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The European Commission is today recommending that Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway phase out the temporary controls currently in place at some of their internal Schengen borders over the next six months.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: Schengen, border control
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Today, two new laws have entered into force. They focus on the procedure to end the residence rights and organized the removal of foreign nationals legally residing in Belgium for reasons of public order or national security.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: public order, foreign terrorist fighter
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Op 26 april 2017 lanceerde het Europees Migratienetwerk (EMN) haar jaarlijkse beleidsrapport over asiel en migratie in 2016 tijdens een conferentie in Brussel.
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Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: jaarrapport
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Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published today a press release with 2015 data on the acquisition of citizenship in the EU. The main conclusions are that EU Member States granted citizenship to fewer persons in 2015, and Moroccans, Albanians and Turks remain the main recipients.
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Hoofdthema: Citizenship & Nationality
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In het kader van het Maltese voorzitterschap van de Europese Raad, zal het Maltese Nationale Contactpunt van het EMN op 24 en 25 mei 2017 een tweedaagse conferentie organiseren. De conferentie zal worden gewijd aan de hervorming van het gemeenschappelijk Europees asielstelsel.
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Hoofdthema: Asiel
Trefwoorden: EMN Annual Conference, Malta, GEAS
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Following up on the Joint Communication on the Central Mediterranean Route and the Malta Declaration, the EU Trust Fund for Africa upon proposal from the European Commission, adopted today a €90 million programme to step up the protection of migrants and reinforce migration management in Libya.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: EU Trust Fund, Libya
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The Commission is today setting out actions to reinforce the protection of all migration children at all stages of the process and to ensure a closer link between the asylum and child protection services.
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Hoofdthema: Vulnerable groups
Trefwoorden: migrant child, Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors
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Today, the Commission adopted its eleventh progress report on the EU's emergency relocation and resettlement schemes, assessing actions taken since 2 March 2017.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum
Trefwoorden: resettlement, relocation
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The first edition of the Antwerp Summer School ‘Europe: Diversity and Migration’ addresses the issue of superdiversity from an interdisciplinary perspective and in doing so, provides participants with concrete insights, information and tools based on theoretical perspectives, empirical case studies and field visits. In doing so it reveals the interrelations between the micro-, meso- and macro-level processes concerned allowing for fine-grained and in-depth understandings of the complex relationships between migration and integration processes.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
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The Conference of the Swedish National Contact Point of the EMN, which will take place in Stockholm on 12 May 2017, will focus on family reunification in Sweden and in the EU.
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: Sweden
EMN DE NCP Conference on Return Counselling, Integrated Return Management and Reintegration (Berlin)
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This conference of the German Contact Point of the EMN, which will take place in Berlin on 4 May, focuses on return counselling, integrated return management and reintegration.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: Germany
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Today, a Royal Decree was published in the Official Gazette which details the type of residence permit the fee can apply to, and what the maximum amount of said fee is.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: residence permit, processing fee
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On 18 March 2017, a regulation amending the Schengen borders code was published in the EU Official Journal. The amendment aims to reinforce checks against relevant databases at the external borders.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: Schengen borders code, database
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Eurostat published a news release on the number of asylum applications in 2016 and published an article on asylum applications and decisions for 2016 on its website.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Trefwoorden: asylum decisions, asylum applications
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This roundtable discussion will examine how public bodies and NGOs can better communicate with refugees to support integration.
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Hoofdthema: Integration
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This info day will inform participants on the EU financial support and ways to optimize its use in the integration work. Participants will also be able to exchange good practices in this matter.
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Hoofdthema: Integration
Trefwoorden: EU funding
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In its judgement delivered today, the Court of Justice has ruled that Member States are not required – under EU law – to grant a humanitarian visa to persons who wish to enter their territory with a view to applying for asylum. However, they are free to do so on the basis of their national law.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: Court of Justice of the European Union, Syria
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Today the European Commission presented new measures in the context of the review of the EU return policy which was announced in the Malta Declaration from 3 February 2017.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: EU Action Plan on Return
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Het Commissariaat-generaal voor de Vluchtelingen en de Staatlozen (CGVS) heeft een nieuwe gids gepubliceerd die informatie verschaft aan niet-begeleide minderjarigen die asiel aanvragen in België, alsook aan hun voogd.
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Hoofdthema: Asiel
Trefwoorden: CGRS, asylum procedure
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This joint seminar organized by the Estonian Contact Point of the EMN, UNHCR and IOM focuses on the current state, challenges and future directions of resettlement in Estonia and elsewhere.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
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Today is the opening of a photo exhibition focusing on Melilla, Europe's Southern border. This exhibition is the outcome of a one year and a half project initiated by four youths graduated in journalism.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: photo, Melilla, border control
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Today, the Commission adopted its ninth progress report on the EU's emergency relocation and resettlement schemes, assessing actions taken since 8 December 2016.
