Publication date: 29 August 2023
The Country Factsheet provides a brief summary of the main developments in migration and international protection in Belgium in 2022.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration, international protection
Publication date: 10 March 2021
How do Member States ensure the protection of children in migration procedures, and what measures are in place in relation to guardianship, accommodation, transition into adulthood, and many more? This report from the European Migration Network (EMN), published on 10 March 2021, maps the state of implementation in 2019 of the recommendations laid down in the 2017 European Commission Communication on the protection of children in migration.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: children, unaccompanied minors, protection
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Following the report published by the IFRC, over 70 million people are forced migrants, more than 1 in every 100 of the world's citizens, displaced by conflict, political upheaval, violence and disasters but also by climate change and development projects.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: protection
Publication date: 21 September 2012
On 5 April 2011, the European Union adopted Directive 2011/36/EU which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: definition, directive 2011/36/EU, penalties, prevention, prosecution, protection
Publication date: 20 September 2012
The Strategy, adopted on 19 June 2012, contains a set of concrete and practical measures that will support and complement the Directive 2011/36/EC whose deadline for transposition is 6 April 2013.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: identification, joint investigation, prosecution, protection, strategy
Publication date: 20 October 2011
The Belgian EMN NCP updated a report on protection statuses and published the report. The publication was presented on the EMN-national seminar on 60 years Geneva convention on October 14, 2011 which took place at Residence Palace in Brussels.
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Main theme: International Protection, Regularization
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: protection, status
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Today the Commission is reporting on progress in the fight against trafficking in human beings. The report presents trends, progress and challenges in this field. Efforts must be stepped up to effectively fight this phenomenon.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: anti-trafficking, EU strategy, prevention, prosecution, protection
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As from 26 March 2015, unaccompanied foreign minors can also qualify for the special protection status when other protection, admission or residence procedures are ongoing.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: guardianship, protection, unaccompanied minors
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At the occasion of the IE EMN NCP conference in Dublin, a wide audience, including national policy makers and experts as well as representatives from the Commission and other NCPs, discussed protection challenges.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: CEAS, EASO, protection
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On Wednesday 5 December in the European Parliament, key stakeholders, including EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, Ms Vassiliadou, will comment on the realities of combating trafficking.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: COMBAT, prevention, protection, support
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This seminar aims at analyzing the state of play in Belgium in terms of prevention and protection of child victims or at risk of FGM and promoting the thinking about the implementation in Belgium of a protocol for the prevention and protection of such persons.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: female genital mutilation, prevention, protection
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In its latest annual report, published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking watchdog GRETA (Group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings) urges countries across the continent to step up the fight against human trafficking.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: convention on fighting human trafficking, investigation, prosecution, protection
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To mark the 6th EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Cyprus EU Presidency and the European Commission are organising the conference 'Working together towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings: The Way Forward'