The 20th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides information on developments at EU and national level (from July to September 2017) regarding the Common European Asylum System; unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups; legal migration and integration; the management of the EU external borders; irregular migration and return; external dimensions; and trafficking in Human Beings.

This edition includes information - inter alia - on:

At EU level:

• Publication of the mid-term review of the 2015 European Agenda on Migration by the European Commission.
• Recommendation on the better application of the existing Schengen rules, issued by the European Commission.
• Adoption of a program by the EU Trust Fund for Africa worth 46 million euro to reinforce the integrated migration and border management capacities of the Libyan authorities.
• Publication of the 15^th report on relocation and resettlement by the European Commission.
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At national level:

• BE : The State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration and the Walloon Minister for Employment signed a collaboration agreement which aims at fostering the socio-professional insertion of asylum seekers.
• FR : A decree has created an exceptional return allowance of 2,500 euros for third country nationals who apply for a return assistance before the end of 2017 to return voluntarily to their country of origin.
• NL : The Minister of Security and Justice revoked the Dutch citizenship of four jihadists who have travelled to a conflict zone. They are also declared as ‘undesired foreign nationals’.  
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More developments and other information in the Bulletin (see PDF above) !