Publication date: 09 July 2015
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published its annual report on the situation of asylum in the European Union.
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Publication date: 30 June 2015
This study examines the interconnection between labour shortages in the Member States and labour migration policies from third countries to Member States.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: labour migration, labour shortage
Publication date: 04 June 2015
This Report presents the main findings of the 2014 EMN Study "Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors (UAMs)". The study aims to update the findings of the 2008-2009 EMN study on UAMs.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection, Vulnerable groups, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
Publication date: 06 May 2015
This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study Admitting third-country nationals for business purposes focusing on the admission for business purposes of non-EU investors, non-EU business-owners and other business persons.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: business person, immigrant business owner, immigrant investor
Publication date: 05 May 2015
This Policy Brief from the Institute for European Studies examines whether Belgium’s complex federal state structure can help explain the country’s poor performance regarding labour market participation of people with an immigrant background.
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Publication date: 04 April 2015
The European Parliament Think Tank has published a briefing presenting facts and figures about irregular immigration in the EU.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: illegal border crossing, illegal entry, illegal stay, obligation to leave the territory
Publication date: 01 April 2015
The Frontex Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) presents a European summary of trends and developments along the external borders of the Member States of the EU.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: entry refusal, illegal border crossing, irregular entry, irregular stay, obligation to leave the territory
The Development of EU Policy on Immigration and Asylum: Rethinking Coordination and Leadership (MPI)
Publication date: 19 March 2015
This policy brief of the Migration Policy Insitute (MPI) addresses the underlying mechanisms of policymaking around migration and asylum at the EU level and identifies areas in which the EU institutions must reform to have the desired effect on the ground.
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Main theme: International Protection
Publication Type: Opinion
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration
Publication date: 16 March 2015
This FRA focus presents a toolbox of possible schemes EU Member States could use to enable more persons in need of international protection to reach the European Union (EU) without resorting to smugglers.
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Main theme: International Protection, Migration
Keywords: resettlement, humanitarian admission, temporary protection, legal entry
Publication date: 23 February 2015
This EMN study aims to compare the different national policies in place for non-EU investors, business owners and other business persons at the various stages of migration (pre-entry, entry and stay).
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: business person, immigrant business owner, immigrant investor
Publication date: 19 February 2015
An Analysis of the Labour Market Careers of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Belgium
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: employment, labour market integration
Publication date: 18 February 2015
18 (Member) States provided detailed national information and available statistical data on the detention and removal of unaccompanied and accompanied minors. This query was launched by the Belgian EMN national contact point.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: detention, minor, removal, unaccompanied minors
Publication date: 31 January 2015
This is the Belgian Contribution to the EMN focused study on policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors. Other EMN National Contact Points (NCP’s) produced a similar report on the topic for their (Member) State.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: unaccompanied minors, guardianship, age assessment
Publication date: 01 January 2015
This report provides a synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union
Publication date: 01 January 2015
This EMN Inform provides information concerning EMN national Contact Points’ practices on return and reintegration to Western Africa.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: assistance, reintegration programmes, voluntary return
Publication date: 11 December 2014
This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study aimed at analyzing Member States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements as the EU main policy measures to implement effective return policies
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive
Publication date: 11 December 2014
This focused study presents an analysis of (Member) States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements and also identify good practices in this field, including possible synergies in the implementation of return and reintegration measures.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive
Publication date: 04 December 2014
This policy brief, produced by the Migration Policy Centre, focuses on immigration to Europe via the Mediterranean and related issues such as smuggling, sea routes, Mare Nostrum and risks encountered by migrants. It also provides statistics and data.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: boat migrant, human smuggling, Mare Nostrum, Mediterranean, migrant death
Publication date: 04 December 2014
This annual report on Human Trafficking, produced by the Federal Migration Centre, provides qualitative and quantitative data on victims of human trafficking as well as judicial analysis and recommendations to the new government.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: human smuggling, human trafficking, national referral mechanism, victims of human trafficking
Publication date: 03 December 2014
This policy brief is part of a series produced by the SIRIUS Network in collaboration with MPI Europe, which focuses on how policies at the EU level and within individual Member States can better support the education outcomes of young people with a migrant background.
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Main theme: Study § Training, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: education policy, integration policy, migrant pupil need, Social cohesion
Publication date: 03 December 2014
The 9th edition of the EMN Bulletin provides updates on recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national level, including latest relevant published statistics.
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Publication date: 01 December 2014
This EMN Inform provides information concerning Member States’ practices on return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: country of origin, reintegration programmes, return
Publication date: 03 November 2014
This focused study presents an analysis of (Member) States use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies and identifies similarities, differences and good practices in this field
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Thematic Studies
Keywords: alternative to detention, detention
Publication date: 03 November 2014
This Inform summarizes the main findings of the corresponding EMN study aimed at analyzing Member States’ use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies