Publication date: 03 July 2013
This report provides statistics, information on the legal framework, the asylum procedure and reception conditions for asylum seekers in Belgium.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum decisions, asylum law, asylum policy, asylum procedure
Publication date: 25 June 2013
In order to satisfy the large demand for detailed figures on asylum and migration, the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN compiled in August 2012 a series of figures on asylum and migration.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum decisions, asylum applications, residence permit, forced return, voluntary return, work permit
Publication date: 24 June 2013
This is the sixth annual report that the Centre for Equal Opportunities and the Fight against Racism publishes on migration. The report highlights relevant available data and provides a juridical analysis on the issues at stake.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: annual report
Publication date: 23 May 2013
This is the 9th Policy Report elaborated by the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN. It provides an overview of major developments in the field of asylum and migration in Belgium in the year 2012.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Publication date: 27 March 2013
This paper maps the marital choices of persons with a migratory background in Belgium, with a focus on populations of Moroccan and Turkish origin.
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Main theme: Migration, Family reunification
Keywords: first generation, marital choice, second generation
Publication date: 02 January 2013
On the basis of a field study, The King Baudouin Foundation examined in more detail the marriage migration from Emirdag to Brussels with a view to identify profiles, aspirations and motivations of the migrants involved.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Keywords: marriage migration, Emirdag
Publication date: 12 December 2012
This 59-page report identifies three major protection gaps for migrant women who experience domestic violence in Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: migrant woman, domestic violence, protection gap
Publication date: 15 November 2012
This study of 2012 gives an overview of how migration and asylum policy is organised in Belgium. The study is an update from a study from 2008-2009.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: institutional framework
Publication date: 09 October 2012
One week before the European Anti Trafficking Day (18 October), the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism presented its fifteenth annual report on trafficking in, and smuggling of human beings.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication date: 03 October 2012
This research project undertaken by Prof. F. Caestecker (University College Ghent) investigates the policy towards international students and the extent to which third-country nationals used opportunities to study in Belgium during the last decade.
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Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: admission, education, mobility, student
Publication date: 25 September 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point describes the issue of establishing identity of applicants for international protection and for the return of rejected asylum applicants
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: identification, identity
Publication date: 21 August 2012
The REAB Annual Report 2011 gives an overview of developments and latest trends regarding stakeholders, assistance and approaches addressing the return and reintegration of migrants. It offers a basis for further recommendations on AVRR and return management, more particularly in Belgium.
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Publication date: 08 August 2012
This publication from the King Baudouin Foundation, reviews 22 projects building bridges between elderly migrants and existing services. Based on such experiences, tracks are identified to further involve elderly migrants in the society.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: assistance, health care, senior migrant
Publication date: 03 August 2012
This study provides an insight into the variety of transnational practices developed by people of Chinese, Congolese, Moroccan and Turkish origin residing in Belgium.
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Main theme: Integration, External Dimension
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: link with country of origin, transnationalism, assimilation, diaspora, development
Publication date: 28 June 2012
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism presented today its fifth Annual Report on Migration, with data and analysis on different migration topics (international protection, the right to family life, return, ...)
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Regularization, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report
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Since June 4, 2012 the annual report 2011 of the Immigration Department is available
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Publication date: 05 June 2012
On 5 June 2012, the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons presented its annual report for the reference year 2011.
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Itinera Institute published a number of papers on its website on the occassion of its conference "Integration: what’s in a name? Going beyond multiculturalism for immigration nation Belgium".
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: citizenship
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The annual report describes how Fedasil in 2011 was faced with the saturation of the reception structures. The annual report provides an overview of developments in terms of arrivals, capacity and complement.
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The annual report for 2011 Fedasil on developments in the field of voluntary return provides insight into the voluntary return programs, and a summary of the developments regarding the additional reintegration support as well as future prospects.
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Publication date: 25 April 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point clarifies the scope of the issue and presents national means of prevention, detection and actions against such misuses, as well as statistics in this field.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: False declaration of parenthood, marriage of convenience
Publication date: 16 April 2012
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2011 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have occured in Belgium in the field of migration and asylum in the reference year.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Publication Type: Annual Policy Reports
Keywords: migration policy
Publication date: 02 April 2012
Miet Lamberts, researcher at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA center) of the KU Leuven offers an analyzis of the immigration data in Flanders for the year 2011. It gives a specific point of view on how the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of migrants take part in the Flamish society.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Immigrant integration, integration monitor
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Johan Wets and Tom De Bruyn, researchers at the Reasearch Center HIVA of the KUL publish their study about shortages of staff in the healthcare sector in Belgium.
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Publication date: 29 February 2012
The Belgian Federal Agency for Reception of Asylum Seekers presents the statistics of voluntary returns performed from Belgium in 2011.