This Innovation Challenge will support studies focused on the effectiveness of new solutions (interventions, data/tools, policy actions) which improve cross-border labor mobility and labor market integration of international migrants and refugees. Interested participants must submit their Expression of Interest by 31 January 2023.
Due to the saturation of the reception network, only 71 refugees were resettled last year in Belgium
05/01/2023
In 2022, Fedasil welcomed 71 refugees resettled in Belgium, mostly Syrians from Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. This figure is not in line with the objectives set at the beginning of last year.
04/01/2023
As from 4 January 2023, beneficiaries of temporary protection with an A card valid until 4 March 2023 can present themselves to the municipality to request a new one valid until 4 March 2024.
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01/01/2023
The Swedish Presidency programme sets out the priorities and main direction for the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January until 30 June 2023.
22/12/2022
How do medium-sized cities deal with the newcomers, the “international talent”? This book focuses on “incoming” internationalization driven by the attraction, facilitation, and integration of skilled migrants in urban settings, taking a policy perspective.
22/12/2022
This ad hoc query, launched by Luxembourg, examines what guidelines, procedures, and possible best practices are in place when LGBTIQ+ individuals are detained.
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20/12/2022
Fedasil, het Belgisch Federaal agentschap voor de opvang van asielzoekers, wil het gebruik van tolken in zijn opvangvoorzieningen harmoniseren. Deze ad hoc vraag gaat na of de lidstaten richtlijnen of instructies hebben opgesteld over het gebruik van tolk- of vertaaldiensten en hoe deze diensten worden verleend in opvangfaciliteiten.
16/12/2022
The selected migrant integration indicators allow monitoring of the Commission’s actions defined in the Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 in relation to education and training, employment opportunities and skills recognition, as well as access to health services, and adequate and affordable housing.
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13/12/2022
The Commission is proposing two new Regulations to strengthen the use of advanced passenger information. The new rules, that will replace the 2004 API Directive, will enhance external border controls and the fight against serious crime and terrorism within the EU.
13/12/2022
The EMN Member Countries have voted on the topics which will be analyzed in studies and informs in 2023. In line with the targets outlined in the 2023-2025 work programme of the EMN, 3 new studies and 10 new informs will be published next year.
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09/12/2022
During the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8-9 December 2022, Ministers highlighted the need to address the external dimension of migration in a comprehensive manner, taking into account all routes and making joint or complementary efforts where possible.
22/02/2023
The online seminar will provide legal practitioners with an update on the case law developed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with relevance for asylum law. It will focus primarily on developments in 2022.
09/02/2023
How can we create flexible housing capacities for asylum applicants and beneficiaries of international protection? This conference will gather national and international experts to discuss challenges, good practices and lessons learnt when it comes to dealing with pressures on the asylum housing system, both in the context of international and temporary protection.
07/12/2022
Myria, the Federal Migration Centre and independent national rapporteur on trafficking in human beings, published its independent and public annual report "Trapped by debt" on 7 December 2022.
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04/12/2022
Hebben de lidstaten plannen voor de verlenging of afgifte van nieuwe documenten ter staving van het verblijfsrecht aan personen die tijdelijke bescherming genieten, en van wie de in 2022 afgegeven certificaten/visa/verblijfsvergunningen op 4 maart 2023 aflopen? Deze ad hoc vraag gaat na hoe de lidstaten dit zullen aanpakken, rekening houdend met het grote aantal betrokken Oekraïners.
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01/12/2022
The Conference allowed participants to gain insight into legal provisions against labour exploitation and to examine the role of different actors in upholding the rights of foreign workers. Good practices and lessons learnt from selected countries were presented and discussed.
29/11/2022
During the High Level Forum to protection and resettlement cooperation, 16 EU Member States pledged more than 29.000 places for resettlement and humanitarian admission for 2023, including continued and expanded support to Afghans in need of protection.
24/11/2022
Welke maatregelen, structuren en systemen bestaan er in de EU Lidstaten en Noorwegen om de overgang naar volwassenheid te ondersteunen van niet-begeleide minderjarige vreemdelingen? Op deze en andere vragen tracht deze Inform een antwoord te bieden.
23/11/2022
Volgens de Hoge Commissaris van de Verenigde Naties voor de Vluchtelingen (UNHCR) hebben op 15 november 2022 meer dan 7,8 miljoen mensen Oekraïne verlaten op zoek naar veiligheid en zijn ze voornamelijk in de naburige landen van de Europese Unie (EU) en derde landen aangekomen. In deze Inform worden de maatregelen geanalyseerd die de lidstaten van de Europese Unie (EU) hebben getroffen voor huisvesting en toegang tot specifieke diensten, namelijk sociale uitkeringen, onderwijs, werkgelegenheid en gezondheidszorg voor personen die tijdelijke bescherming genieten, in het kader van de inwerkingtreding van de Richtlijn Tijdelijke Bescherming (TPD) (Richtlijn 2001/55/EG), teweeggebracht als reactie op de inval van Rusland in Oekraïne op 24 februari 2022.
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18/11/2022
This discussion paper stands against the immigration detention of minors, even used as a measure of last resort, and calls for implementing meaningful alternatives to detention during return procedures. It also recommends mandating the collection of data on this matter.
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18/11/2022
This 40th Quarterly (used to be named Bulletin) of the European Migration Network (EMN) offers an overview of EU and national developments in asylum and migration policy as well as an overview of key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments for the period July to September 2022.
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25/11/2022
Hoe kunnen vrouwelijke migranten doeltreffender naar integratiediensten en de arbeidsmarkt toegeleid worden? De conferentie, georganiseerd door EMN Finland, focust zich op de uitdagingen en mogelijke oplossingen voor een doeltreffende toeleiding van vrouwelijke migranten naar de arbeidsmarkt.
17/11/2022
In de zaak X/België, bij arrest van 17 november 2022, interpreteerde het Hof van Justitie (hierna: HvJ) de betekenis van artikel 2f), en artikel 10, lid 3, a), van de Gezinsherenigingsrichtlijn. Meer bepaald, oordeelde het HvJ dat een niet-begeleide minderjarige vluchteling die in een lidstaat verblijft, niet ongehuwd hoeft te zijn om recht te hebben op gezinshereniging met eerstegraads verwanten in rechtstreekse opgaande lijn.
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16/11/2022
On 15 and 16 November 2022, EMN Belgium welcomed over 20 enthusiastic young people from a variety of backgrounds at its EMN Migration Youth Event. Over the course of two days, they were submerged in a programme focusing on both the theory and the practice of asylum and migration policy in Belgium and the European Union.
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28/10/2022
In the Chamber of Representatives today, Nicole de Moor presented the main lines of its policy on asylum and migration. Despite the many current challenges, the State Secretary intends to carry out reforms in this field.
