April 2016
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
March 2016
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
February 2016
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
January 2016
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
January 2016
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
December 2015
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
December 2015
On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, Myria launches a new online platform, Myriapolis, to help the wider public better understand migration in all aspects of life.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: Myriapolis
December 2015
The Migration Policy Center dedicates a website to the migrant crisis in order to provide a wide audience with the facts needed to understand the course of events in this matter.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, migration routes, refugee crisis
November 2015
On 11-12 November, the Valletta summit on migration brought together European and African Heads of State and Government in an effort to strengthen cooperation and address the current challenges but also the opportunities of migration.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: EU Emergency Trust Fund, Valletta Summit
November 2015
On the occasion of an informal meeting following the Valletta Summit, heads of state or government focus on the migration crisis, the future of Schengen and cooperation with Turkey.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: external border, hotspot, migration crisis, relocation, Schengen
November 2015
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.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, relocation, hotspot, Integrated Political Crisis Response, European Migration Liaison Officers
November 2015
Between 2014 and 2020, the EU will support Niger through the Emergency Trust Fund, inter alia to better manage migration flows, through improved border management and increased support to fight against trafficking and smuggling networks.
Main Theme: Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: development cooperation, EU Emergency Trust Fund, Niger
November 2015
On 3rd of November 2015, the General Policy Note on Asylum and Migration of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration was published. It defines the main orientations and actions to be taken in the field of asylum and migration in 2016.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: policy note, State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration
October 2015
During a meeting on 25 October, leaders from countries facing challenges along the Western Balkans Migration Route agreed on a 17-point plan of action.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, migration crisis, Western Balkans
October 2015
Today, the European Commission adopted two decisions in relation to the EU's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union speech last September
Main Theme: Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: Global Approach on Migration and Mobility
October 2015
The Council adopted a series of conclusions on the future of the return policy and approved more money to tackle the refugee crisis. The EMN will be used to monitor whether disparities among Member States' programmes could lead to return shopping.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, return policy
October 2015
A first group of 19 asylum seekers was relocated from Italy to Sweden today under an EU relocation scheme.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: relocation
October 2015
On the 7th October 2015, the EMN Annual Conference took place in Esch-Belval (Luxembourg). It was dedicated to the 30 years of the Schengen Agreement, as well as to the current challenges to the system regarding border management and irregular migration.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: border management, EMN Annual Conference, refugee crisis, Schengen
September 2015
On 14 September 2015, an extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting was held in Brussels to discuss Europe's response to the current refugee crisis.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee, relocation
September 2015
Today, the European Commission put forward a package of proposals to help address the refugee crisis that EU Member States and neighbouring countries are facing, including by tackling the root causes making people seek refuge in Europe.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, relocation, safe country of origin
September 2015
Today, the Federal Migration Centre presented its new name (Myria) and identity as well as its report "Migration in figures and rights", which provides an annual overview of the demographics and of the situation of foreigners in terms of fundamental rights.
Main Theme: Migration, Asylum
Keywords: Myria, federal migration centre
September 2015
The Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union has convened an extraordinary "Justice and Home Affairs" Council focused on Europe's response to the current migration crisis.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: Council of the European Union
August 2015
The Council of Ministers has approved a series of measures to guarantee the humane reception of asylum seekers, ensure the rapid transfer of asylum files and reinforce the return of failed asylum seekers.
Main Theme: Migration, Asylum
Keywords: reception law
May 2015
The European Agenda aims to give concrete answers following the recent tragedies in the Mediterranean and, more generally, to manage migration better in all aspects.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration, Mediterranean
April 2015
The Belgian EMN National Contact Point (NCP) organized an information session targeted at partners from the institutions being part of it, with a view to informing them about its activities and cooperation opportunities.