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The public consultation for the Internal Security Fund - Borders and Visa (ISF BV) ex-post evaluation for 2014-2020 aims to strengthen the evidence base of the evaluation by gathering the views of all relevant stakeholders for the ISF BV programme. You can contribute to this consultation by filling in an online questionnaire before 21 November 2024.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: ISF, evaluation
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The public consultation for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) ex post evaluation for 2014-2020 aims to strengthen the evidence base of the evaluation by gathering the views of all relevant stakeholders for the AMIF programmes. You can contribute to this consultation by filling in an online questionnaire before 22 November 2024.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: AMIF, evaluation
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In a statement from 19 September 2024, the Council of Europe notes that Belgium has taken steps to address the wider reception crisis (such as creating 3.500 additional reception places and accelerating the examination of certain asylum applications to free up existing reception places), but these measures are insufficient.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: reception crisis, accommodation, material assistance, judicial decision
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Op 19 september 2024 presenteerde EMN België de bevindingen voor van zijn nationale bijdrage aan de komende EMN Studie over de Illegale tewerkstelling van onderdanen van derde landen (2017-2022). Daarbij werd de vergelijking gemaakt met de nationale bijdragen van EMN Oostenrijk en EMN Italië.
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On 17 September 2023, the President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, unveiled the names of Commissioners-designate for 2024-2029. The current Austrian Finance Minister, Magnus Brunner will be in charge of Internal Affairs and Migration, if he successfully passes the test of European Parliament hearings.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: Commissioner on Migration and Home Affairs
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Tijdens een webinar op 17 september 2024 belichtten EMN-lidstaten en leden met waarnemerstatus, en het Rode Kruis belangrijke praktijken en uitdagingen bij het identificeren van slachtoffers van foltering in het kader van internationale en tijdelijke bescherming. Ook persoonlijke ervaringen van migranten die foltering overleefd hebben, werden belicht, net als manieren om hun kwetsbaarheid beter aan te pakken.
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Hoofdthema: Kwetsbare groepen
Trefwoorden: slachtoffer, marteling, trauma, verzoeker om internationale bescherming, geloofwaardigheidsbeoordeling, kwetsbaarheid, speciale behoeften
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Checks are being temporarily reintroduced at Germany's borders with Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Denmark. They will run from 16 September 2024 until 15 March 2025 to, among other things, reduce irregular migration and combat people smuggling.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: border control, border check, Schengen, internal border control
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The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released the latest asylum trends for the first half of 2024. By June 2024, EU countries had received 513.000 applications for international protection. While the figure remained stable compared to the first six months of 2023, some changes occurred at the national level.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: application for international protection, asylum trend, asylum recognition rate
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Eurostat published data on first residence permits, highlighting that 3.741.015 first residence permits were issued in the EU to non-EU citizens in 2023, a 4.7% increase compared with 2022. Belgium issued 74.366 first residence permits to non-EU nationals in 2023, an 8,5% increase compared with 2022.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: first residence permit, employment, family reunification, international protection, education
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Myria has published the third thematic section of its 2024 annual report. In this section entitled "Right to family life", Myria calls for more accurate, regular and transparent information regarding the family reunification procedure at its various stages, both at the level of diplomatic posts and external service providers, ensuring the accessibility – including linguistic – of this information for the target audience.
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: long-stay visa, first residence permit, application for family reunification
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In a press release from 9 September 2024, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor reacted to the Hungarian government’s recent threats to send migrants to Brussels. She advocated for a joint, coordinated policy, in which respect for European values and international obligations are central.
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Hoofdthema: Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: migration instrumentalization, European cooperation, mutual trust
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Due to the sharp rise in applications for the equivalence of foreign diplomas in Flanders and the time- and labour-intensive investigations involved, waiting times can reach seven months. This impacts the integration of migrants into the labour market.
