Publication date: 06 May 2011

In 2008, the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) and the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) organized a serial of debates on migration policy in Belgium. This report is intended as support-tool for these debates.
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: migration policy

Publication date: 06 May 2011

Report of the Universities UG (Ghent) and ULB (Brussels) on behalf of the Belgian government
Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: student migration, third-country nationals

Publication date: 05 May 2011

The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) published a new Policy Brief about the EU's 2020 strategy

Publication date: 04 May 2011

The King Baudouin Foundation publishes a practical tool for practitioners in the re/integration of victims of human trafficking

Publication date: 21 April 2011

IPPR briefing on the most significant migration trends and policies in 2010 and 2011 in the UK
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: migration policy, annual report

Publication date: 21 April 2011

How to cope with one of the most difficult public policy issue at the moment in Europe, dealing with irregular migration? On 20 April 2011, the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published a new report on irregular migration in the UK
Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: border control, forced return

Publication date: 04 April 2011

Revised and updated version of a comparative analysis of family migration policies in 9 European countries (AT, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FR, IT, NL, UK), carried out by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: ICMPD, gender, family migration policy

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This Publication of the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) aims at providing an analysis of the European legal framework, from offering better regulation of family reunification by Member States to protective jurisprudence, as well as Belgian law (the law of 15.12.1980) and recent developments.
Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: KBF

Publication date: 30 March 2011

What are the immigration processes with which compliance must be ensured for the employment of third-country highlyskilled workers in different European countries? In which country are the migration processes the fastest and the easiest to comply with? The answer is to be found in this Laga study.

Publication date: 30 March 2011

To what extent the Voluntary Return Programmes for foreign workers can be helpful in order to decrease unemployment pressures in a context of economic crisis? In the background of lessons provided by experience in other countries, this paper analyzes the Spanish policy in that field.
Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: foreign workers, Spain, voluntary return

Publication date: 30 March 2011

Is the the temporary movement of service providers, as liberalized by the WTO in the so-called mode 4 of GATS, lacking potential for managing labor migration? What about then the other migration-related agreements? This analysis is reviewing some regulation currently available in treaty law.
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: EPA, GATS, temporary migration, WTO

Publication date: 30 March 2011

How is it being undocumented children in Britain? This study introduces the debate on children in migration and illustrates some of the tensions that the migration of children produces, both in legal and in policy terms.
Main theme: Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: migration of children, UK

Publication date: 30 March 2011

In the context of the comprehensive US immigration reform, improved controls and dealing with unauthorized foreigners were discussed extensively in the US Senate in 2006 and 2007. But what about the future flows?

Publication date: 30 March 2011

What about the role demography could play in the research on the causes of international population movements? This Paper aims at analysing this role and also analyses the intersection of future demographic trends with possible labour market developments

Publication date: 30 March 2011

How do you explain that children of the same family could assimilate in different ways? If the usual suspect variables ultimately do not explain assimilation at the individual level, what does?
Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: assimilation, peers, second-generation, Turkish Muslims

Publication date: 30 March 2011

To what extent is climate change affecting migration flows? Although knowledge in that particular field remains limited, this study is paving the way for a new research area.
Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: climate change, environmental migrants, forced migration

Publication date: 28 March 2011

The King Baudouin Foundation presents figures and trends on the influx of migrant spouses in Belgium and information about socio-economic profile of those concerned (2011)
Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: KBF

Publication date: 27 January 2011

Has the rise in immigrants'unemployment an impact on public finances? To what extent is the current slump having an impact on the employment of immigrants? And what are the factors depending on it?
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: immigrant, unemployment

Publication date: 27 January 2011

The current volume of IMISCOE-AUP Textbook Series encompasses 25 theoretical papers that have an impact on research in Europe or reflect a European perspective on international migration and immigration integration.
Main theme: Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: immigration

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The Clandestino Project is a response to the need for supporting policy makers in designing and implementing appropriate policies regarding undocumented migration.
Main theme: Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: irregular resident

Publication date: 25 January 2011

In the recent past some important changes ocurred within the agricultural sector in Flanders and Belgium. This research paper focuses on the consequences of these changes for the employment of migrants in the agricultural sector.
Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: seasonal labour

Publication date: 28 December 2010

Over the project's lifetime, the project team investigated the scope, availability and comparability of quantitative data in the area of migration, integration and discrimination in Europe, studying available statistical data and data collection in 29 countries.

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The Summer School in Brussels brings together around 100 participants, including students, academics, and professionals from EU Member States and EU institutions, as well as refugee-students supported by the RefYOUgees initiative. It combines a series of courses on EU Migration and Asylum Law with debates on recent policy developments. Participants also attend seminars presenting PhD research projects and discuss complex legal and policy issues. The programme provides opportunities for interaction and networking among students, academics, practitioners, and refugee participants.

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On 9 February 2026, the Minerva think tank published a report assessing the economic and demographic impacts of current asylum and migration policies in Belgium, while also considering comparative cases in other European countries. It examines how policy choices in this field interact with labour market needs, demographic trends and public finances, and explores potential medium- to long-term effects associated with different policy approaches. The publication contributes to the broader policy debate by presenting available data and modelling selected scenarios.

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This data comes from Bruss’help’s eighth count, carried out through a large-scale collaboration across sectors and indicating a worsening trend of homelessness in Brussels. For the first time, data from reception centres for applicants for international protection were collected. Out of 5.135 individuals, 17 were required to leave their centre within 30 days without any housing solution, while 94 remained beyond their expected departure due to the lack of stable housing options.