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On Wednesday afternoon in Brussels, Theo Francken, State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, as well as the President of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Belgium and the representatives of the recognized cults in Belgium launched together a humanitarian corridor to accommodate 150 Syrian asylum seekers in optimal conditions.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: humanitarian visa
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Today an amending regulation came into force, establishing a new common design and enhanced security features for residence permit cards in the EU.
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Hoofdthema: Integration, Migration
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The Global Conference on Cities and Migration was held on 16-17 November 2017 in Mechelen, Belgium. Local and regional actors requested to be recognized as key actors in migration management and policy making.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: global compact on migration
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Belgium has made progress in a number of areas to combat human trafficking and has managed a considerable number of convictions of perpetrators. Improvements are expected inter alia to enhance the identification of child victims and prevent the disappearances of unaccompanied children.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: GRETA
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As of 2 November 2017, family members of foreign nationals who obtained a long term resident status in another Member State and reside in Belgium will not have to obtain a work permit if the long term residents themselves do not require such a permit.
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: long term resident
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U bent van harte welkom op de nationale conferentie van het Belgisch Contactpunt van het EMN. Tijdens deze conferentie worden de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen van het voorbije jaar inzake asiel en migratie in België belicht.
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Hoofdthema: Asiel, Migratie
Trefwoorden: EMN conference
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This full day conference will provide an opportunity to exchange information on family reunification schemes, in Ireland and abroad. Drawing on the findings of a recently published European Migration Network study the family reunification policy frameworks operational elsewhere in the EU will be discussed and compared.
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: family reunification right
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The Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee are organising a conference on "From Crisis Management Towards Everyday Practice: Lessons from the refugees' integration for future labour market and social policies", on 6 November in Brussels.
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Hoofdthema: Integration
Trefwoorden: labour market integration
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Op 26 oktober 2017 werd de algemene beleidsnota asiel en migratie van de Staatssecretaris voor Asiel en Migratie gepubliceerd. De beleidsnota brengt een overzicht van de belangrijkste verwezenlijkingen en beleidsprioriteiten op het vlak van asiel en migratie.
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A joint European Migration Network & OECD event will take place on 9th November 2017. Two thematic sessions are presented within this full-day event: "Challenges and good practices in family migration policies" and "Illegal employment of third-country nationals in the EU: Challenges and solutions".
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: illegal employment
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Het Belgisch Contactpunt van het EMN organiseerde op 05.10.2017 een bijeenkomst te Brussel over de illegale tewerkstelling van derdelanders. Deze conferentie bracht toonaangevende experten samen voor een constructieve en stimulerende dialoog over deze interessante problematiek.
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Hoofdthema: Economische migratie, Irreguliere migratie, Terugkeer & Readmissie
Trefwoorden: illegal employment, migrant worker
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In the summer of 2017, more and more transit migrants, who wish to go to the UK, were staying in the Maximilian park in Brussels. The Belgian government did not want this park to become ‘a new Calais’. A number of transit migrants were intercepted and detained. Because a lot of them were presumed Sudanese, a Sudanese delegation was invited to come to Belgium for identification. Left-wing politicians and NGOs stressed that the Sudanese regime’s human rights record is particularly worrying. Campaigns were organised to better inform the transit migrants. On 04.10.2017 these issues were debated in the Belgian Parliament.
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Hoofdthema: Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: transit migrants, transit migration
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In preparation for the IMISCOE workshop on 1 December 2017, abstracts focusing on migration aspirations should be sent at the latest today!
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: migration aspiration, migration decision
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The European Commission published a mid-term review of what has been achieved so far in delivering the European Agenda on Migration. It also sets out new initiatives from the Commission to address key areas, and identifies where further efforts are needed in the coming months.
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Hoofdthema: External Dimension, Asylum, International Protection, Migration, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: European Agenda on Migration, relocation, resettlement, return handbook
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In order to preserve and strengthen the Schengen area, the Commission is proposing to update the Schengen Borders Code to adapt the rules for the reintroduction of temporary internal border controls to the current needs to respond to evolving and persistent serious threats to public policy or internal security.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: Schengen
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In het kader van het Estse voorzitterschap van de Europese Raad, organiseerde het Estse Nationale Contactpunt van het EMN op 21 en 22 september 2017 een tweedaagse conferentie. De deelnemers bogen zich over goede praktijken en uitdagingen om talent aan te trekken en te behouden voor de EU en de lidstaten.
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Hoofdthema: Economische migratie
Trefwoorden: Estland, talent, EMN conferentie
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Today, President Jean-Claude Juncker presented next steps towards a stronger, more effective and fairer EU migration and asylum policy.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: State of the Union
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Het Belgisch Nationaal Contactpunt van het EMN organiseert een lunchsessie over "illegale tewerkstelling van onderdanen van derde landen in België en de EU", op 5 oktober in Brussel.
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Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: illegal employment
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The judgment in joined cases C-643/15 and C-647/15 Slovakia and Hungary v Council has been delivered by the Court, calling Member States to respect the emergency relocation scheme for refugees, initiated by the EU at the height of the migration crisis
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: solidarity, relocation
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The State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration Theo Francken and the Walloon Minister for Employment have signed on 29 August a collaboration agreement intended to foster the socio-professional insertion of asylum seekers.
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Hoofdthema: Integration, Reception
Trefwoorden: employment
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The Finnish National Contact Point (NCP) of the European Migration Network organises its national conference "A longitudinal look at migration - global, Europea and national views" in Helsinki on 26 September 2017.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: Finland, EMN conference
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The Luxembourg National Contact Point of the European Migration Network organizes its national conference on 'Moving forward, keeping research relevant- strengthening the research-policy dialogue in the fields of migration and integration' on 24 October in Esch-Beval.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: Luxembourg, EMN conference
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The Austrian National Contact Point of the EMN organizes its national conference on "Migration Movement towards Europe: Data Analysis and Alternatives", on 9 October in Vienna.
