Publication date: 09 October 2015
This publication analyses recent development in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and some non member countries as well as the evolution of recent labour market outcomes of immigrants in OECD countries.
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Publication date: 17 September 2015
This EMN study analyses and compares the different approaches used by Member States to ensure irregular migrants are informed of options for return.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: EMN Reports & studies
Keywords: voluntary return
Publication date: 07 September 2015
This report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights aims to estimate the economic cost of providing timely access to healthcare for migrants in an irregular situation, compared with providing treatment only in emergency cases.
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Publication date: 04 September 2015
In this report, Myria provides an annual overview of the demographics and of the situation of foreigners in terms of fundamental rights in Belgium. Myria also provides recommendations for the belgian public authorities.
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Publication date: 19 August 2015
This report focuses on Belgium’s admission policy for third country nationals, more particularly regarding family reunification, labour migration, and student migration. It also compares Belgium’s conditions of entry with those of other EU Member States.
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Publication date: 28 July 2015
The EMN Annual Report outlines the most significant political and legislative developments in the field of migration and asylum in 2014 at the EU level and within (Member) States.
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Main theme: Migration, Asylum
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 28 July 2015
The 11th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides updates 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: 15 July 2015
This policy report provides an overview of the major developments in the field of migration and asylum in Belgium in the year 2014.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 30 June 2015
This study examines the interconnection between labour shortages in the Member States and labour migration policies from third countries to Member States.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: labour migration, labour shortage
Publication date: 06 May 2015
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study Admitting third-country nationals for business purposes focusing on the admission for business purposes of non-EU investors, non-EU business-owners and other business persons.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: business person, immigrant business owner, immigrant investor
Publication date: 04 April 2015
The European Parliament Think Tank has published a briefing presenting facts and figures about irregular immigration in the EU.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: illegal border crossing, illegal entry, illegal stay, obligation to leave the territory
Publication date: 01 April 2015
The Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) presents a European summary of trends and developments along the external borders of the Member States of the EU.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: entry refusal, illegal border crossing, irregular entry, irregular stay, obligation to leave the territory
Publication date: 16 March 2015
This FRA focus presents a toolbox of possible schemes EU Member States could use to enable more persons in need of international protection to reach the European Union (EU) without resorting to smugglers.
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Main theme: International Protection, Migration
Keywords: resettlement, humanitarian admission, temporary protection, legal entry
Publication date: 05 March 2015
In this dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, Marieke van Houte shows that the expectations on which migration and development policies are based only apply to a small minority of returnees, who are not the group that is targeted by these policies.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Afghanistan, agents of changes, AVRR, development, post-conflict situation, return migration, return policies
Publication date: 04 March 2015
The study was conceived and commissioned as part of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Irregular Migration Research Programme and supported by the IOM and is one of the largest comparative projects on this topic in recent years.
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Publication date: 04 March 2015
The 10th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides updates 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: 02 March 2015
As Belgium does not yet have many mentoring projects, the King Baudouin Foundation decided to explore this area while also looking at practices in other countries.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: mentoring, labour market integration, youth unemployment, highly skilled
Publication date: 23 February 2015
This EMN study aims to compare the different national policies in place for non-EU investors, business owners and other business persons at the various stages of migration (pre-entry, entry and stay).
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: business person, immigrant business owner, immigrant investor
Publication date: 01 January 2015
This EMN Inform provides information concerning EMN national Contact Points’ practices on return and reintegration to Western Africa.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: REG
Keywords: assistance, reintegration programmes, voluntary return
Publication date: 01 January 2015
This report provides a synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union
Publication date: 11 December 2014
This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study aimed at analyzing Member States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements as the EU main policy measures to implement effective return policies
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive
Publication date: 11 December 2014
This focused study presents an analysis of (Member) States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements and also identify good practices in this field, including possible synergies in the implementation of return and reintegration measures.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive
Publication date: 04 December 2014
This policy brief, produced by the Migration Policy Centre, focuses on immigration to Europe via the Mediterranean and related issues such as smuggling, sea routes, Mare Nostrum and risks encountered by migrants. It also provides statistics and data.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: boat migrant, human smuggling, Mare Nostrum, Mediterranean, migrant death
Publication date: 04 December 2014
This annual report on Human Trafficking, produced by the Federal Migration Centre, provides qualitative and quantitative data on victims of human trafficking as well as judicial analysis and recommendations to the new government.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: human smuggling, human trafficking, national referral mechanism, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 03 December 2014
This flagship publication on migration analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and selected non-OECD countries.