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EU leaders on 24 June agreed to establish a "safeguard mechanism" allowing the re-introduction of internal borders in exceptional circumstances
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: EU Council, Schengen Agreement
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EMN Conference Come Stay Go - Schengen Luxembourg Europe to be held in Luxembourg City on 27 and 28 September 2011
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: Luxembourg, Schengen Agreement
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This week 25 refugees from Eritrea and Congo, who got into a deadlock in Libya, arrived in Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Libya, resettlement, UNHCR
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The University Centre Sint-Ignatius Antwerp (UCSIA) organizes a lecture- and debate-evening in cooperation with the University of Antwerp.
Lectures and discussion will be held in English.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: detention, EU Migration Policy
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics
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EuropeAid Info Point organizes a lunch-time conference on ‘Preventing and prosecuting trafficking for labour exploitation’ on Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 12.30 p.m. at the External Cooperation Info Point, rue de la Loi 43, Ground floor.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
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The Belgian Immigration Office started the SEFOR Project, which aims at ensuring the follow-up of the migrants having received an order to leave the territory, if they are effectively returning to their country of origin, voluntarily or not (SEFOR meaning "Sensibilisation, Follow-up, Return)
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: voluntary return
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The Statistical Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has developed an inventory of information sources and institutions dealing with migration issues. Called migratory, this inventory identifies over 1800 sources located in the UNECE region.
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Main theme: Migration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: migration statistics, UNECE
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2nd Norwegian EMN Conference, organized by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Institute for Social Research (ISF)
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: regularization
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The European Council has launched its virtual Resource Centre on Free Movement & Migration
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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The event took place on April 27, 2011 at the Centre. Representatives of the academic world, government, administration and NGO's discussed with the Belgian EMN NCP the future development of the national migration network.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
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On June 22, 2011, the Justice Commission found no agreement on the draft bill of several Flemish political parties concerning the tightening of the acquisition of citizenship in Belgium
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Keywords: acquisition of citizenship, Belgian Parliament, Naturalisation
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Debate organised by the Fondation Robert Schuman whith Mr. Jacques Barrot (former Vice-President of the EU Commission) and Mr. Carlos Coehlo (EU MEP, EPP), moderated by Mr. Jean-Dominique Giuliani
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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The Council Directive 2003/109/EC has been amended by the Directive 2011/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection
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Main theme: International Protection, Migration
Keywords: EU directive, Long-term Residents
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EMN presents its synthesis report of the EMN study ‘Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration ’. Source of this publication are the different national studies, carried out in 2010 by the National Contact Points (NCP's) of the EMN.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: highly skilled workers, labour policy, labour shortages, low-skilled workers, mobility, work permit
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On 9 and 10 June 2011, the Justice and Home Affairs of the Council of the European Union took place in Luxembourg. On the agenda of the home affairs ministers stood, amongst others, amendments on FRONTEX-rules and the Schengen evaluation of Bulgaria and Romania.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Economic migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: Council
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics
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The judicial service of the Brussels based Integration Centre 'Foyer' offers a thematic workshop for practitioners
When: 17/06/2011, 13-16.30h
Where: Regional Integration Centre 'Foyer' Werkhuizenstraat 25, 1080 Brussels
Free of cost
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Naturalisation
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On 1 June 2011, the European Commission presents its revised proposals amending the Directives on Asylum Procedures and on Reception Conditions.
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Main theme: Asylum, Reception, International Protection
Keywords: asylum procedure, EU directive, reception
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum statistics, CGRS
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On May 24, 2011, the European Commission presented its proposals for a better managment of migration flows from the Southern Mediterranean region and for amendements to the Visa Regulation
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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On 19 May 2011, the 14th EU-Russia meeting on justice and home affairs took place in Russia
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa
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Final conference of the European TCN's project on migration and integration of third-country nationals in Europe, carried out by higher educational institutes in Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Malta and the UK.
When: 27 May 2011
Where: Hotel Corbie Mol, Corbiestraat 64, 2400 Mol/Belgium
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Main theme: Migration, Cross-sectional, Integration
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The European Immigration Lawyers Network (EILN) organises a bi-lingual conference (French/English) on familiy reunification in Europe
Where: Maison du Barreau, 2, rue de Harlay, 75001 Paris
When: 20 May 2011
Registration fee: € 200