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The Odysseus Annual Conference 2017 is entitled "Beyond the crisis? The State of Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in the EU". It will critically assess developments that took place in 2016, and look into 2017.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Odysseus Network
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In 2016, there was a sharp drop in the number of asylum applications in Belgium, and the number of decisions taken by the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons reached an all-time high.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: CGRS, asylum applications, asylum decisions
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Authorized officials of the Belgian Immigration Office have been granted direct access to certain parts of the central database of the Belgian police.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Immigration Office, Police
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The European Migration Platform will meet for the third time to focus on access to Europe, examining safe legal aternatives to the perilous journeys migrants undertake, how to access services upon arrival and rights they are entitled to.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Allemagne, Sweden, Slovaquie, civil society
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From 1 January to 30 June 2017, Malta will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency will focus on 6 key areas: migration, single market, security, social inclusion, Europe's neighbourhood and maritime sector.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Maltese Presidency, Council of the European Union
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The Commission is today proposing to improve the Schengen Information System (SIS) to close information gaps and to contribute to a stronger control of external borders and sustainable EU Security Union.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: external border, Schengen Information System
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The Platform on Statelessness of the European Migration Network, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the European Network on Statelessness organized the conference "Addressing Statelessness in the European Union, One year on from the adoption of European Council Conclusions".
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Main theme: Statelessness
Keywords: statelessness
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The Commission recommends today that transfers to Greece should be resumed gradually, only for asylum seekers for whom Greece is responsible from 15 March 2017, and subject to individual assurances from the Greek authorities.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Dublin transfer, Greece
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Civil society organizations that have experience in the issue of migrants' access to Europe, services and rights, and that wish to actively contribute to the European Migration Forum, must submit their application form no later than today!
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: European Migration Forum, civil society
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Social networks and online classified sites are being used by traffickers to market, recruit, sell their services. This conference looks into this issue and its impact in more depth.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: Slovakia
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This full day conference addresses current responses to the ongoing refugee crisis, providing an opportunity to highlight best practices and challenges.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: refugee crisis
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In october 2016, Fedasil has opened a new return desk in Charleroi, where migrants can receive information and assistance on voluntary return.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Keywords: return desk, voluntary return
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At 3pm today, the EMN presents the recently published study on resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: humanitarian admission, resettlement
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The Belgian Contact Point of the EMN organised a conference on labour market participation of beneficiaries of international protection. The event took place on the 8th of November in Brussels (Résidence Palace).
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Main theme: Integration, International Protection
Keywords: EMN conference, labour market integration
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CEMO organises a study morning in Brussels on the topic of the experience of exile through family reunification: myths, procedures and uprooting.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Keywords: CEMO, exile
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The REDIAL conference proposes for discussion some of the most contentious issues in the implementation of the Return Directive.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: return directive
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Today, the new agency aimed at strengthening Europe's external borders is legally operational.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: European Border and Coast Guard
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Due to the decreasing inflow of asylum seekers in Belgium, the reception network will be gradually decreased and the implementation of the new reception model will be resumed.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: Fedasil, reception centre
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Today, the European Commission is reporting on the progress made on the relocation and resettlement schemes and the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: Dublin transfer, EU-Turkey Statement, European Agenda on Migration, relocation, resettlement
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The 5 days training programme focuses on the issues of residence, international protection, employment and social assistance, private international law, citizenship, and integration processes.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: migration law
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The Finnish Contact Point of the EMN organizes this conference to present and discuss the outcomes of the EMN study on the return of rejected asylum-seekers.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: return, Grèce
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The Hungarian Contact Point of the EMN is organizing this conference to examine different examples of international cooperation to address statelessness.