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The Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) published a document providing the statistics on asylum applications and first instance decisions for the year 2013.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
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Based on the EMN Work Programme 2014, approved by the Steering Board in November 2013 and in the process of being formally approved by the Commission, the EMN will work this year on new deliverables.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: work programme
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PES Group in the Committee of the Regions invites all to join the debate on the - lack of - development of a genuine Common European Asylum System and European Immigration policy.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Common European Asylum System, Lampedusa
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The tragedy in Lampedusa prompted an unprecedented call for action by EU leaders and citizens. On 4 December, the Commission proposed ways to increase solidarity and mutual support in order to prevent migrants' death in the Mediterranean.
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Main theme: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: EUROSUR, Frontex, Lampedusa, resettlement
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On 3 December, the policy note of the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Maggie De Block, for 2014 was approved in the Chamber Commission of Home Affairs. It reviews the 2013 achievements and presents policies on asylum, migration and reception for 2014.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: migration policy
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On 2 December the European Border Surveillance System becomes operational. EUROSUR will make an important contribution to saving lives and will also equip the EU and its Member States with better tools to prevent cross-border crimes and to detect and provide assistance to migrant boats in distress.
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Main theme: Asylum, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: EUROSUR, Frontex
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The Court refined its case-law on the application of the Dublin Regulation, judging on the responsability of a Member State to examine an asylum application, in case of impossible transfer of the applicant.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Dublin Regulation
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The Dutch Migration Policy Department plans to organize a two-day seminar in The Hague with policy makers and academia to discuss and share research results and policy challenges relating to the Stockholm migration chapters.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Stockholm Programme
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From 29 October 2013 until 12 January 2014, the Commission of the EU organizes a public consultation, inviting all interested ones to contribute their opinion on the New Agenda for Home Affairs.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Home Affairs, Stockholm Programme
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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed both positive and negative observations on Belgium, following the examination of the third periodic report on Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Keywords: detention
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On 14 November, the European Court of Human Rights condemned Belgium in the case of M.D. v Belgium for infringing the right to an effective remedy on short delay, as captured in Article 5 §4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: detention, effective remedy
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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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On 7 November, the European Court of Justice judged that homosexual applicants for asylum can constitute a particular social group who may be persecuted on account of their sexual orientation.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, sexual orientation
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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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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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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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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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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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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".
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: Stockholm Programme
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Today, two Laws which modify the asylum procedure (and the reception & public welfare centers laws) were published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Royal Decree from 1981 and the Royal Decrees regulating the procedure before the IO and CGRS were also modified and published.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: multiple application, first country of asylum, material reception condition
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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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EASO launched the July/August edition of the EASO newsletter. The newsletter provides an overview of recent EASO activities and outputs.
