Publicatie datum: 20 oktober 2022

In 2022, Belgium was subject to the third evaluation round of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. This report analyses in detail how the Belgian authorities ensure access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings.

Publicatie datum: 10 januari 2022

This comparative report provides an overview of the use of digital tools and remote working methods in asylum processes in 23 European countries. It questions the risks and benefits of such use and highlights several fundamental guarantees and procedural safeguards which must continue to apply to ensure that they do not infringe the existing CEAS framework.
Hoofdthema: International Protection
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: digitalisation, asylum procedure

Publicatie datum: 01 juli 2021

This paper provides an overview of EU initiatives on developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve border control and border security.
Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: artificial intelligence, border control, security

Publicatie datum: 29 maart 2021

The handbook on migration reporting was produced to help journalists create impartial, fact-based reporting in an engaging way. The handbook was developed in recognition of the role which media plays in shaping public opinion as well as informing the public on various policies on migration.  
Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Media

Publicatie datum: 15 december 2020

Myria, het Federaal Migratiecentrum en de onafhankelijke nationaal rapporteur mensenhandel, heeft op 15 december 2020 zijn onafhankelijke en openbare jaarverslag "Achter gesloten deuren" gepubliceerd.
Hoofdthema: Mensensmokkel & Mensenhandel
Publicatietype: Rapport

Publicatie datum: 03 april 2020

Dit rapport van het Federaal Migratiecentrum Myria analyseert het fenomeen van transitmigratie naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk in België. Myria pleit voor een duidelijker beleid in dit domein, met respect voor de fundamentele rechten van transitmigranten.
Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Publicatietype: Rapport
Trefwoorden: transit migration

Publicatie datum: 12 december 2019

The PROTECT – Preventing sexual and gender-based violence against migrants and strengthening support to victims project aims to support the coordination and/or adaptation of support services for sexual and gender-based violence victims and potential victims among refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (children and adults, including LGBTQI people). It is funded by the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020).
Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: sexual and gender based violence

Publicatie datum: 29 oktober 2019

In its latest report, the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre KCE has outlined the options for a more equitable access to health care for asylum seekers in Belgium.
Hoofdthema: Reception
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: health care, health sector

Publicatie datum: 25 oktober 2019

Working on a research project entitled 'Public opinion, mobilizations and policies concerning asylum seekers and refugees in anti-immigrant times' (Europe and Belgium), funded by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo) as part of its BRAIN-be research, a team of researchers from ULB, ULiège and KU Leuven have studied people's attitudes, discourses and mobilisation towards refugees in six European countries (Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Greece and Hungary) from 2017 to 2019.
Hoofdthema: Asylum
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: public opinion, mobilisations, attitude towards migration

Publicatie datum: 21 oktober 2019

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) report, Scaling Fences: Voices of Irregular African Migrants to Europe published on 18 October 2019, sets out to find out why those who put themselves in the hands of people smugglers, and put themselves in other vulnerable positions to cross borders, make the decision to leave home avoiding formal immigration procedures, in the first place.  
Hoofdthema: Migration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Irreguliere migratie, migration development nexus

Publicatie datum: 01 oktober 2019

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published a report on the protection of unaccompanied and separated children in Belgium. The report describes the current state of affairs and provides policy recommendations to reinforce the protection of this vulnerable category of foreign nationals.
Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: unaccompanied minors

Publicatie datum: 26 juli 2019

This brochure is entitled 'Action for Europe. EU projects to enhance security and effectively manage migration' and provides a snapshot into how some Union actions are addressing today’s migration and security challenges. It showcases the work being done. The snapshot is complemented by factsheets on individual Union actions.
Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: AMIF

Publicatie datum: 26 juli 2019

This report provides a quantitative overview of migration in rural areas for the entire EU. It contributes to raising awareness of the poorly studied phenomenon of migration to EU rural areas, which is often neglected in research and policies.
Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional, Integration, Economic migration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: agriculture

Publicatie datum: 10 juli 2019

In this report (which is available in Dutch and French) Myria analyses the broader migration context. It argues against pushbacks and for more legal pathways for people in need of protection.
Hoofdthema: External Dimension, Asylum
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: international protection

