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In July 2025, the Odysseus Network for Legal Studies on Migration and Asylum in Europe organises the 25th edition of its yearly summer school. It will focus on the European immigration and asylum policies from a legal perspective, including the latest developments in 2025. Special emphasis will be placed on the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: asylum law, migration law, New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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On 25 March 2025, the Belgian Contact Point to the European Migration Network (EMN) participated in a study morning dedicated to the presentation of a new tool: "The Reception Centre as Seen by Children." The new tool provides practical methods for capturing children's experiences, enabling professionals to better understand their needs and enhance the quality of care in these centres.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: reception centre, child, child-friendly environment
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This workshop, jointly organised by the Migration Policy Center (MPC) and the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM), will provide a platform for presenting and discussing empirical research on public attitudes toward migration, the sociopolitical mechanisms driving migration-related polarisation, and the policy responses addressing these challenges.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: public attitude, public perception, polarisation, policy response
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On 16 January EMN Belgium participated in the MIGLOBA Day 2025, an event dedicated to the University of Antwerp’s Network on Migration and Global Mobility.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: university of antwerp
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This conference will highlight the findings from the European research project OPPORTUNITIES. Four years of research will be brought to the stage on how narratives on migration develop, how (social) media spread such narratives, how Europeans relate to migration and how, in practice, an equal dialogue is possible.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: narrative, equal dialogue, migration discourse
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On 17-18 October 2024, EMN Belgium participated in the Odysseus Network Conference 2024 on EU Legislation after the Pact. This event offered EMN Belgium the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of some of the 485 pages included in the new legal instruments introduced by the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: New Pact on Migration and Asylum, implementation, solidarity, responsibility sharing, border, screening, fundamental right
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What does the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum actually mean for Belgian migration and asylum procedures? This study day will allow lawyers, magistrates and all legal practitioners to consider this question, benefiting from the contributions and insights of experts from national migration and asylum authorities, various non-governmental organisations, and several universities.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: New Pact on Migration and Asylum, asylum procedure, right of residence
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This conference aims to present the first results of a Fedasil-funded mentoring-to-work project for highly skilled asylum seekers. It will discuss the challenges and opportunities of using mentoring as a pre-integration tool for asylum seekers. It will also explore the added value of mentoring for those who receive a positive decision and the challenges that arise from working with status holders.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: mentoring, pré-intégration, highly skilled asylum seeker
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This legally oriented European conference focuses on the legislation adopted on 14 May 2024 under the framework of the Pact on Migration and Asylum. It aims to provide the first legal analysis of all these complex legal instruments and their interconnections, including practical aspects in relation with the topics covered.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Odysseus Network, New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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In July 2024, the Odysseus Network for Legal Studies on Migration and Asylum in Europe organises the 24th edition of its yearly summer school. The summer school focuses on the European immigration and asylum policies from a legal perspective, including the latest developments in 2024. A special emphasis is on the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Odysseus Network, summer school
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Researcher and author Pascal Debruyne will present his book which contains stories of parents and minors who struggle through the family reunification procedure and stories of care providers who try their best to support these families. Panel discussions will also take place with experts in this field.
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Main theme: Family reunification
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Social Citizenship and Migration (SCM), which is one of the multidisciplinary programmes launched by Leiden University, will hold a one-day event to feature research on migration and social citizenship from a variety of perspectives and methodologies, including history, political science, sociology, anthropology and economics.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: citizenship, governance, public policy
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The 4th edition of the annual Migration & Health Seminar, jointly organised by the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the University of Antwerp (MIGLOBA; previously CEMIS), will focus on mental health and migration.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: mental health, diversity, psychiatric care, mental well-being
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This Summer School, which has already trained more than 2000 persons, offer participants a global understanding of the European immigration and asylum policies from a legal perspective, including the latest developments in 2023.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: asylum law, migration law
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This conference will examine the issues at the core of the current debates about Schengen like the balance between solidarity & responsibility between States in liaison with secondary movements of asylum seekers, the persistence of controls at Schengen internal borders, the way to monitor human rights at the external borders, the increasing recourse to large-scale databases,...
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: Schengen, Schengen acquis
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In an attempt to determine the real population of the country, including undocumented migrant people, VUB demographers applied a simple but innovative statistical method that they believe has provided the most accurate figures possible.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: undocumented migrants
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This MPI Europe webinar aims to examine what has been done to foster the integration of those staying long(er) in host societies, to organize first reception services for any additional newcomers, and to prepare the return of those set on going home and rebuilding Ukraine.
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Main theme: Temporary protection
Keywords: Ukraine, Temporary Protection Directive
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Each year, the Odysseus Network organizes a Summer School in EU immigration and asylum law and policy. The courses tackle the most recent legislative, jurisprudential and political developments in the field at EU level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Odysseus netwerk
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Each year, the Odysseus Network organizes a Summer School in EU immigration and asylum law and policy. The courses tackle the most recent legislative, jurisprudential and political developments in the field at EU level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: immigration law
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In 2018, the annual Metropolis conference will take place in Sydney from 29 October to 2 November. The theme for this year’s conference is 'Global Migration in Turbulent Times'.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: metropolis
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The 15th IMISCOE Annual Conference will take place in Barcelona, 2 - 4 July 2018. The conference covers the theme "Europe, migrations and the Mediterranean: human mobilities and intercultural challenges".
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
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Each year, the Odysseus Network organizes a summer school in EU immigration and asylum law and policy. The courses tackle the most recent legislative, jurisprudential and political developments in the field at EU level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Training
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The Odysseus Annual Conference 2018 is entitled 'Conflict and Compromises between Law and Politics in EU Migration and Asylum Policies' as 2017 has been marked by several rulings of the Court of Justice in extremely sensitive cases.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: jurisprudence
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CESSMIR organises a conference to present its research results, followed by reflections on these results from the practice and interactions with the audience.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: research
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The Migration Policy Institute Europe (MPI Europe), the United States Mission to the European Union, the Mission of Canada to the European Union, and the European Economic and Social Committee will organise a conference on 'Social innovation for refugee inclusion: Maintaining momentum and creating lasting change'.