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The Passenger Name Record (PNR) law has been adopted in Parliament in December 2016. It was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 25 January 2017. On the basis of this law, carriers will be obliged to send data on their passengers travelling from, to, or across Belgium to a central database.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: public order, Travellers
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Ahead of the meeting of Heads of State or Government in Malta on 3 February 2017, the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President have set out their contribution to the discussion on how to better manage migration and save lives along the Central Mediterranean route.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Mediterranean
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The Commission is today proposing to improve the Schengen Information System (SIS) to close information gaps and to contribute to a stronger control of external borders and sustainable EU Security Union.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: external border, Schengen Information System
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Today, the new agency aimed at strengthening Europe's external borders is legally operational.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: European Border and Coast Guard
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Today the new Regulation on the European Border and Coast Guard was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: border management, European Border and Coast Guard
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On the occasion of President Juncker's 2016 State of the Union address, the European Commission today set out their view on how the European Union can enhance security in Europe by improving the exchange of information in the fight against terrorism and strengthening external borders.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: European Border and Coast Guard, English, border management
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Today the Council of the EU agreed its negotiating position on the proposed Regulation to revise the suspension mechanism to be applied to all existing visa liberalisation agreements.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: suspension mechanism, visa liberalisation
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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.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: EU-Turkey Agreement, European Asylum Support Office, Europol, Frontex, refugee crisis
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This conference is organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Vilnius office, the EMN, the Ministry of Interior and the University of Vilnius.
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Hoofdthema: Migration, Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: border management, migratory route
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De Commissie heeft vandaag een aanbeveling gepresenteerd om de evenredige controles aan bepaalde Schengenbinnengrenzen met maximaal zes maanden te verlengen.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
Trefwoorden: grenscontrole
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The Commission finds that good progress has been made to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: EU-Turkey Statement, resettlement
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This 3-day conference, as well as the exhibition, focus on the technologization of border controls, whether relating to persons, goods or capital.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: border control, technologies
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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.
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Today Interior Minister Jan Jambon announced the Belgian government's decision to patrol the border with France until 23 March 2016, alleging a surge in arrivals caused by the closure of the refugee camp known as the "Jungle" in Calais.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: Calais Jungle, internal border control, Schengen Agreement
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The Conference offers the opportunity to explore the most important policy developments from 2015 related to (financial, physical and operational) solidarity in EU Asylum and Borders Policies.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: cooperation, crisis, relocation, solidarity
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De Commissie stelt voor een Europese grens- en kustwacht op te richten en om alle personen die het Schengengebied binnenkomen of verlaten, stelselmatig te controleren aan de hand van de relevante databases.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
Trefwoorden: Schengen
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During this workshop, day-to-day making and unmaking of borders will be investigated from the perspective of history, policy making, surveillance and control, contestation and human agency.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: border control, border surveillance, immigration detention
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Justice and Home Affairs Ministers met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the following measures, inter alia: EU Passenger Name Record Directive, controls of external borders, information sharing and law enforcement cooperation.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: external border, foreign fighter, passenger name record, Schengen Information System
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De Europese Commissie verzamelt zowel visies en standpunten, als ideeën en kennis om een herziening van het Slimme Grenzen Pakket uit te werken.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
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Vandaag heeft de Europese Commissie een openbare raadpleging over het "Slimme Grenzen pakket", één van de prioriteiten in de Europese Agenda voor Migratie, gelanceerd. Burgers (EU en derdelanders) en organisaties worden uitgenodigd om hun standpunt bekend te maken.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
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A 10 point action plan of the immediate actions has been presented by Commissioner Avramopoulos and received the full backing of Foreign and Interior Ministers.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: Mediterranean region
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Op zondag 15 maart heeft het proefproject 'Slimme Grenzen' de volgende mijlpaal - de uitvoeringsfase - bereikt in de Lissabon Airport, Portugal.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
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On 20 January, the Belgian Association for foreigners’ rights organizes a training on the topic “What protection for seriously ill persons following M’Bodj and Abdida case-law?”.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Vulnerable groups
Trefwoorden: association for foreigners' rights, ill migrants, Training
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The last update of reference amounts for the crossing of the external borders has been published in the EU Official Journal on 13 December 2014. Belgium’s requirements are outlined.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: external border, means of subsistence, Schengen borders code
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On 11 November 2014, the European Commission has released its 6th bi-annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area covering the period from 1 May to 31 October 2014.
