Today, the Commission is taking stock of the progress achieved and the work still needed in making the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency fully operational.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: European Border and Coast Guard, European Commission
From 1 January to 30 June 2017, Malta will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency will focus on 6 key areas: migration, single market, security, social inclusion, Europe's neighbourhood and maritime sector.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: Maltese Presidency, Council of the European Union
The work programme of the European Migration Network for 2017-2018 has been adopted by the European Commission.
Main Theme: Migration
Authorized officials of the Belgian Immigration Office have been granted direct access to certain parts of the central database of the Belgian police.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Immigration Office, Police
Today, the European Commission is reporting on the progress made on the relocation and resettlement schemes and the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: Dublin transfer, EU-Turkey Statement, European Agenda on Migration, relocation, resettlement
Today, 19 September 2016, the UN General Assembly will host a high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach.
Main Theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: middenveld
The European Commission announced up to €108 million in emergency funding to Bulgaria.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: Bulgaria, privaat sponsorship
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
On 28 June, the European Council meeting focused on the political consequences of the UK referendum and addressed the migratory crisis among other pressing issues. On 29 June, the 27 heads of State met informally and issued a joint statement following the meeting.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: Brexit, compact, Council of the European Union
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 European Commission launched the Knowledge Center on Migration and Demography (KCMD) to support migration and demography related EU policies.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: demography, knowledge center
Following a proposal from the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, the Council of Ministers has approved a draft law and royal decree which aim at giving the right to municipalities to collect administrative fees for the renewal, extension or replacement of some residence permits.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: administrative fee, residence permit
The activity rate for non-EU citizens is lower than for nationals with a higher unemployment rate and a lower employment rate.
Main Theme: Migration, Integration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: activity rate, employment rate
An EU directive to harmonise EU entry and residence rules to make it easier and more attractive for people from third countries to study or do research at EU universities.
Main Theme: Migration, Study § Training
Keywords: European Parliament, intern, researcher, student
How fundamental rights have been applied in the European migration policy in 2015 ? This is one of the question addressed by the report.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: fundamental rights
The new directive regulates the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data in the EU. Its main objective: the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.
Main Theme: Migration
Keywords: security, passenger name record
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 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
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
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
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
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 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.
