Publication date: 11 May 2011
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published its fourth annual report 'Migration'. The Centre pleads for the third year in a row for a sustainable migration policy in Belgium.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Family reunification, Citizenship & Nationality, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Regularization
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report, migration policy
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.
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Publication date: 06 May 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) and the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published a compilation of facts and figures to support the public debate on migration policy
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Publication date: 06 May 2011
Report of the Universities UG (Ghent) and ULB (Brussels) on behalf of the Belgian government
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Main theme: Study § Training
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: student migration, third-country nationals
Publication date: 04 May 2011
IOM published in cooperation with Fedasil the annual REAB-report 2010
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: IOM, REAB program, reintegration programmes, voluntary return
Publication date: 04 May 2011
On behalf of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre), the Independent Research Bureau (IRBeurope) carried out a study on the perception of four minority groups in Belgium.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: ethnic minorities, perception
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This is the fifth newsletter of the Belgian Contact Point (December 2010).
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This is the annual report 2009 of the Commissioner General for Refugees & Stateless Persons.
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This report describes the activities of the Immigration Office for the year 2009 regarding the entry, stay, settlement and removal of foreign nationals.
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Publication date: 08 April 2011
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2010 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have taken place 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
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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.
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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)
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Publication date: 28 March 2011
(01/06/2010) Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) published its annual report 2009. 2009 was a difficult year, marked on the one hand by a considerable increase in asylum applications, on the other hand by a considerable growth of the reception capacity.
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Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: annual report, reception centre, reception crisis
Publication date: 22 March 2011
In this study the existence of, the policy on and the future options of temporary and circular migration in Belgium are examined.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: circular migration, temporary migration
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At the end of the Second World War, Belgium counted officially 10 Congolese individuals in its borders. Today, about 16.000 Congolese citizens are living in the country and further 25.000 persons, born as Congolese nationals, became Belgians.
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The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre) published in October 2010 its Statistical and Demographic Study 2009
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Publication date: 27 January 2011
This research, initiated by the IOM, aimed at better defining the profile of the Brazilian migrants residing in Ireland, Portugal and Belgium.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Brazil, IOM, 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.
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Publication date: 19 January 2011
This quarterly Eurostat publication gives an insight into recent developments in international protection including applicants for asylum and decisions on asylum applications. These data are supplied to Eurostat by the national Ministries of Interior and related official agencies.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: asylum, asylum applications, asylum decisions, data in focus, Eurostat, first instance, gender, minors of age, outcomes
Publication date: 28 December 2010
What is the Belgian approach and policy regarding economic migration? This study addresses this question and examines the labour migration in Belgium from the point of view of combating labour shortages and/or labour demands.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: highly skilled, labour policy, labour shortages, low skilled, mobility, work permit
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The main objective fixed to this report is to describe the statistical trends on international migration and asylum for the reference year 2008 in Belgium.
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Publication date: 30 June 2010
Ad-Hoc Query, requested by the Belgian NCP on 12 May 2010 concerning granting of protection to so called 'Réfugié Sur Place' in EU member states - 14 responses
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Main theme: Data & Statistics, International Protection
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: refugié sur place
Publication date: 20 January 2010
This report – Belgian Policy Report on Asylum and Migration 2009 – gives an overview of developments and changes that have taken place 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: 01 December 2009
This study examines the protection statuses granted in Belgium, including those harmonized at European level and those set at the national level in the framework of asylum and immigration policies. It addresses the legal basis, procedures and rights attached to these statuses.