Publicatie datum: 10 juli 2019

Myria's annual report highlights recent available data and it provides an analysis of a number of issues at stake in the field of immigration and asylum. Myria also addresses a number of recommendations towards the government on the respect of fundamental rights of foreigners.
Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Myria

Publicatie datum: 01 mei 2019

This MPI Europe report explores the various forms of predeparture orientation programs offered by resettlement countries. It focuses on important design questions and identifies a set of features shared by effective programs.
Hoofdthema: Integration, International Protection
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: resettlement, assimilation

Publicatie datum: 15 april 2019

A new report published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung shows how attitudes across Europe have changed before and after the 2015 migration ‘crisis’ and tries to explain what has driven those changes. Using data from the European Social Survey, the report’s authors find that, overall, perceptions of migration have remained both neutral and stable before and after the ‘crisis’. But there are a few countries that have become significantly more positive about migrants, as well as a few that have become significantly more negative.
Hoofdthema: Integration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: attitude towards migration

Publicatie datum: 22 maart 2019

Het Belgische Contactpunt van het Europees Migratienetwerk heeft het organigram van het institutioneel kader voor het immigratie- en asielbeleid in België geüpdatet. 
Hoofdthema: Migratie
Publicatietype: Rapport
Trefwoorden: institutional framework

Publicatie datum: 17 december 2018

This final report, realised by the Study and Policy Unit of the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil), describes the reception of vulnerable applicants for international protection with specific needs. It discusses how (field) staff define, identify and respond to vulnerability in practice. The objective is to develop a better understanding of the way in which Fedasil and its reception partners fulfill the requirement of Belgian and European legislation to meet the specific needs of applicants for international protection.
Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: reception, special needs, vulnerability

Publicatie datum: 05 december 2018

Dit rapport houdt het Belgische beleid op het vlak van terugkeer, detentie en verwijdering van vreemdelingen kritisch tegen het licht en presenteert recente cijfers. Net zoals Myria’s laatste migratieverslag focust het rapport op kwesties die verband houden met het recht op een gezinsleven van personen in detentie. Myria formuleert aanbevelingen om het respect voor de mensenrechten van die personen te verbeteren.
Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Publicatietype: Rapport
Trefwoorden: detention

Publicatie datum: 08 november 2018

This research, commissioned for the eighteenth plenary meeting of the Transatlantic Council of Migration, an initiative of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), examines the entanglement of immigration with broader concerns about the economic, social and cultural effects of globalization, as well as the public’s growing lack of confidence in government to manage issues such as immigration.

Publicatie datum: 22 oktober 2018

Als onafhankelijk Nationaal Rapporteur voor België maakt Myria in zijn rapport Mensenhandel en Mensensmokkel al meer dan twintig jaar elk jaar een onafhankelijke evaluatie van het beleid. Dit jaar wijdt het de focus van zijn verslag aan minderjarige slachtoffers van mensenhandel en mensensmokkel. Het verslag focust op een bijzonder kwetsbare slachtoffergroep: Nigeriaanse minderjarige meisjes die door mensenhandelaars worden gerekruteerd in hun thuisland om in Europa in de prostitutie uitgebuit te worden.
Hoofdthema: Mensensmokkel & Mensenhandel
Publicatietype: Rapport
Trefwoorden: minors of age

Publicatie datum: 05 september 2018

This report provides a broad overview of recent trends in international migration flows and migration policies in OECD countries and some non-OECD countries.
Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: migration flows

Publicatie datum: 31 augustus 2018

This paper, which is entitled 'The EU’s New Migration Partnership with Mali: Shifting towards a Risky Security-Migration-Development Nexus', seeks to understand why and how the EU has been redefining its migration strategy regarding Mali.
Hoofdthema: External Dimension
Publicatietype: Report
Trefwoorden: Migration Partnership

Publicatie datum: 26 juni 2018

In dit jaarlijkse rapport analyseert Myria de migratie-actualiteit en toetst daarbij het beleid en de praktijk aan het respect voor de grondrechten. Myria trekt daarbij conclusies en formuleert beleidsaanbevelingen.