Publication date: 26 October 2012
This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the National Reports for the EMN Study on Visa Policy as Migration Channel undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 21 Member States.
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Publication date: 19 October 2012
This report contains EU, national and related developments in migration policy published in the period June to September 2012, as well as key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments that have occurred in this period.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 03 October 2012
This research project undertaken by Prof. F. Caestecker (University College Ghent) investigates the policy towards international students and the extent to which third-country nationals used opportunities to study in Belgium during the last decade.
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Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: admission, education, mobility, student
Publication date: 25 September 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point describes the issue of establishing identity of applicants for international protection and for the return of rejected asylum applicants
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: identification, identity
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This EMN Inform summarises indications from EU migration statistics in 2009 of the effect of the economic crisis, based on the most recent relevant statistics available for analysis by the EMN.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN inform
Publication date: 30 June 2012
This EMN Inform presents a summary of the main findings of the analysis of migration and international protection statistics for the year 2009 based on contributions from 21 Member States. The statistics were compiled in accordance with the Migratory Statistics Regulation 862/2007.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: EMN inform
Publication date: 29 June 2012
This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the above-titled EMN Focussed Study.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, Green paper on Family Reunification
Publication date: 27 June 2012
Based on the main findings of national contributions from 24 EMN NCP, the report highlights similarities and differences in means of prevention, detection and action, as well as statistics related to marriages of convenience and false declarations of parenthood.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, Green paper on Family Reunification, grey marriage, white marriage
Publication date: 18 June 2012
This first issue of the EMN Bulletin briefly presents EU, National and Related Developments in migration policy published in the period January to May 2012, as well as key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments that have occurred in this period.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 25 April 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point clarifies the scope of the issue and presents national means of prevention, detection and actions against such misuses, as well as statistics in this field.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: False declaration of parenthood, marriage of convenience
Publication date: 16 April 2012
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2011 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have occured in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 03 February 2012
This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration
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Publication date: 03 February 2012
This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Temporary and Circular Migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States, which had contributions from 24 EU Member States
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Main theme: Migration, Economic migration
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: circular migration, temporary migration
Publication date: 23 January 2012
This national report on the EMN-study topic "Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration" provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures implemented by Belgium to address irregular migration.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Publication date: 23 November 2011
The main objective of this report is to describe the statistical trends on migration and international protection for the reference year 2008 at the EU level
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Annual Statistical Reports
Keywords: asylum statistics, migration statistics
Publication date: 20 October 2011
The Belgian EMN NCP updated a report on protection statuses and published the report. The publication was presented on the EMN-national seminar on 60 years Geneva convention on October 14, 2011 which took place at Residence Palace in Brussels.
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Main theme: International Protection, Regularization
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: protection, status
Publication date: 13 October 2011
This study examines the impact of the visa policy on legal and illegal migration in Belgium. It is limited to nationals from third countries, with exception of family members of EU nationals or Belgians. Short-stay visas of max. 3 months and D visas for stays of more than 3 months are discussed
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Publication date: 12 October 2011
The final version of the Synthesis Report for the EMN Study on ‘Temporary and Circular migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States’ has now been launched
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Main theme: Migration, Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: temporary migration
Publication date: 06 October 2011
This EMN Synthesis Report provides an overall insight into the most significant political and legislative (including EU) developments, as well as public debates, in the area of migration and asylum in the 27 EMN National Contact Points plus Norway for 2010
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
Publication date: 03 October 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation has organized between April 2010 to March 2011 different meetings gathering actors implicated by their personal or their professional background in the field of family reunification policies
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: family migration policy
Publication date: 11 August 2011
The main objective of this report is to describe the statistical trends on international migration and asylum for the reference year 2009, wherever possible data for the year 2010 are included.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Annual Statistical Reports
Publication date: 17 June 2011
EMN presents its synthesis report of the EMN study ‘Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration ’. Source of this publication are the different national studies, carried out in 2010 by the National Contact Points (NCP's) of the EMN.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: highly skilled workers, labour migration policy, labour shortages, low-skilled workers, mobility, work permit
Publication date: 08 April 2011
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2010 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have taken place in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 22 March 2011
In this study the existence of, the policy on and the future options of temporary and circular migration in Belgium are examined.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: circular migration, temporary migration
Publication date: 28 December 2010
What is the Belgian approach and policy regarding economic migration? This study addresses this question and examines the labour migration in Belgium from the point of view of combating labour shortages and/or labour demands.