Op 1 april heeft het Belgisch Nationaal Contactpunt de Staatssecretaris bevoegd voor asiel en migratie ontmoet om hem de EMN activiteiten voor te stellen en om te bekijken hoe het EMN zijn kerntaak, namelijk het leveren van beleidsondersteunende informatie, verder kan vervullen.

On 25 March 2015 the European Commission has approved 22 new multiannual national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) for the period 2014-2020, worth together approximately €1.8 billion.

During the meeting of the Home Affairs Council, Ministers discussed migratory pressures, and in particular the situation in the central Mediterranean, as well as increasing trends in asylum applications from Western Balkans countries and in particular Kosovo.

The College of Commissioners held a first orientation debate setting out the four main areas where actions are envisaged in the European Agenda on Migration.

Vandaag, 20 februari, werd het koninklijk besluit gepubliceerd met de bedragen en de praktische regelingen voor de bijdrage in de administratieve kosten voor de behandeling van een verblijfsaanvraag.

The European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration – has met for the first time on 26 and 27 January 2015.

As from today, foreigners have to pay a fee for introducing certain applications for a residence permit in Belgium with a view to covering administrative costs relating to the processing of such applications.

In the first half of 2015 Latvia will assume the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Presidency will focus on the implementation of the Strategic Guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice (June 2014), as well as on the respective follow-up initiatives.

Today the European Commission adopted its Work Programme for 2015 – setting out the actions the Commission intends to take over the next 12 months to make a real difference for jobs, growth and investment and bring concrete benefits for citizens.

The Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting gathering all EU 28 Justice and Home Affairs national ministers took place on 4 and 5 December 2014. Managing migratory flows, the functioning of the Schengen area and acting on foreign fighters were the main migration related topics discussed.

On 28 November 2014, the new State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, Theo Francken, delivered the general policy note defining the main orientations and actions in the field of asylum and migration.

On 1 October 2014, the European Commission has released its 31st Annual Report on monitoring the application of EU law in Member States. As far as home affairs and migration issues are concerned, four infringement procedures are open against Belgium.

On the occasion of 25 November 2014 EP Plenary Debate on Migration, EU new Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, introduced the debate and presented the EU main orientations and policy fields for an integrated approach on migration and asylum

The Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting gathering all EU 28 Justice and Home Affairs national ministers took place on 9 and 10 October 2014. A strategic approach and operational priorities have been defined to take action to better manage migratory flows.

De nieuwe regering Michel heeft op 9 oktober 2014 het regeerakkoord bekendgemaakt. Theo Francken (N-VA) is aangesteld als de nieuwe staatssecretaris voor asiel en migratie.

Dimitris Avramopoulos appeared at the European Parliament for a three-hour long interview. His competences and knowledge were tested today by the relevant parliamentary committee.

Jean-Claude Juncker, de voorzitter van de Europese Commissie heeft een nieuwe Commissaris aangesteld voor Migratie en Binnenlandse zaken: Dimitris Avramopoulos, de huidige Griekse minister van binnenlandse zaken en voormalig burgemeester van Athene.

Vanaf 1 juli 2014 neemt Italië het voorzitterschap van de Raad van de Europese Unie over van Griekenland, en dit tot 31 december 2014.

Een van de doelstellingen van de Unie is het tot stand brengen van een ruimte van vrijheid, veiligheid en recht, zonder binnengrenzen, waarin de grondrechten ten volle worden geëerbiedigd. Daartoe moeten samenhangende beleidsmaatregelen worden genomen met betrekking tot asiel, immigratie en grenzen.

ICMPD sharpens the focus on Mediterranean migration and mobility, and related challenges. The YoM newsletter is for policy-makers, practitioners, experts and researchers but more than that also for all those interested in migration in the Mediterranean.

On 14 to 16 May 2014, Sweden hosted the 7th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Meeting in Stockholm with the theme “Unlocking the potential of migration for inclusive development.”

The Royal Decree from 8 May 2014, which determines operating rules specifically applied to residents in detention centers who don’t adapt or pose a risk to the group scheme, has been published.

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.

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.

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.