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The EU Commission launched a call for proposals under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to finance projects aiming to improve healthcare access for migrants, support migrant women through better labour market integration, enhance digital literacy, create accessible education, ensure the protection of migrant children. The available call budget is EUR 34 million.
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Hoofdthema: Integration
Trefwoorden: asylum and migration fund, access to healthcare, labour market integration, digital literacy, education, migrant child
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The Education Department of Caritas International Belgium, in collaboration with the non-profit organisation Sankaa, has launched "Building Bridges", an educational resource for secondary school teachers. This resource helps educators address key topics such as identity, prejudice, racism, and media representation. At its core, "Building Bridges" explores the central question: How can we create a more supportive and inclusive society where everyone has a place?
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Hoofdthema: Integration
Trefwoorden: inclusion, secondary school, diversity, migratory background, discrimination
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De conferentie zal de toekomst van Oekraïense ontheemden na tijdelijke bescherming verkennen en beleidsmakers, experts en belanghebbenden samenbrengen om strategieën voor beleidsovergangen en integratie-uitdagingen met betrekking tot werkgelegenheid te bespreken, best practices te delen en de rol van de diaspora te onderzoeken bij het ondersteunen van langdurige oplossingen.
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Hoofdthema: Integratie, Tijdelijke bescherming
Trefwoorden: begunstigde van tijdelijke bescherming, Oekraïne
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Last year, Fedasil’s mobile and multilingual Reach Out team provided information to 1.702 migrants in precarious situations in Brussels and Flanders. Representing more than 75 nationalities, these individuals received counselling on a wide range of topics, from international protection and reception to healthcare, employment, and voluntary return.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: migrant, precarious situation, Reach Out Team, counselling
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In July 2025, the Odysseus Network for Legal Studies on Migration and Asylum in Europe organises the 25th edition of its yearly summer school. It will focus on the European immigration and asylum policies from a legal perspective, including the latest developments in 2025. Special emphasis will be placed on the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: asylum law, migration law, New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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Deze high-level conferentie voorziet in paneldiscussies tussen ministeries van EU-lidstaten, de Europese Commissie, EU-agentschappen, nationale belanghebbenden, internationale organisaties en functionarissen uit derde landen om van gedachten te wisselen over het aanpakken van irreguliere migratie, grensbeheer, het tegengaan van mensensmokkel en het aanpakken van de oorzaken van migratie.
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Hoofdthema: Irreguliere migratie
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Eurostat released trafficking in human beings statistics, revealing that 10.793 victims were registered in the EU in 2023, an increase of 6.9% compared with 2022 and the highest recorded value in the period 2008-2023. Several countries explained that it is partly reflected through increased attention of the authorities and agencies that fight against trafficking in human beings.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: victims of human trafficking, trafficker, forced labour
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In een nieuw rapport dringt Amnesty International er bij de Belgische regering op aan om ervoor te zorgen dat alle asielzoekers adequate huisvesting en toegang tot gezondheidszorg krijgen, inclusief gespecialiseerde psychologische ondersteuning, ongeacht hun huisvestingssituatie. De Belgische autoriteiten worden ook opgeroepen om het "spreidingsplan" uit de nationale wetgeving te activeren en noodplannen te implementeren om schommelingen in het aantal asielaanvragen op te vangen.
