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During this Networking Day, participants will examine ways to increase housing opportunities for newcomers. Through three workshops and a panel discussion, participants will bring together their experiences and expertise in the field.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: housing shortage, suitable housing, Foreign newcomers
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On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, UNHCR and NANSEN organise a study day on statelessness. Particular emphasis will be placed on the rights of stateless persons and the specific procedures applicable in Belgium, in particular the new residence procedure for stateless persons.
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Main theme: Statelessness
Keywords: stateless persons, residence procedure, access to rights
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On 9 July, almost 100 NGOs, which include ECRE and several ECRE member organisations, published a joint statement urging all EU Member States to guarantee the right to seek and enjoy asylum and uphold their commitments to the international refugee protection system.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: application for international protection, outsourcing, externalisation
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Doctors Without Borders, Doctors of the World, CIRÉ, Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, BelRefugees, Caritas International, and the Humanitarian Hub underline the permanent lack of reception, protection and access to medical services for applicants for international protection without a reception place. They want to challenge policy-makers and raise public awareness about people left left on the street.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: reception crisis, reception capacity
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In its pushback report 2023 published today, the human rights organisation 11.11.11. says there were 346.004 illegal pushbacks of people migrating to Europe in 2023 - that is 947 every day. The organisation used information provided by NGOs, human rights bodies and UN agencies to report this figure.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: external border, pushback, human rights
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Eurochild and the Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations for Children (FONPC) are organising an international conference to share good practices and lessons on how civil society can facilitate the integration of refugee and asylum-seeking children.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: children, Integration
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In a press release published today, Doctors of the World declared that it opposes a new article of the draft law presented by Nicole de Moor, providing for the possibility of carrying out medical examinations under constraint to facilitate the forced return of third-country nationals. Doctors of the World says this measure risks further complicating access to health care for these particularly vulnerable people.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: proactive return policy, medical examination, constraint
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Through its campaign “So what, we continue the exploitation?”, the CIRÉ underlines that undocumented workers who informally fill the labour needs, are at risk of being exploited. It pleads to give them access to legal work, particularly through the single permit procedure.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: undocumented migrants, undocumented worker, single permit, labour shortages, labour exploitation
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Samusocial, CIRÉ, Médecins du Monde, Ilot and the Brussels Platform Armoede have launched the campaign "Without papers, without rights, without shelter" to demonstrate the reality of undocumented persons and to propose concrete recommendations to policymakers in this field.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: homeless, undocumented migrants, access to employment, access to healthcare, gender
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During the first six months of 2023, the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders already helped 152 people – mostly refugees – in their search for lost relatives. That is the highest number since 2017. The organisation is looking for volunteers who want to commit at least 6 hours a week to help find the missing relatives.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Keywords: refugee, missing relative
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This annual meeting is aimed at teachers who wish to discover new tools and start the school year with new ideas to talk about migration in the classroom.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: tool, education, migration
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Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Act vote in the European Parliament, a coalition of human rights organisations is calling on EU lawmakers to include provisions in the proposed EU AI Act to protect people from AI surveillance technologies used in migration.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: artificial intelligence, border security, fundamental rights
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You are from Liège and you want to give your time to unaccompanied foreign minors? Caritas is looking for volunteers who want to meet them and exchange, either by doing activities or by supporting them at school.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: unaccompanied minors, volunteer
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The learning tool “Destination Europe” is now offered to Dutch-speaking secondary school teachers who want to introduce their students to decision-making on migration and integration.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Destination Europe
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Opening a reception center in your municipality can raise many questions. On 30 March, Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen organizes a learning networking moment for solidarity cities and municipalities to discuss the challenges and best practices related to the opening of a reception center.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: solidarity, reception centre, cities
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From this Wednesday, the three organizations offer immediate hosting in a building located in Anderlecht to applicants who will later be referred to a reception center from Fedasil.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: reception crisis, reception centre
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Ahead of the Family Reunification Directive’s 20th anniversary, this new comparative report provides a comprehensive overview of the current implementation of the Directive and other forms of realisation of family unity for individuals in need of protection across 23 European countries based on ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA).
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Main theme: Family reunification
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, family reunification right
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In a policy note published this week, ECRE analyses EU Member States’ policies and practices on “pendular” movement to and from Ukraine and makes recommendations to ensure security of status and rights for people covered by the TPD regime.
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Main theme: Temporary protection
Keywords: Temporary Protection Directive, Ukraine
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The ChildMove project represents a unique attempt to follow young refugees and migrants as they travel from Libya and Turkey to European shores and onwards, and to allow young people themselves to speak of what it means to be on the move.
Join the Migration Policy Institute Europe and Ghent University for a morning coffee and discussion of this ground-breaking study of the experiences of young refugees and migrants who have travelled across Europe, unaccompanied by their families
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
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At the height of the refugee “crisis” in October 2015, over 7,000 asylum seekers crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece per day. This created problematic conditions for refugees in reception centers and overwhelmed Greece as a first country of entry to the EU. In this setting, the EU-Turkey Statement was concluded with the aim of managing migration across the Aegean Sea and curbing arrivals to the EU. Whilst the Statement was effective in reducing the number of arrivals, it has been met with a series of human rights concerns.
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Main theme: External Dimension
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CNCD 11.11.11 and other organizations including CIRÉ, Médecins du Monde and Amnesty International, organize debates, testimonies and social and cultural encounters in different regions in Belgium to promote a different approach on migrations.
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Main theme: Integration, Migration
Keywords: migratory justice, civic assembly
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Six years after the promotion of a “new approach to a new neighbourhood” following the 2011 uprisings, what is the state of play of EU’s cooperation with the MENA region in the field of migration and asylum? This session will allow to reflect on the EU's external cooperation in the field of migration and asylum with South and East Mediterranean countries.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Mediterranean
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The 5 days training programme focuses on the issues of residence, international protection, employment and social assistance, private international law, citizenship, and integration processes.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: migration law
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The colloquium has selected experts from different backgrounds such as academic, public administration, non-governmental and international organisations, press, medical, etc. to discuss the vulnerability of women in their migration process.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: migrant women, migration, violence
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The 5 days training programme focuses on the issues of residence, international protection, employment and social assistance, private international law, citizenship, and integration processes.