Publication date: 21 April 2023
Children who migrate with their parents face unique challenges and vulnerabilities. That's why it's crucial that their right to express their views is fully implemented in international protection procedures. This inform provides an overview of how the right of accompanied children to be heard is being implemented in EMN Member Countries and Norway, including good practices, challenges, and lessons learned.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: accompanied children, right to be heard, interview
Publication date: 14 April 2023
In the context of the draft law ‘controlling immigration, improving integration’, currently under discussion in the French Parliament, France is reflecting on possible changes to the procedure for issuing a residence permit for care, whether of a legislative or regulatory nature. To examine the legal and operational feasibility of the proposed amendments, EMN France enquired from the Member States about the relevant legal provisions in this matter.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: medical regularisation, humanitarian reasons
Publication date: 05 April 2023
The paper examines the amendments to the Eurodac proposal proposed by the Council and the European Parliament and the connections between Eurodac and other CEAS reform proposals.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Eurodac, Common European Asylum System
Publication date: 30 March 2023
In the event of implicit withdrawal or abandonment of an asylum application, Art. 28 par. 2 of the directive 2013/32/EU allows Member States to determine in their legislation a time limit of at least nine months, after which the applicant’s case can no longer be reopened or the new application may be treated as a subsequent application. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees launched an ad hoc query to enquire whether and how the Member States transposed this provision.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: asylum applications, withdrawal, subsequent application
Publication date: 24 March 2023
This Policy Note analyses the challenges faced by asylum seekers in the EU to access their right to education, from primary-level education to higher and vocational education. It is based on the analysis of the 19 country reports and further desk research.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: access to education, inclusion, special needs
Publication date: 23 March 2023
This briefing discusses key recent trends and figures and provides an overview of EU policy developments relating to the management of the EU's external borders.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: external border, border management, border security
Publication date: 16 March 2023
At the beginning of 2023, a coordination meeting of the directors of the Belgian closed detention centers was held. At this meeting, they expressed their concern about the significant increase in the trafficking of drugs inside their centers. That’s why EMN Belgium was asked to launch an ad hoc query in order to gather information on how this issue is addressed in the other Member States.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: detention, drug, trafficking of drugs, closed centre
Publication date: 15 March 2023
This 41th Quarterly (used to be named Bulletin) of the European Migration Network (EMN) offers an overview of EU and national developments in asylum and migration policy as well as an overview of key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments for the period October to December 2022.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMNews
Publication date: 06 March 2023
In response to the large influx of Ukrainian refugees, the Estonian Ministry of Culture is looking into setting up new possibilities for e-learning the local language. The objective of this query is to map other EMN Member and Observer Countries’ experience with technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality, to develop an offer of virtual language learning.
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Main theme: Integration, Temporary protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: e-learning, language learning, artificial intelligence
Publication date: 03 March 2023
The Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network launched an ad hoc query on the existing data on unaccompanied minors (UAMs) outside of international protection procedures in other Member Countries. With this query, the Dutch NCP wanted to get a better picture of the total influx of UAMs in a European perspective.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Data & Statistics, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: unaccompanied minors, data collection
Publication date: 02 March 2023
In the Czech Republic, a marriage can, under the current legislation, only take place if both parties have legal residence on the territory. By launching this ad hoc query, the Czech National Contact Point (NCP) to the European Migration Network (EMN) wanted to know more about the existing practices in other Member Countries.
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Main theme: Family reunification, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: marriage of convenience, illegal stay
Publication date: 27 February 2023
This Inform explores which national strategies, successful programmes and initiatives have been implemented in the EMN Member Countries to enhance the prospects for displaced persons in non-EU first reception and transit countries, and how these strategies have been integrated within existing EU and international frameworks and agreements.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: displaced person, first reception country, transit country
Publication date: 27 January 2023
Have Member States created municipal level centres where foreigners can receive the main migration and integration services in one place? This ad hoc query examines who are the actors involved and the services offered and to what extent foreigners are satisfied about such services.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: regional integration center, integration service
Publication date: 23 January 2023
This report maps out the existing uses of new technologies across European immigration and asylum systems both at the national and the EU level. It is the first outcome of the Algorithmic Fairness and Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) Project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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Publication date: 20 January 2023
Most EMN Member and Observer Countries reported pressures and challenges in housing applicants for international protection between 2017 and 2021. This inform highlights the challenges encountered and best practices for responding to the emergency.
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Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: housing, reception directive, buffer capacity, reception crisis
Publication date: 22 December 2022
How do medium-sized cities deal with the newcomers, the “international talent”? This book focuses on “incoming” internationalization driven by the attraction, facilitation, and integration of skilled migrants in urban settings, taking a policy perspective.
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Publication date: 22 December 2022
This ad hoc query, launched by Luxembourg, examines what guidelines, procedures, and possible best practices are in place when LGBTIQ+ individuals are detained.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: detention, vulnerable persons
Publication date: 20 December 2022
Fedasil, the Belgian Reception Agency, aims to harmonise the use of interpreters in its reception facilities. This ad hoc query examines if Member States have established guidelines or instructions on the use of interpreting services and how these services are provided in reception facilities.
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Publication date: 07 December 2022
Myria, the Federal Migration Centre and independent national rapporteur on trafficking in human beings, published its independent and public annual report "Trapped by debt" on 7 December 2022.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Publication date: 04 December 2022
Have Member States planned to extend or issue new documents certifying the right of residence to beneficiaries of temporary protection whose certificates/visas/residence permits issued in 2022 are going to expire on 4 March 2023? This ad hoc query explores how Member States will address this, taking into account the large number of Ukrainians concerned.
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Main theme: Temporary protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: temporary protection, residence permit
Publication date: 24 November 2022
What measures, structures and systems are in place in the EU Member States and Norway to provide transitional support to unaccompanied minors after reaching the age of majority? This new EMN inform investigates the transition that unaccompanied minors face as they age out of care systems in the EU and Norway.
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Publication date: 23 November 2022
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of 15 November 2022, more than 7.8 million people have left Ukraine in search of safety, arriving primarily in neighbouring European Union (EU) and third countries. These Informs analyse the arrangements European Union (EU) Member States have put in place for accommodation and housing and access to specific services namely social benefits, education, employment, and healthcare for beneficiaries of temporary protection, in the context of the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) (2001/55/EC), triggered in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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Main theme: Integration, Temporary protection
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: Temporary Protection Directive, Ukraine
Publication date: 18 November 2022
This discussion paper stands against the immigration detention of minors, even used as a measure of last resort, and calls for implementing meaningful alternatives to detention during return procedures. It also recommends mandating the collection of data on this matter.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Publication Type: Opinion
Keywords: alternatives to detention, child detention, return directive
Publication date: 26 October 2022
Are the Member States providing any support measures to Ukrainian citizens wishing to go back to Ukraine on a voluntary basis? This ad hoc query launched by Estonia examines the current measures as well as possible plans, including to develop long-term support measures/programs for Ukrainians who wish to voluntarily go back to Ukraine.
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Main theme: Temporary protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: voluntary return, Ukraine
Publication date: 25 October 2022
Unaccompanied minors who have little or no perspective of receiving a residence permit within EU Member States, may have co-existing problems such as mental health issues or substance addiction. This ad hoc query examines how EU Member States deal with this specific group and how they could improve the reception and supervision of these young persons.
