The school results of students in Belgium are still very much determined by their socio-economic and migration background. This is the key conclusion of the new analysis of the PISA figures on the educational performance of young people in Belgium.

The Court of Cassation ruled today that an administrative fine is due for carrying someone who doesn't hold documents to enter or transit Belgium, even if at the border an authorization to enter is issued.

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

This year, the EMN Conference aims to support the policymaking process on a number of key areas of irregular migration policy, namely readmission, return, reintegration and cooperation with countries of transit and origin, as well as re-entry bans and (alternatives to) detention.

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.

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.

From 6 May until 12 June 2014, some twenty movies are brought to light, illustrating how migration related issues have so far been addressed in the cinema. With humour, seriousness, realism or fantasy, different facets of exile are explored.

The 7th Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will take place in Stockholm on 14-16 May 2014. The GFMD Civil Society Days are held prior to the meeting, on 12-13 May 2014.

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.

Prof. Luis E. Guarnizo (University of California, Davis) will explore the epistemic and ontological origins and evolution of transnationalism as an analytical perspective in migration studies since its origins in the early 1990s.

This conference focuses on sharing experiences and promising practices to improve the work of professionals dealing with unaccompanied minors and children on the move, in regards to two key aspects: the needs assessment and family tracing.

Vandaag werden in de Raad de verordeningen aangenomen die het Fonds voor asiel, migratie en integratie (AMF) en het Fonds voor interne veiligheid (ISF) oprichten voor de periode 2014-2020. De financiële enveloppe voor de uitvoering van deze programma's bedraagt € 6.901 miljoen in lopende prijzen.

The King Baudouin Foundation aims to reduce vulnerability amongst newcomers settling in Belgium through marriage. Associations working on marriage migration related challenges are invited to submit possible projects before 16 April 2014.

De Europese Commissie stelt richtsnoeren voor met het oog op een correcte toepassing van de richtlijn inzake gezinshereniging (2003/86/EG) over de lidstaten heen alsook met het oog op het tegengaan van eventuele misbruiken.

Elke maand publiceert het Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (CGVS) een rapport die de statistieken bevat aangaande asielaanvragen en asielbeslissingen.

De ministerraad heeft het voorstel “lijst veilige landen” opnieuw voor een jaar goedgekeurd.
Op de lijst staan al twee jaar dezelfde 7 landen: Albanië, Bosnië-Herzegovina, FYROM, Kosovo, Montenegro, Servië en India.

The summit took stock of progress made on Roma inclusion in the EU. It focused on three major themes: making policies inclusive for all Roma at the local level; making EU funding reach the local and regional authorities; making Roma integration a local reality.

In een mededeling die vandaag verspreid werd, stelt de Commissie richtsnoeren op over de toepassing van de Richtlijn 2003/86/EG. De Lidstaten worden uitgenodigd om hun beoordelingsmarge te gebruiken op een manier die de doelstelling van de richtlijn niet ondermijnt.

De nieuwe maatregelen maken de informatie uitwisseling omtrent schijnrelaties en vermoedens over schijnrelaties verplicht vanaf 3 april 2014.

The Commission presented two proposals today to greatly facilitate the procedures for short-stay visitors. Important changes in the visa rules aim to stimulate the European economy and facilitate the lives of travellers towards the EU.

This ELENA course will inter alia focus on the conceptual framework of credibility assessment, limits of memory, impact of trauma, intercultural barriers, linguistic barriers, gender related issues and the impact of decision makers.

In his annual report 2013, the Federal Ombudsman reports on claims inter alia relating to the open return centre in Holsbeek, reception of EU families and regularization on medical grounds.