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Ad Hoc Query on guidelines and/or procedures for the reception of LGBTIQ+ in detention centers

22/12/2022

This ad hoc query, launched by Luxembourg, examines what guidelines, procedures, and possible best practices are in place when LGBTIQ+ individuals are detained.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
vulnerable persons

Bilateral readmission agreements (EMN Inform)

16/09/2022

What bilateral readmission agreements exist between EU Member States, Norway and third countries to facilitate the return of migrants staying irregularly on the EU territory? This EMN inform aims to map these agreements and understand how they work.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs

Detention and alternatives to detention in international protection and return procedures

24/08/2022

In the context of migration, detention is permitted and regulated by a strict European legislative framework. Recognising the severity of the measure against the right to liberty and in order to enhance the safeguards for vulnerable persons, Member States rely increasingly on alternatives to detention. Alternatives to detention are often considered to be less resource-intensive, less intrusive for the individual, and more effective at reducing pressure on national detention systems, but their implementation comes with a series of challenges.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
alternatives to detention

Incentives and Motives for Voluntary Departure (EMN Inform)

08/07/2022

What incentives and motives exist that impact a third-country national’s decision to depart voluntarily? This EMN inform focuses on the issue of voluntary departures from EU Member States and Norway, in compliance with - or in anticipation of - a return decision.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs

Ad Hoc Query on detention of minors

24/09/2020

24 Member States provided information on national laws and practices regarding the detention of families with children in migration procedures, the possibility to detain one of the parents and detention in the context of the age assessment process.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
families

Return counselling (EMN Informs)

30/03/2020

These three EMN Informs look into i.a. possible approaches for return counselling, support for return counsellors, and information provision for the return of migrants.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
voluntary return

A brief overview of recent findings on return (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN inform on recent findings on return

19/11/2013

This EMN Inform provides an overview of current aspects of return in EU Schengen Member States and Norway, including statistics.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
forced return
return directive
voluntary return

Ad Hoc Query on removal policies

09/08/2013

10 Member States provided detailed information and statistical data on their removal policy, forced returns and assisted returns. This query was launched by the French EMN NCP

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
forced return
Frontex
return policy
voluntary return

Year Report 2012 (IOM Brussels)

03/07/2013

This very first edition of the IOM Brussels Country Office (CO) Year Report will give you a brief overview of activities undertaken in 2012 allowing a focus on specific areas of interest linked to the Belgian and Luxembourg migration context and more broadly to the European and global context.

Theme:
External Dimension
Family Migration
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
voluntary return
development
reintegration

Annual Report 2012 (Immigration Office)

14/06/2013

The annual "activity report" 2012 of the Immigration Office is available.

Theme:
Economic migration
Family Migration
Student Migration
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
Smuggling & Trafficking
Regularization
Data & Statistics
Keywords:
Immigration Office

Ad Hoc Query on legal assistance in detention centres

15/04/2013

The compilation of responses from 6 Member States to this French ad hoc query provides some useful information inter alia on organisations granted access to detention centres and sites accessible to such organisations.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
detention
legal aid

South - South Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

25/03/2013

In this background note, the ACP Observatory on Migration assesses return migration in a South-South context, proposing return definitions, typologies and trends as well as a summary of current policies and best practices.

Theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
south-south migration
reintegration
sustainable return
return migrant

Establishing Identity for International Protection - EU synthesis (EMN)

cover synthesis report

21/02/2013

This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study on Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 25 (Member) States.

Theme:
International Protection
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
identification
identity

Ad Hoc Query on the return of unaccompanied minors

17/01/2013

This compilation of responses to a French ad hoc query provides information on the removal of unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
age assessment
family tracing
forced return
unaccompanied minors
voluntary return

Responding to Migratory Pressures in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform Responding Migratory Pressures 2011

03/01/2013

This EMN Inform provides a short overview of the main developments that took place in the EU in 2011 in response to increasing migratory pressure and specifically in relation to the six strategic priority areas of the EU Action on Migratory Pressure.

Theme:
Borders & Visa
Irregular Migration
Return & Readmission
External Dimension
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
border management
migration management
mobility partnership
readmission agreement
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