Publication date: 27 July 2012
Asylum Aid published a study on "Gender Related Asylum Claims in Europe". The study is a Comparative Analysis of Law, Policies and Practice Focusing on Women in Nine EU Member States.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Asylum
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: gender related asylum claim, gender related persecution, gender equality
Publication date: 18 June 2012
The UNHCR 2011 Global Trends report has been published today. The report analyses the statistical trends and changes in the global populations of concern to UNHCR, i.e.
refugees, returnees, stateless persons and certain groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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Main theme: Asylum, Vulnerable groups, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: UNHCR, Statistics, global trends
Publication date: 03 May 2012
The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality requested this study.
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Publication date: 15 March 2012
Peter H. van der Laan, Monika Smit, Inge Busschers and Pauline Aarten have published their study for the Campbell Collaboration. It focuses on cross-border trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and prostitution.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: cross-border crime, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 15 February 2012
The study generates a checklist which aims to assist Member States in developing their processes for considering the return of children informed by national good practices.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission
Keywords: Directive retour
Publication date: 08 September 2011
Climate change is a new driver of human migration and is expected by many to dwarf all others in its impact. This study was done by the Migration Policy Institute in coperation with the European University Institute.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, International Protection, Migration
Keywords: climate change, migration
Publication date: 24 August 2011
In July, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)issued a policy paper entitled "Policy paper: the recast of the EU asylum Procedure and Reception Directives", containing its concerns & recommendations on the 2 directives.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Publication date: 01 June 2011
Publication of the UNHCR: Legal and Protection Policy Research Series
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Asylum, International Protection, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: alternatives to detention, detention
Publication date: 21 April 2011
Study on unaccompanied minors, carried out by the Risk Analysis Unit of FRONTEX. Amongst others, EMN and the Belgian organisation "Payoke" contributed to this study
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Publication date: 30 June 2009
Who are the unaccompanied minors (UMAs) in Belgium? What motivates them to enter and stay in the country? What are the policies on reception, return and integration developed for UMAs in Belgium? This study addresses such questions and contains statistical information on the subject.