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EASO launched the October edition of the EASO newsletter. The newsletter provides an overview of recent EASO activities and outputs.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: EASO, country of origin information (COI), Lampedusa
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Studipolis, in co-operation with the Free University of Brussels, organises a morning lecture, treating the implementation in Belgian Law of the second phase of the CEAS.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum acquis, CEAS
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The European Parliament and Council provisionally agreed on a draft directive that will manage temporary legal migration and ensure protection of workers from exploitation.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: seasonal employment, seasonal workers directive
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On 25 October 2013 the Belgian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network organised a conference on the reception of asylum seekers in Belgium and the EU.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: reception law, reception policy
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On Wednesday 13 November 2013, Public Policy Exchange will host the 4th Annual International Symposium on Preventing Human Trafficking, in Brussels.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: EU strategy, human trafficking
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Starting from today, 18 October 2013, a new definition of "short stay" and another method of calculating the period of short stay, must be applied by all EU Member States.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: Schengen acquis
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Today, 18 October 2013, three international anti-trafficking expert mechanisms called for a global response to fight the transnational scourge of trafficking in persons.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: GRETA, human trafficking, OSCE
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On 19 November 2013, the University of Antwerp organises a day of lectures on "Developments in European, Belgian and Flemish labour migration law". The legal framework has recently been changed at European and national levels.
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Main theme: Economic migration
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The Charles de Visscher Center for International and European Law (CeDIE), in cooperation with the University of Luxemburg, organises a seminar on the "free movement of workers and citizens", on 12 October 2013 in Louvain-la-Neuve.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Belgium, freedom of movement, Luxembourg
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The Members of the European Parliament approved the operating rules of Eurosur, a communication network that enables Member States to share real-time images and data on development at the EU's external borders.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: EUROSUR, external border, Lampedusa
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On 7 and 8 October, the JHA Council held its 3260th meeting, discussing several topics, including the recent case of Lampedusa, the protection of Syrian refugees and freedom of movement.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: freedom of movement, Frontex, smuggling of migrants
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document providing the statistics on asylum applications and first instance decisions.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
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The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published its work programme for 2014, putting particular emphasis on the support to Member States' implementation of the recast asylum package and further development of the Early Warning and Preparedness System.
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Today, 3 october 2013, the law of 2 June 2013 (published on 23 september 2013) has entered into force. The act amends the Civil Code, the Penal Code, the Judicial Code and the Aliens Act, to strengthen the fight against marriages and legal cohabitations of convenience.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: legal cohabitation, marriage of convenience
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The association for immigration law (ADDE) organizes a lecture series, keeping all interested stakeholders informed about the reforms of Belgian immigration law.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Presentation EMN Study: Attracting Highly Qualified and Qualified Third Country Nationals to Belgium
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On 30 September, the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN holds a lunchmeeting on attracting highly skilled and skilled third country nationals. A reflection is also launched towards the future regionalization of labor migration policy.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: highly skilled workers
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EASO launched the September edition of the EASO newsletter. The newsletter provides an overview of recent EASO activities and outputs.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: country of origin information (COI), EASO, EASO annual report
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Today, 30 september, an Inter-Ministerial Conference on the application of the International Convention for the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others, by the EU Member States, has taken place in Brussels, at the eve of it's 65th birthday.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: sexual exploitation, convention on fighting human trafficking
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On 30 September 2013, the Belgian EMN NCP organized a lunch debate to present and discuss on the outcomes of the recently published study "Attracting highly qualified and qualified third-country nationals". The national television showed up and covered the event in the one o'clock news.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: European Migration Network
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At the Metropolis Conference in Tampere, September 13th, Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, looked back to achievements accomplished and challenges still to be faced by the EU in relation to the Common European Asylum System.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: legal migration, CEAS, asylum acquis
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As of today, you can access the new official EMN EU website. This move, together with a thorough review of its contents, leads to more visibility and the dissemination to a wider public of the network and of its activities and outputs.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: European Migration Network
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document providing the statistics on asylum applications and first instance decisions.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
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The King Baudouin Foundation calls on young researchers, students or graduates to deliver a useful contribution to policy making in the area of migration and integration. Four persons will be rewarded for the work presented!
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Main theme: Integration, Migration
Keywords: Charles Ullens
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Researchers and academics are invited to submit proposals for presentation of concluded research and/or forthcoming research (papers/reviews/synthesis studies) before October 1st, 2013 with a view to preparing a two-day conference in the Hague on "Migration, Stockholm and Beyond".
