Today, the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe agreed on concrete action on protecting refugee and migrant children.

The Commission is today setting out actions to reinforce the protection of all migration children at all stages of the process and to ensure a closer link between the asylum and child protection services.

Het Europees Platform over Staatloosheid, de VN Hoge Commissaris voor de Vluchtelingen en het Europees Migratienetwerk the European hebben een conferentie georganiseerd over "Addressing Statelessness in the European Union, One year on from the adoption of European Council Conclusions". 

According to the Missing Migrants Project, an estimate of 7495 men, women and children migrants or refugees died or were reported missing across five continents in 2016. That is almost 20 victims per day and the number may not include them all.

In october 2016, Fedasil has opened a new return desk in Charleroi, where migrants can receive information and assistance on voluntary return.

As from today 24 July, a EUR 200 administrative fine is immediately due and payable by foreigners at the border and EU citizens on the territory who irregularly cross borders/stay on the territory.

What can research and practice teach us on how to improve the situation of women and girls refugees and migrants? This meeting will inter alia address this question.

Does the refugees crisis also means a crisis of the EU ? This question will be addressed during the colloquium organized by the "Laboratoire de Droit international et Européen" and the "Centre d'excellence J. MONNET de l'UNS" in partnership with the "Centre d'excellence J. MONNET de l'UGA".

The Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) organizes a Policy Forum on the role of the EU's home affairs agencies in the refugee crisis.

The news release covers main trends on the registration of unaccompanied minors among asylum seekers in the EU in 2015.

The Commission has announced today the approval of new actions in the Horn of Africa region under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

The Commission finds that good progress has been made to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.

The EU and Turkey have found an agreement in order to end irregular migration from Turkey to the EU.

Today, the Commission confirmed that Greece is in the process of returning 308 irregular migrants to Turkey, as the EU steps up its efforts to ensure that those who do not qualify for international protection will be quickly and effectively returned to their countries of origin or transit.

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.

Het colloquium brengt experten uit verschillende domeinen, zoals academisch, overheid, niet-gouvernementele en internationale organisaties, media, medisch, etc. samen om de kwetsbaaheid van vrouwen tijdens hun migratieproces te bespreken.

De conferentie van het Belgisch Nationaal Contactpunt van het EMN, dat op 4 december plaats vond in Brussel, focuste op de uitdagingen en opportuniteiten waarmee de terugkeer van migranten in irreguliere en kwetsbare situatie gepaard gaat.