Publication date: 15 January 2018
The Belgian Contact Point of the European Migration Network has published a report on challenges and practices for establishing identity in the migration process. The report served as the Belgian contribution to an EU Synthesis report on the topic, which compares national policies, legislation and practices on the subject in 25 EU Member States and Norway.
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Main theme: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: identification
Publication date: 01 December 2017
This EMN Policy Brief examines trends in applications for international protection and irregular movements of third-country national migrants across the EU and Norway. It focuses on the period 2012 - 2016 and – where data is available - up to August 2017. This is an update of the Policy Brief published in December 2015.
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Main theme: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions, Mediterranean, migratory route, secondary movement
Publication date: 17 November 2017
This progress report describes the activities undertaken and publications released by the EMN Platform on Statelessness, in cooperation with strategic partners, from May 2016 until November 2017.
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Main theme: Statelessness
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Publication date: 08 November 2017
Forced returns of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan have been heavily debated in Sweden. In this context, the Swedish Contact Point of the EMN has gathered and analyzed the information provided by 17 Member States, including Belgium, on this topic.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: forced return, Afghanistan
Publication date: 23 October 2017
The 20th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Publication date: 20 September 2017
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Ad-Hoc Query (AHQ) on Retaining third-country national students.
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Publication date: 25 August 2017
This EMN Inform summarizes the main findings of the EMN study "The Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals in the EU".
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Main theme: Economic migration, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: EMN inform
Publication date: 18 August 2017
The Country Factsheet provides succinct information on the most significant political and legislative developments in the field of migration and international protection in Belgium in 2016, plus the latest relevant statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 02 August 2017
The 19th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 31 July 2017
This EMN study analyses the measures in place at (Member) State level to fight against the illegal employment of (regularly and irregularly staying) third-country nationals, possible obstacles in this field and strategies and good practices to overcome them.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Publication date: 20 July 2017
This EMN Inform summarizes the main findings of the EMN study on "Family Reunification of TCNs in the EU plus Norway".
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: family member, Family Reunification Directive
Publication date: 20 July 2017
Today, the Belgian Contact Point of the European Migration Network published a new national report on Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals in Belgium. The report served as the Belgian contribution to an EU Synthesis report on the subject, which compares national policies and practices on the subject in 25 EU Member States and Norway.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: family member, Family Reunification Directive
Publication date: 30 June 2017
24 (Member) States provided information on the volume of returned unaccompanied minors and on family tracing. This ad hoc query was launched by the Finnish Contact Point to the EMN.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Ad Hoc Queries, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
Publication date: 28 June 2017
The EMN annual policy report provides an overview of the major developments in the field of migration and asylum in Belgium and in the EU in 2016.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 17 May 2017
The 18th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 24 April 2017
23 (Member) States provided information on how they are currently dealing with some aspects of directive 2016/801, in particular types of financial resources used by international students, the use of frozen/blocked accounts by international students, and approved/recognized organizations mediating au pairs. This ad-hoc query was launched by the Belgian Contact Point to the EMN.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries, Economic migration, Study § Training
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: student directive
Publication date: 16 March 2017
24 (Member) States provided information on their policies and practices regarding the application of the ‘safe countries of origin’ concept in their procedures for international protection. This ad hoc query was launched by the Dutch and the Estonian Contact Points of the EMN.
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Main theme: Ad Hoc Queries
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: safe country of origin, list of safe countries of origin
Publication date: 01 March 2017
The 17th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 13 February 2017
16 (Member) States provided information on their policies and practices regarding the implementation and execution of provisions of EU directives on public order and public security. This ad hoc query was launched by the Dutch Contact Point to the EMN.
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Publication date: 30 November 2016
This EMN study offers a comprehensive overview of policies and practices on the functioning of resettlement, humanitarian admission programmes and schemes, as well as private sponsorship programmes for refugees in the EU Member States and Norway
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: resettlement, private sponsorship
Publication date: 28 November 2016
This EMN Inform examines – inter alia – the state of play of the 1954 and 1961 conventions on statelessness, statelessness determination procedures, rights granted to recognized stateless persons, and the situation of stateless minors in the EU.
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Publication date: 15 November 2016
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices".
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Publication date: 15 November 2016
This EMN Study examines the policies and practices in place in Belgium and in the EU to encourage the return of rejected asylum seekers, identifying the challenges and good practices associated with return.
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Main theme: Asylum, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Publication date: 13 November 2016
The 16th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: EMN bulletin
Publication date: 19 October 2016
This EMN Inform provides an overview of the use of social media in migrant smuggling.