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
Publication date: 21 September 2012
On 5 April 2011, the European Union adopted Directive 2011/36/EU which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: definition, directive 2011/36/EU, penalties, prevention, prosecution, protection
Publication date: 20 September 2012
The Strategy, adopted on 19 June 2012, contains a set of concrete and practical measures that will support and complement the Directive 2011/36/EC whose deadline for transposition is 6 April 2013.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: identification, joint investigation, prosecution, protection, strategy
Publication date: 07 September 2012
2011 stands out not only for the migration dynamics that have flowed into, out of and within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but also for the unprecedented social movements that have transformed the political culture. IOM addresses challenges and oppportunites experienced in 2011.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: MENA region, migration management, assistance, AVRR, crisis
Publication date: 22 August 2012
The Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) 2011 Annual Report outlines IOM’s work carried out during 2011 in the areas of AVRR and `Post-Arrival and Reintegration Assistance` (PARA).
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Publication date: 21 August 2012
The REAB Annual Report 2011 gives an overview of developments and latest trends regarding stakeholders, assistance and approaches addressing the return and reintegration of migrants. It offers a basis for further recommendations on AVRR and return management, more particularly in Belgium.
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Publication date: 08 August 2012
This publication from the King Baudouin Foundation, reviews 22 projects building bridges between elderly migrants and existing services. Based on such experiences, tracks are identified to further involve elderly migrants in the society.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: assistance, health care, senior migrant
Publication date: 08 August 2012
This paper provides a statistical assessment of migration before and after the uprisings in the Southern Mediterranean and reviews European and Arab state policies regarding migration. It also encourages the factoring of the outcomes of the Arab Spring within migration policies.
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Main theme: Migration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: migration policy, refugee crisis, Mediterranean region, democracy
Publication date: 08 August 2012
This chapter recently published in "Arab Society in Revolt" reviews demographic trends and asks to what extent immigration can help in addressing demographic challenges. It focus on the Arab Mediterranean region, interpreting emigration and revolt as two possible responses of the young.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: demography, irregular migrant, Mediterranean region, refugee
Publication date: 07 August 2012
This article examines ways of better identifying the role of mid- and low-skilled migration in filling labour and skill shortages.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: labour migration, low-skilled, semi-skilled, labour shortage, skill development
Publication date: 01 August 2012
The NORFACE Migration research programme published the first issue of NORFACE Migration: Moving into View, which reviews a selection of the research taking place within the programme “Migration in Europe – Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics”.
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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: 28 June 2012
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism presented today its fifth Annual Report on Migration, with data and analysis on different migration topics (international protection, the right to family life, return, ...)
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Regularization, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report
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
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Since June 4, 2012 the annual report 2011 of the Immigration Department is available
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Publication date: 31 May 2012
This yearbook presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europa, including the statistics on migration and migrant population. Most data cover te period 1999-2009 for the European Union and its Member States.
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Publication date: 30 May 2012
Today, the Commission is publishing a Report on the 2011 developments in the areas of immigration and asylum.
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Publication date: 10 May 2012
Is migration a major factor behind the rise of the radical right? Do higher levels of immigration automatically correlate to more votes for radical-right parties? This report focuses on the effects of migration on political extremism in North America, Western Europe and central and Eastern Europe
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
Keywords: Nationalism, xenophobia
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The annual report for 2011 Fedasil on developments in the field of voluntary return provides insight into the voluntary return programs, and a summary of the developments regarding the additional reintegration support as well as future prospects.
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Publication date: 03 May 2012
The Center for the study of democracy presents a handbook within the project “Integrating Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children in the Educational Systems of EU Member States: Evaluation and Promotion of Current Best Practices” – INTEGRACE.
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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: 03 May 2012
In a globalised economic environment, labour mobility both within the EU and between the
EU and the rest of the world is a growing reality and necessity. Social security coordination is
a system of rules aimed at facilitating such mobility.
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Main theme: Economic migration, External Dimension
Keywords: labour mobility, bilateral agreements, common approach
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.