Community support for Refugees in Belgium and the NGO Flemish Refugee Action (Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen) launched today a new website for asylum seekers and refugees in Belgium: www.asyluminfo.be.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: Integration, refugee
The Commission is today proposing a second set of proposals to reform the CEAS, focusing on the Asylum Procedures Directive, the Qualification Directive and the Reception Conditions Directive.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: Common European Asylum System, reform
Today, the European Commission proposes an EU Resettlement Framework to establish a common European policy on resettlement in order to ensure orderly and safe pathways to Europe for persons in need of international protection.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: EU resettlement framework, resettlement
From 1 July 2016 till the end of the year, Slovakia will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union. A sustainable migration and asylum policy is one of the top priorities of the Presidency.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: Council of the European Union, Slovak Presidency
A law published today in the Belgian Official Gazette limits the duration of the residence permit granted to recognized refugees in Belgium. It will enter into force on 8 July 2016.
Main Theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: refugee, residence permit
Today, a new law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. It introduces several changes to the Immigration Act and the Reception Act, including on family reunification or searches in closed centres.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: closed centre, fraud, law
Today, the Council of State has annulled the decree establishing the national list of safe countries of origin, as far as the inclusion of Albania on said list is concerned.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: Albania, Council of State, list of safe countries of origin
At the initiative of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, the premiums granted to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who voluntarily return to their country of origin have been temporarily doubled.
Main Theme: Asylum, Return & Readmission
Keywords: Afghanistan, departure premium, Iraq, voluntary return
The European Commission today's proposals are part of a major reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as outlined in its Communication of 6 April 2016.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: Common European Asylum System, reform
The news release covers main trends on the registration of unaccompanied minors among asylum seekers in the EU in 2015.
Main Theme: Vulnerable groups, Data & Statistics, Asylum
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
Today the European Commission is launching the process for a reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and developing safe and well-managed pathways for legal migration to Europe.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Common European Asylum System
Today, the Commission is reporting on the implementation of the temporary emergency relocation schemes and the European resettlement scheme. The report summarises the challenges and proposes recommendations to improve the implementation of these schemes.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: resettlement, relocation
Today the Commission proposes a new Emergency Assistance Instrument for faster crisis response within the EU.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: european assistance instrument, humanitarian crisis, refugee crisis
Today 27 February, numerous platforms and citizens came together for a European March in more than hundred cities in 28 countries, including Brussels where 3000 persons expressed support for the initiative.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: internal border, reception, refugee crisis, safe route
Today, the Belgian government approved the plan for the distribution of asylum seekers over the different municipalities of the Kingdom. It will enter into force on 1 May 2016.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: distribution plan
The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 25/02/2016 discussed the current migratory situation, including the monitoring of implementation of the measures already agreed at recent meetings of the European Council and Justice and Home Affairs Council.
Belgium pledged 75 million EUR to be spent on humanitarian aid in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The aid will mostly be dedicated to initiatives encouraging refugees to stay in their region of origin and providing dignified living conditions.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: humanitarian aid, Syria, Syrian refugees
Looking at the migration/refugee crisis, the College of Commissioners looked back at measures taken in 2015 and the initiatives to be presented in 2016 to further develop collective European action and deliver clear and tangible results.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration, migration crisis, refugee crisis
In 2015, the number of asylum applications filed in Belgium doubled compared to 2014, and the protection rate reached an all-time high.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions, CGRS
During the first six months of 2016, the Dutch Presidency will work on the priorities agreed with Slovakia and Malta in an 18 month trio programme setting long-term goals for the period January 2016-June 2017.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU, European Agenda on Migration
The European Council on 17-18 December 2015 agreed to speed up actions on the operation of hotspots, the implementation of relocation decisions and returns, the control of external borders and cooperation with third countries.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: hotspot, human smuggling, migration crisis, relocation, Schengen
The European Commission has today presented a recommendation for a voluntary humanitarian admission scheme to create a system of solidarity and responsibility sharing with Turkey for refugees from Syria.
Main Theme: Asylum, External Dimension
Keywords: humanitarian admission, solidarity, Syrian refugees, temporary protection, Turkey
During the third quarter of 2015 (July to September 2015), 413 800 first-time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the EU, a number almost double that of the second quarter of 2015.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum statistics
The package of programmes is the single biggest EU measure in response to the Syrian refugee crisis to date.
Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: aid, EU Trust Fund, Syrian refugees
Home Affairs Ministers focused in particular on speeding up the relocation process, strengthening the EU's external borders, fighting human trafficking and smuggling, and return and readmission.
