financial, physical and operational) solidarity in EU Asylum and Borders Policies.
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Main theme: Asylum, Borders & Visa
Keywords: cooperation, crisis, relocation, solidarity
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The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard and also to introduce systematic checks against relevant databases for all people entering and exiting the Schengen area.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: European Border and Coast Guard, external border, Schengen area, security
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During the third quarter of 2015 (July to September 2015), 413 800 first-time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the EU, a number almost double that of the second quarter of 2015.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum statistics
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The conference of the Belgian National Contact Point to the EMN– which took place on 4 December in Brussels – focused on challenges and opportunities associated with the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: EMN conference, forced return, reintegration programmes, voluntary return, vulnerable persons
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The package of programmes is the single biggest EU measure in response to the Syrian refugee crisis to date.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: aid, EU Trust Fund, Syrian refugees
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On the occasion of the international migrants day, this conference will inter alia focus on how to integrate and support refugees and on which role Flemish authorities can play in the current crisis.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: employment, international migrants day, migration crisis
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In the context of the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants, the COMECE wishes to look behind the immediate horizon of the crisis and consider how best to integrate migrants into the host society.
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Main theme: Integration
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Justice and Home Affairs Ministers met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the following measures, inter alia: EU Passenger Name Record Directive, controls of external borders, information sharing and law enforcement cooperation.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: external border, foreign fighter, passenger name record, Schengen Information System
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The Commission is referring Belgium for failing to transpose the Single Permit Directive. The Commission proposes a daily penalty of 52,828.16 euros.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, single permit directive
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On the occasion of an informal meeting following the Valletta Summit, heads of state or government focus on the migration crisis, the future of Schengen and cooperation with Turkey.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: external border, hotspot, migration crisis, relocation, Schengen
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On 11 and 12 November, the Valletta summit will provide the EU, African countries and other key countries concerned with the opportunity to discuss migration issues and to find common solutions to challenges of mutual interest.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, Valletta Summit
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Home Affairs Ministers focused in particular on speeding up the relocation process, strengthening the EU's external borders, fighting human trafficking and smuggling, and return and readmission.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, relocation, hotspot, Integrated Political Crisis Response, European Migration Liaison Officers
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As from 9 November 2015, an asylum seeker can obtain a C work permit four months after applying for asylum. The 6 month period was cut to 4 months by a Royal Decree which entered into force today.
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration
Keywords: employment, waiting period
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Today, a first group of 30 asylum seekers was relocated from Greece to Luxembourg, in the framework of the EU's relocation scheme.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: relocation
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On 3rd of November 2015, the General Policy Note on Asylum and Migration of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration was published. It defines the main orientations and actions to be taken in the field of asylum and migration in 2016.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: policy note, State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration
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Today the European Commission decided to increase the level of cofinancing for the transport of the assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, following activation of the mechanism by Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: EU Civil Protection Mechanism, refugee crisis
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Join us to discuss how to provide irregular migrants with information on voluntary return and how to address vulnerabilities in the return and reintegration process.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: irregular migrant, vulnerable persons
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During a meeting on 25 October, leaders from countries facing challenges along the Western Balkans Migration Route agreed on a 17-point plan of action.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, migration crisis, Western Balkans
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The declaration presenting some of the key principles of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Belgian Constitution will be submitted to foreigners arriving in the country.
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration
Keywords: Constitution, declaration of commitment, European Convention on Human Rights
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EU statistics on first residence permits in 2014 have been issued today. Eurostat explains key statistical findings.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: first residence permit
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"Inburgering" and Integration are being quantitatively and qualitatively brought to light and examined in several specific fields: education, living conditions, labour market, entrepreneurship and rights.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: education, entrepreneurship, fundamental right, living condition
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The European Commission collects views and opinions, as well as ideas and knowledge, to elaborate a revised Smart Borders Package.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: smart border
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The Council adopted a series of conclusions on the future of the return policy and approved more money to tackle the refugee crisis. The EMN will be used to monitor whether disparities among Member States' programmes could lead to return shopping.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, return policy
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A first group of 19 asylum seekers was relocated from Italy to Sweden today under an EU relocation scheme.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: relocation
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On the 7th October 2015, the EMN Annual Conference took place in Esch-Belval (Luxembourg). It was dedicated to the 30 years of the Schengen Agreement, as well as to the current challenges to the system regarding border management and irregular migration.
