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The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is organising a meeting "Towards a More Comprehensive Common European Asylum System: The Role of EASO". It will be held in Brussels on 14th September and Dr. Robert Visser, EASO Executive Director, will be the main speaker
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: EASO
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications
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On July 28, 1951, the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was formally adopted
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: refugee convention, UNHCR
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This week 25 refugees from Eritrea and Congo, who got into a deadlock in Libya, arrived in Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Libya, resettlement, UNHCR
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics
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The European Council has launched its virtual Resource Centre on Free Movement & Migration
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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Debate organised by the Fondation Robert Schuman whith Mr. Jacques Barrot (former Vice-President of the EU Commission) and Mr. Carlos Coehlo (EU MEP, EPP), moderated by Mr. Jean-Dominique Giuliani
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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The World Refugee Day, an initiative of the United Nations, is celebrated since 2001. In 2011 the World Refugee Day is marked by the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: protection need, refugee convention, United Nations, World Refugee Day
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The Council Directive 2003/109/EC has been amended by the Directive 2011/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection
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Main theme: International Protection, Migration
Keywords: EU directive, Long-term Residents
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On 9 and 10 June 2011, the Justice and Home Affairs of the Council of the European Union took place in Luxembourg. On the agenda of the home affairs ministers stood, amongst others, amendments on FRONTEX-rules and the Schengen evaluation of Bulgaria and Romania.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Economic migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: Council
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics
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On 1 June 2011, the European Commission presents its revised proposals amending the Directives on Asylum Procedures and on Reception Conditions.
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Main theme: Asylum, Reception, International Protection
Keywords: asylum procedure, EU directive, reception
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum statistics, CGRS
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On 2 May 2011 (12.30-14.00h) the NGO's Flemish Refugee Action and Amnesty International organize in collaboration with UNHCR and the University of Antwerp a lecture on the implications of the current crisis in North-Africa. The lecture will take place at the University of Antwerp
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
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On Friday, October 14, 2011 the Belgian NCP of the EMN held its annual national conference on the topic: 60 years Geneva Convention
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Geneva Convention
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This Eurostat Newsrelease is presenting an overview of the asylum trends in the EU27 for the year 2010.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions, asylum outcomes, comparability, Eurostat
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The communication services of the CGRS and of Fedasil have jointly published, with the support of the European Refugee Fund, an information brochure “Asylum in Belgium”.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection
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"The Right to Seek Asylum: Interception at Sea and the Principle of Non-Refoulement", lecture by Prof. Guy Goodwin-Gill (Oxford)
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: non-refoulement
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Returning asylum seekers to Greece violates the European Convention on Human Rights, says ECtHR
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Main theme: International Protection
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The federal State Secretary for Migration and Asylum Policies Melchior Wathelet has given a pressconference presenting the asylum and migration policies in 2010 and providing an overview of some statistical data.