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Hoofdthema: Opvang
Trefwoorden: opvangcrisis, opvangcapaciteit, huisvesting, toegang tot gezondheidszorg
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According to recent data released by Eurostat, 124.935 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 28.630 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave. When compared with the same quarter of 2023, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave went up by 16.3%, while the number of people returned to third countries increased by 24.3%.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: order to leave the territory, voluntary return, forced return, irregularly staying third-country national
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Op 27 maart 2025 heeft EMN België meer dan 130 experts uit de wereld van asiel en migratie in België samengebracht. De Minister van Asiel en Migratie, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, sprak een breed publiek van deskundigen aan, afkomstig uit diverse vakgebieden. De deelnemers verkenden zowel recente ontwikkelingen als de huidige en toekomstige uitdagingen met betrekking tot asiel en migratie in België en de bredere EU-context. De dag werd gekarakteriseerd door de verkenning van verschillende thema's in aparte breakout-sessies, waar deelnemers de kans kregen om informele netwerken te creëren en mogelijke samenwerkingen te verkennen.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: jaarlijks policy event
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On 25 March 2025, the Belgian Contact Point to the European Migration Network (EMN) participated in a study morning dedicated to the presentation of a new tool: "The Reception Centre as Seen by Children." The new tool provides practical methods for capturing children's experiences, enabling professionals to better understand their needs and enhance the quality of care in these centres.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: reception centre, child, child-friendly environment
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According to new data released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 8.938 persons have died or gone missing on migration routes in 2024, marking the deadliest year on record. This continues a five-year trend of increasing fatalities, surpassing the previous high of 8.747 deaths recorded in 2023.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: Missing Migrants Project, migrant death
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At the European Council on 20 March 2025, EU Ministers encouraged work in the field of migration, particularly regarding cooperation with third countries and the implementation of existing legislation. They also called on the Council and the European Parliament to advance on files with a migration dimension, especially the recent Commission proposal on returns.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: EU Council, common return system
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The Belgian Minister of Asylum and Migration, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, has launched dissuasion campaigns on YouTube and via a WhatsApp channel that directly disseminates deterrence messages to potential asylum seekers. Several organisations have reacted to these campaigns, particularly criticising the messages conveyed by them.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: dissuasion campaign, deterrence campaign
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Several raids were carried out on 19 March 2025 by German authorities, with the support of investigators from the Belgian Federal Police. The operation targeted a criminal network based in Germany, facilitating the crossing of the English Channel by small boats. It resulted in 6 arrests under Belgian judicial orders.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Europol, joint operation, English channel, small boat
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The Minister for Asylum and Migration has decided to discontinue the Impuls Fund, which had been established to provide additional support to local authorities in covering the extra costs associated with opening new Local Reception Initiatives. The Minister will now move towards a more collective approach to reception, with existing Local Reception Initiatives being gradually phased out.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: reception crisis, local reception initiative, subsidy
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De Europese Commissie heeft een voorstel gepubliceerd voor een verordening tot instelling van een gemeenschappelijk systeem voor de terugkeer van onderdanen van derde landen die illegaal in de Europese Unie verblijven. De nieuwe regels introduceren onder andere strengere verplichtingen, en de wettelijke mogelijkheid om personen die illegaal in de EU verblijven en een definitief terugkeerbesluit hebben ontvangen, terug te sturen naar een terugkeercentrum in een derde land. Het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de EU moeten het voorstel nu bestuderen en erover onderhandelen.
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Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: terugkeer
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In their report 2024, seven humanitarian and civil society organisations raise concerns over the Belgian government's plan to reduce reception places for applicants for international protection, warning that this measure could increase homelessness, negatively impact individuals' health and integration prospects, and generate significant hidden costs for society.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: reception crisis, homelessness
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In a recent study, the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) recommended clarifying the scope of criminal offences in the Facilitation Directive to ensure that only activities involving organised criminal networks are included and called for the explicit exemption of humanitarian actions aligned with international protection from criminalisation.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Facilitation Directive, criminal offence, criminalisation, humanitarian assistance, solidarity, exemption
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In the note submitted to the Chamber of Representatives, Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt described the current situation as operationally, financially, and socially untenable. She announced her intention to urgently submit, as an initial step, a package of crisis measures to address the ongoing asylum and reception crisis. Additionally, she outlined a broader range of measures covering key aspects, including asylum and reception, migration, the protection of vulnerable groups, return and security, the social welfare system, and access to Belgian nationality.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: policy orientation paper, asylum policy, migration policy, asylum crisis, reception crisis
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On 12 March 2025, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) announced that it would temporarily suspend the notification of decisions granting subsidiary protection, refusing refugee status and refusing subsidiary protection status from applicants from the West Bank until they have access to sufficient objective information to accurately assess the general situation in the West Bank.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: West Bank, refugee status, subsidiary protection status
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The European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of F.B. v. Belgium, finding that Belgium failed to provide sufficient procedural safeguards in the decision-making process regarding the applicant’s age assessment. The Court concluded that this process violated her right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the European Convention. In particular, it highlighted the lack of informed consent and the failure to explore less intrusive methods before conducting medical tests.
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Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Trefwoorden: age assessment, minor, unaccompanied minors, right to respect for private life, bone test, consent, last resort
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Het Europees Migratienetwerk Luxemburg (EMN Luxemburg) en het UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) organiseren deze conferentie ter gelegenheid van de 40ste verjaardag van het Schengenakkoord, en om kritisch te reflecteren over dit akkoord in het licht van de huidige ontwikkelingen.
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 4.370 persons obtained Belgian nationality in December 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in December are Morocco, Syria, Romania, Afghanistan and France.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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This workshop, jointly organised by the Migration Policy Center (MPC) and the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM), will provide a platform for presenting and discussing empirical research on public attitudes toward migration, the sociopolitical mechanisms driving migration-related polarisation, and the policy responses addressing these challenges.
