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From 2014 to 2023, Esperanto provided shelter and support to 156 foreign minors victims of human trafficking and/or aggravated smuggling. According to Myria, who analysed the figures, just over half of these 156 young people were victims of sexual exploitation or were forced to commit criminal acts.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: child victim of trafficking, sexual exploitation, economic exploitation, exploitation of begging, Esperanto
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Nicole de Moor said that applications relating to 859 persons have already been processed in accelerated procedure since February 2024. In 96 % of cases, applicants were not granted protection status. Ms de Moor wants to focus more on prevention to prevent people who do not need protection from applying for international protection in Belgium.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: application for international protection, accelerated procedure, safe country of origin, fast-track procedure
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In its overview of national forced return monitoring systems across the EU in 2023, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) noted that only one EU Member State did not monitor its national forced return operations in 2023. It also highlighted persistent challenges that affect the transparency and effectiveness of monitoring operations.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: forced return, monitoring
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Op 28 oktober 2024 ondertekenden de Europese Commissie en het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken van Noord-Macedonië een overeenkomst over samenwerking met het EMN, waardoor Noord-Macedonië een van de waarnemende landen van het netwerk wordt. Noord-Macedonië zal bijdragen aan de doelstellingen van het EMN door alle bijeenkomsten bij te wonen en bij te dragen aan de studies en rapporten van het netwerk.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: waarnemend land; Europees Migratienetwerk
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As of 24 October 2024, the centre for registering applications for international protection is located at rue Belliard 68 in 1000 Brussels. Applications can still be registered in the Pacheco building until Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: applicant for international protection, registration, registration centre
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De Glossary werkgroep komt regelmatig bijeen om de "EMN Asylum & Migration Glossary" up-to-date te houden. Deze 62ste bijeenkomst, georganiseerd door EMN België, was een gelegenheid om de samenwerking met partners te bespreken, vooral ter voorbereiding van de opname van nieuwe termen met betrekking tot het Pact inzake Migratie en Asiel.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: glossarium, nieuwe migratie- en asielpact
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On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has warned of the increased risk of human trafficking created by restrictive immigration policies and failure to address the vulnerabilities of migrants and asylum seekers.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
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Op 17 en 18 oktober 2024 nam EMN België deel aan de Odysseus Netwerk Conferentie 2024 over EU Wetgeving na het Pact. Dit evenement bood EMN België de kans om een diepgaand inzicht te krijgen in enkele van de 485 pagina's van de nieuwe wettelijke instrumenten die door het nieuwe Pact inzake Migratie en Asiel werden geïntroduceerd.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: Nieuw Pact inzake Migratie en Asiel, implementatie, solidariteit, verantwoordelijkheid, buitengrens, screening, fundamenteel recht
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De nationale conferentie van EMN Finland voor 2024 onderzoekt de stand van zaken en de toekomstperspectieven van de situatie van Oekraïners in Finland en in EU-landen. De conferentie richt zich op de uitdagingen van integratie in een situatie waarin personen die tijdelijke bescherming genieten zich tussen twee landen bevinden. De conferentie probeert deze personen te ondersteunen in het spanningsveld tussen integratie en terugkeer.
