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The Council approved today amendments to the directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted, to be transposed into national law within 2 years.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: asylum law, qualification directive, rights
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The Commission highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its external migration policy by setting up a Global Approach to Migration through partnerships with non-EU countries that address issues related to migration and mobility in a way that makes cooperation mutually beneficial
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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The European Policy Centre and the European Programme for Integration and Migration are organising this Conference on 6 December that will explore issues around the rights of migrants, particularly those who are undocumented, and the role of the media in the migration and integration debate
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Media, EU Migration Policy, fundamental rights, migrants rights, undocumented migrants
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Is there a need to change the EU rules on family reunification of migrants? By publishing its Green Paper on the right to family reunification of non-EU nationals living in the EU, the European Commission launched the debate
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Main theme: Family Migration
Keywords: family migration policy
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The Prague Process is a new political process promoting migration partnerships among the participating states of the European Union, the Schengen Area, South Eastern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Prague Process
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The Service 'Roma and Travellers' of the Regional Ingetration Centre 'Foyer' in Brussels organise a study day on the topic of Roma living in the Brussels region
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Main theme: Migration, Irregular Migration, Integration, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Roma, Foyer, Travellers
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These two days close a research carried out during three years by the Asylum seekers reception department of the Belgian Red Cross and by the Training center of the Federation of the public social assistance centers with the support of the European Refugee Fund
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: education
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The external evaluation of the EMN was preformed by the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services and provides detailed conclusions and recommendations
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: external evaluation
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The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network are organising a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies, on 17 November
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Main theme: Family Migration
Keywords: family migration policy
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Since 9 November the annual report 2010 of the CGRS can be consulted in English (abridged version)
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions, asylum procedure, asylum statistics
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National Conference of the Bulgarian National Contact Point of the EMN on 13 December 2011 in Sofia
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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2nd French EMN Conference
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: EMN conference, EU directive, immigration policies
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The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (‘Centre’) organizes a colloquium on the problematic of so called ‘reverse discrimination’ concerning the new national law on family reunification.
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Main theme: Family Migration
Keywords: family migration policy, Family Reunification Directive
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The Flemish organisation 'Kruispunt M-I' invites for its study day on Partner Migration. The organisation will define major challenges for the migration policy on grounds of recent research
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Main theme: Family Migration, Integration
Keywords: family migration policy
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The Flemish Support Point Labour and Social Economy organizes together with the Flemish Department Labour and Social Economy the 5th Labour Market Congress with a focus on Labour Migration
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: highly skilled workers, labour demand, labour shortages
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Three Belgian NGO's (Ciré, Flemish Refugee Action & BCHR) are organizing a serial of three seminars on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Geneva Convention, 60th Anniversary
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Three Belgian NGO's (Ciré, Flemish Refugee Action & BCHR) are organizing a serial of three seminars on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Geneva Convention
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The Catholic University of Louvain will organize a restricted seminar about the first findings of a research project concerning the implementation into the Belgian law of the Dublin Regulation and the Qualification Directive
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum law, Dublin Regulation, qualification directive
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The new website of the Belgian Immigration Office is online
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Immigration Office
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PREMIG is a four-year research project 2011-2014 based at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The project addresses return migration from Norway and the United Kingdom
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: forced return, return, voluntary return
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The EMN - European Migration Network has just released its new Annual Policy Report 2010
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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In the framework of its serial 'Thinking Europe' the Flemish-Dutch House 'De Buren' (the neighbors) organises an encounter with Prof. Ewald Engelen and his views on immigration
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: economical crisis
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
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The French-speaking Belgian NGO 'Association for the Rights of Foreigners' (ADDE) offers a training concerning the new rules for familiy reunification
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Main theme: Family Migration
Keywords: family migration policy
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The Legal Service of the Brussels based Integration Centre "Foyer" offers a training session on the new Law on Familiy Reunification, published in the Belgian Monitor on 12 September 2011
