Today, the Commission is expanding on the concept of controlled centres as well as short-term measures that could be taken to improve the processing of migrants being disembarked in the EU, and giving a first outline of the possible way forward for the establishment of regional disembarkation arrangements with third countries.
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Thème principal: Borders & Visa
Mots-clés: controlled centre, regional disembarkation arrangement
Today, the State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration and his Tunisian counterpart signed an agreement which focuses on cooperation regarding migration and return.
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Thème principal: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Mots-clés: Tunisia, bilateral agreements
The EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2017 provides a comprehensive overview of developments at European level and at the level of national asylum systems. Based on a wide range of sources, the Report looks into main statistical trends and analyses changes in EU+ countries as regards their legislation, policies, practices, as well as national case law.
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Thème principal: Asylum
Mots-clés: EASO, Common European Asylum System
Today, 10 families with a humanitarian visa arrived in Zaventem. They will apply for international protection once in Belgium. They will be hosted in Christian communities, in cooperation with Caritas, during the first year.
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Thème principal: International Protection
Mots-clés: humanitarian visa
Dans le cadre de la présidence bulgare du Conseil, le Point de Contact National bulgare du REM a organisé la conférence annuelle du REM du 31 mai au 1er Juin à Sofia. La conférence était consacrée aux défis et aux facteurs de succès dans la gestion des flux migratoires.
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The Royal Decree of 23 April 2018 introduced changes with regards to extending or ending the stay of international students. It details – inter alia – in which cases an order to leave the territory can be issued to a student when he/she extends his/her studies in an excessive manner considering the results.
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Thème principal: Study § Training
Mots-clés: student
In this report, the Commission is reporting on progress made under the European Agenda on Migration and the Commission's roadmap from December 2017, and is setting out further key actions to be taken.
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Thème principal: Migration
Mots-clés: European Agenda on Migration
Eurostat published a statistical analysis on the number of unaccompanied minors who applied for international protection in 2017. the 31,400 applications represent an important decrease compared to previous years.
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Thème principal: Vulnerable groups, International Protection
Mots-clés: unaccompanied minors
En 2018, le Réseau Européen des Migrations (REM) célèbre son dixième anniversaire. A cette occasion, le REM a organisé une conférence le 15 mai à Bruxelles.
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Thème principal: Asile, Accueil, Protection internationale, Migration, Migration économique, Regroupement familial, Etudes et formation, Citoyenneté & Nationalité, Contrôle des frontières & Visa, Migration irrégulière, Retour & Réadmission, Trafic & Traite d'êtres humains
Mots-clés: anniversary, EMN conference
Commissioner Avramopoulos has congratulated the EMN on it's approaching 10th anniversary in a speech.
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Thème principal: Cross-sectional
Mots-clés: European Commission
In a judgment handed down today, the EU Court of Justice responded to a Dutch prejudicial question on family reunification of (unaccompanied minor) refugees. Following the reasoning of the Court, an unaccompanied minor who attains the age of majority during the asylum procedure retains its right to family reunification.
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Thème principal: Family reunification
Mots-clés: unaccompanied minors, family reunification right, international protection
Le Point de Contact belge du REM a produit une courte vidéo sur la thématique de l’emploi illégal de ressortissants de pays tiers, et les études du REM consacrées à ce sujet
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Thème principal: Migration
Mots-clés: illegal employment
Two United Nations agencies are joining forces to combat migrant smuggling. They organized an event centering on a Joint Platform on Countering Migrant Smuggling.
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Thème principal: Smuggling & Trafficking
Mots-clés: migrant smuggling
Following the adoption of the Cooperation Agreement on the Single Permit Procedure on 2 February 2018, different legislative texts have been adopted at the federal and regional levels in March 2018 to approve this Cooperation Agreement.
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Thème principal: Economic migration
Mots-clés: single permit directive
Le gouvernement a approuvé le 24 mars 2018 un nouveau plan de réduction de capacité pour les demandeurs de protection internationale. Le réseau d’accueil actuel compte 23.815 places. Ce nombre devrait être réduit à 16.629 places en 2019, dont 10.044 places collectives et 6.585 places individuelles. Avec ce nouveau plan, le réseau retrouvera ainsi sa capacité d’avant la crise.
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Thème principal: Accueil
Mots-clés: reception place
En février, Fedasil, l'Agence fédérale pour l'accueil des demandeurs d'asile, a signé un accord-cadre avec Enabel (www.enabel.be), l’Agence belge du développement (anciennement Coopération technique belge).
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Thème principal: Retour & Réadmission
Mots-clés: coopération au développement
Les retours volontaires vers les pays d’origine sont en baisse. En cause notamment le nombre moins élevé de demandes d’asile ces deux dernières années.
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Thème principal: Retour & Réadmission
Mots-clés: voluntary return
Today Eurostat published the 2017 statistics on 'Asylum in the EU' on its website. It covers main trends and characteristics of first time applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications for 2017 in the EU.
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Thème principal: International Protection
Mots-clés: asylum applications, asylum decisions
La Commission européenne propose de réformer la politique commune de visas de l'UE. Elle rend également compte - et demande - de nouveaux progrès dans le cadre de l'agenda européen pour les migrations. Enfin, elle mobilise des fonds supplémentaires pour les réfugiés syriens en Turquie.
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Thème principal: Dimension externe, Migration
Mots-clés: agenda européen en matière de migration, code des visas, Turquie
Law on reform of Belgium's Immigration Act published
Today, March 12, 2018 the Law of 21 November 2017 (adopted in the Parliament on Nov. 9) modifying the Immigration Act was published in the Belgian Official Gazette and will come into force on March 22, 2018.
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Thème principal: International Protection
Mots-clés: asylum law
Today, the Belgian Minister of Home Affairs, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration met with the British Home Secretary in London to discuss the issue of transit migration.
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Thème principal: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Mots-clés: transit migration, transit migrants, United Kingdom
From 21 until 23 February 2018, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, Theo Francken, visited Guinea in order to discuss the questions of – inter alia - irregular migration and return.