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Hoofdthema: Integration
Trefwoorden: recognition of qualifications, diploma, equivalence
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De high-level EMN conferentie in kader van het Hongaarse voorzitterschap zal zich richten op mogelijke manieren om terugkeer effectiever en efficiënter te laten verlopen. Speciale aandacht zal gaan naar belangrijke aspecten van de terugkeerprocedure, interne samenhang, samenwerking met derde landen en digitalisering ter ondersteuning van het gemeenschappelijke EU-systeem voor terugkeer.
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Hoofdthema: Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: terugkeer, Terugkeer & Readmissie, vrijwillige terugkeer; re-integratie
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Students, who were originally from Syria and Congo before becoming refugees in Egypt and Uganda, have the opportunity to start this new academic year in Belgian universities thanks to the legal and sustainable migration pathway offered by the university corridors.
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Hoofdthema: Study § Training
Trefwoorden: university corridor, legal pathway, refugee
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The Walloon administration announces that new regulations come into force on 1 September 2024 regarding salaried economic migration for foreign workers in Wallonia. The system remains largely unchanged in its principles, still falling within the broader framework of the Single Permit for work and residence authorization for foreign workers. However, a new decree of the Walloon Government organizes new features and modifications.
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Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Trefwoorden: foreign workers, employer, single permit, EU blue card
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The law of 10 March 2024 amending the law of 15 December 1980 on the right to family reunification comes into force on 1 September 2024. The changes have an impact among other things on the right to family reunification for parents of accompanied minors with international protection, the right to family reunification for stateless persons, the assessment of minorhood in the asylum procedure or residence procedure for stateless person, etc.
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: right to family reunification, application for family reunification
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The law of 10 March 2024 which creates a residence status as a stateless person in Belgium, comes into force on 1 September 2024. Applications for admission to stay on the grounds of statelessness must now be submitted directly to the Immigration Office by registered mail.
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Hoofdthema: Statelessness
Trefwoorden: application for statelessness, admission to stay, stateless persons
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Dit evenement zal de nieuwe EMN - Rode Kruis Inform over praktijken en uitdagingen bij de behandeling van slachtoffers van foltering en mishandeling in de context van internationale en tijdelijke bescherming lanceren. Het evenement zal de belangrijkste bevindingen van de inform belichten, ingaan op procedures in EMN landenleden en waarnemende landen, en inzichten putten uit de aanpak van het Rode Kruis en de ervaring van nationale Rode Kruis afdelingen in verschillende EU-lidstaten.
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Hoofdthema: Kwetsbare groepen
Trefwoorden: foltering, internationale bescherming, mishandeling
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The current weather conditions increase the risk that human smugglers will send groups of transmigrants, including small children, out to sea in overcrowded rubber boats, often with inadequate life jackets. To avoid this, the West Coast police zone and the Federal Police require special attention for people who cross the Channel from the Belgian coast to the United Kingdom in small boats.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: transmigrant, small boat, English channel
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This legally oriented European conference focuses on the legislation adopted on 14 May 2024 under the framework of the Pact on Migration and Asylum. It aims to provide the first legal analysis of all these complex legal instruments and their interconnections, including practical aspects in relation with the topics covered.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: Odysseus Network, New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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While not a new phenomenon, the exploitation of workers employed in the nail industry has gained increased attention in recent years. Multiple reports point to this sector as being a target of choice for human trafficking and economic exploitation.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: economic exploitation, nail bar
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.037 persons obtained Belgian nationality in May 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in May are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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As of 1 August 2024, the European Commission will support nine Member States, including Belgium, in preparing their National Implementation Plans for the Pact on Migration and Asylum. These countries will receive targeted support to carry out situational analysis and identify the necessary actions to implement the Pact in line with the Common Implementation Plan.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: New Pact on Migration and Asylum, common implementation plan, national implementation plan, vulnerable persons, guardianship
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The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies systemic gaps and obstacles to investigating rights violations at EU borders. The report suggests concrete steps to ensure more effective investigations into incidents of loss of life and ill-treatment at the EU’s borders.