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Hoofdthema: Integratie, Tijdelijke bescherming, Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: Oekraïne
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During the European Council on 17 October 2024, EU leaders adopted conclusions, among other things, on migration. They called, inter alia, for determined action to facilitate, increase, and speed up returns from the EU. They invited the European Commission to submit a new legislative proposal, as a matter of urgency.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: return directive, external action, external border, border control, migration instrumentalization
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In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that an administrative authority which rejects an application for a residence permit based on national law and, consequently, finds that the third-country national concerned is staying illegally on the territory of the Member State in question, must ensure compliance with the principle of non-refoulement, by reviewing, in the light of that principle, the return decision previously adopted against that national in the context of a procedure for international protection.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: illegally staying person, return decision, non-refoulement, effective remedy
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Met het oog op de huidige voorbereiding van de Nationale Implementatieplannen die in december 2024 moeten zijn afgerond, wil EMN Griekenland een stimulerende discussie en interessante gedachtewisseling over de implementatie van het nieuwe Pact inzake Migratie en Asiel faciliteren tijdens de nationale conferentie 2024.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: nieuwe migratie- en asielpact
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According to preliminary data collected by Frontex, the most significant declines in irregular border crossings were observed on the Western Balkan and Central Mediterranean routes, with a 79% and 64% decline, respectively. The Eastern Land Border and Western African routes saw the highest increases, at 192% and 100%, respectively.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: irregular border crossing, migratory route
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In a letter to the 27 EU Member States, Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission will present a new proposal for legislation to ensure solid rules for the removal of irregularly staying third-country nationals, including those posing a threat to public order or internal security. She also referred to possible "return hubs" outside the EU, drawing lessons from the start of operations of the Italy-Albania protocol.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: efficient return, return hub, mutual recognition of return decisions, security
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EMN Polen wijt zijn nationale conferentie van dit jaar aan “Veiligheid aan de EU-buitengrenzen: ontwikkeling van systemen en technologieën, en preventie van bedreigingen”.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
Trefwoorden: buitengrens, grensbeveiliging, technologie
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According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, 5.806 persons obtained Belgian nationality in July 2024. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in July are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Afghanistan and Italy.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: access to nationality, Belgian nationality
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What does the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum actually mean for Belgian migration and asylum procedures? This study day will allow lawyers, magistrates and all legal practitioners to consider this question, benefiting from the contributions and insights of experts from national migration and asylum authorities, various non-governmental organisations, and several universities.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: New Pact on Migration and Asylum, asylum procedure, right of residence
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Fedasil has a budget for financing specific projects relating to the reception of asylum seekers (and other reception beneficiaries). The Agency has launched its call for projects for the year 2025. In 2025, the focus will be on projects that focus on support, activation, and housing.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: call for projects, applicant for international protection, support, activation, housing
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EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced that the Entry-Exit System (EES) which aims to modernise EU border management and which was supposed to start on 10 November 2024, has been postponed with no new date set. Ms Johansson suggested that the EU may roll out the EES gradually.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: entry exit system, border management, biometric check
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A few days after 17 European countries called on the European Commission to submit a new legislative proposal for more effective returns, Justice and Home Affairs Ministers discussed the issue of return during a working lunch in Luxembourg. They tasked experts with starting to explore innovative ideas related to returns.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: effective return, irregularly staying third-country national, rejected asylum seekers
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During the plenary debate on the reintroduction of internal border controls in the Schengen area and its impact on EU free movement, Commissioner Ylva Johansson underlined that internal border controls must be temporary, proportionate and a measure of last resort. She underlined that alternative measures should always be prioritised.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: free movement, internal border control
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In a recent judgement in Case C‑134/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified that Article 38 of Directive 2013/32/EU does not preclude legislation of a Member State designating a third country as generally safe for certain categories of applicants for international protection, even if that third country has suspended, in general terms and without any prospect of a contrary development, the admission or readmission of those applicants to its territory.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: applicant for international protection, safe third country, Turkey, readmission
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In a recent judgement, the Court of Justice of the European Union concluded that some of the discriminatory measures against women in Afghanistan, namely forced marriage and the lack of protection against gender-based violence and domestic violence, must be classified alone as "acts of persecution" and that other measures, taken as a whole, given their cumulative effect and the fact that they are applied deliberately and systematically, constitute such acts.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: Afghan woman, act of persecution, gender, nationality
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In a non-paper, seventeen European countries called on the European Commission to submit a new proposal for more effective returns. The letter emphasises the need for a stricter EU return system with clearer obligations for cooperation from the returnees and less interpretation by the European Court of Justice.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: effective return
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Deze conferentie, gezamenlijk georganiseerd door EMN Estland en IOM Estland, richt zich op tekorten aan arbeidskrachten in de EU. De conferentie biedt inzicht in duurzame strategieën om een evenwicht te vinden tussen de lokale vraag naar arbeidskrachten en tegelijkertijd concurrentieel en aantrekkelijk te blijven voor arbeidsmigranten.
