18 December is the International Migrants Day. On 18 December 2014, the Federal Migration Center organized pedagogical and interactive activities while several labour unions and civil society organizations called for more rights for labour migrants

Under the Italian Presidency of the European Union a two days conference on European Migration Policy and Integration is organized in Rome on 17-18 December 2014.

This conference will allow the general public to learn and discuss the findings of the CONTENTION project which examines the different dimensions of the lawfulness of detention with differing practices and differing forms of implementation at national and European level.

This conference focuses on migration as a specific strategy developed by EU citizens to adjust to an adverse socio-economic environment. Participants will look at the mobility of EU citizens proceeding from Southern European Member States who move to Northern European Member States.

This meeting will discuss the dynamics by which migrants get stuck in low-skilled work, and the role of training and employment services in helping them progress in their occupations.

18 October is EU Anti-Trafficking Day. To mark the Eight EU Anti trafficking Day, the European Commission has published a package on Trafficking in Human Beings and civil society organizations have launched a European campaign against human trafficking and labour exploitation.

The seminar will review available statistical data of migrant and mobile citizens; their use and knowledge of social security rights, especially healthcare and LTC; and the phenomenon of ‘social dumping’ and cross-border social fraud.

The 5 days training programme addresses questions relating to stay, international protection, work and social assistance, and private international law, including nationality.

The IOM Country Office for Belgium and Luxembourg organize an event to illustrate the positive contribution of migrants, in various domains and to highlight some concrete examples of their contributions to the host societies at the international, European, and Belgian levels.

De studiedag zal een aantal actuele problemen behandelen op basis van de jarenlange ervaring van ADDE met het ondersteunen van families in het kader van het contactpunt voor internationaal privaat familierecht.

De belangrijkste bevindingen van de EMN studies over toegang van migranten tot sociale zekerheid in België en in de EU zullen worden toegelicht. EMN zal ook een aantal gerenommeerde sprekers in het domein van migratie en sociale zekerheid verwelkomen.

In this multimedia exhibition, guests are invited to go beyond stereotypes and enter migrants and asylum seekers' environement, discovering their artistic sensitivities.

Personen die geïnteresseerd zijn om deze opleiding -die uit 3 modules (i. Migratie en personenverkeer II. Integratie en III. Diversiteit en pluralisme) bestaat - te volgen dienen zich voor 15 oktober 2014 in te schrijven.

De conferentie zal de toepassing van het Handvest op het immigratie- en asielrecht in het algemeen onderzoeken. Nadien volgt een presentatie vanuit het perspectief van het Europees Hof van Justitie over hoe het Handvest de Europese rechtspraak inzake asiel en immigratie heeft beïnvloed.

De 5-dagen vorming focust op het internationale wettelijke kader inzake migratie, inclusied de rechten en verantwoordelijkheden van de staat en van migranten.

De 19de Internationale Metropolis Conferentie zal plaatsvinden van 3 tot 7 november in Milaan. Onderzoekers, beleidsmensen, internationale organisaties en NGO's ontmoeten elkaar om te spreken over de uitdagingen van migratiestromen.

Vanaf september 2014, bieden de Universiteit van Luik en de Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona een nieuw gemeenschappelijk tweejarig Master programma in Migratiestudies aan. EU-EEA studenten moeten zich voor 15 augustus 2014 inschrijven in Luik.

The consultation, which runs over 12 weeks and closes on 3 July 2014, allows a wide range of stakeholders and organizations to contribute to the development of guidance on integrated child protection systems.

This International Symposium aims to discuss the current challenges of migration and integration in Europe, and to reignite the debate about an EU-wide strategy to improve integration policies across Member States.

A first assessment of the strategic guidelines of the EU Council for the planning in the area of freedom, security and justice. After the programmes of The Hague and Stockholm, the new guidelines are important for the development of the Immigration and Asylum policies of the EU.

The 14th edition of the Odysseus Network Summer School, that will take place in Brussels from 30 June till 11 July 2014, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding, from a legal point of view, of recent developments in the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union.

Fragomen organizes a training session to explore the latest information on business immigration into Belgium.

Screening of the documentary 'Into the Fire'. This investigative documentary looks at the situation of migrants and refugees in Greece in the face of severe austerity measures and rising racism. The screening will be followed by a Q and A session with the documentary’s producer, Kate Mara.

The Centre for the History of Migrants (CGM) organizes an international workshop to analyze how policies and practices travel, especially between the Netherlands and Belgium as neighbouring countries with more or less similar immigration histories.

One day training session on the current developments in immigration law in Belgium.