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In a national study released in July 2023, EMN Belgium reviews the Belgian policy and practice regarding detention and alternatives to detention. The study clarifies which detention places and alternatives to detention exist in Belgium, how the decision-making process unfolds and how detention and its alternatives are actually implemented.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: detention, alternative to detention
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On 16 September 2020, the Interior Committee of the Belgian House of Representatives held a parliamentary hearing on a legislative proposal concerning the prohibition of detention of minors. EMN Belgium contributed to the hearing by presenting the laws, policies and practices in other EU Member States.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: detention, alternatives to detention, families, unaccompanied minors
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As of 11 August, irregularly staying families with minor children can be detained with a view to removal in family housing on the grounds of the closed detention centre 127bis.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: detention, child detention
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Organised in the framework of the Made Real Project funded by the European Union, this conference provides a comprehensive understanding of the EU legal framework on alternatives to detention (ATD) for asylum seekers and
migrants.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: alternative to detention, detention, Made Real Project
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This conference will allow the general public to learn and discuss the findings of the CONTENTION project which examines the different dimensions of the lawfulness of detention with differing practices and differing forms of implementation at national and European level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: detention, judicial control, removal, return directive
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On 12 and 13 June 2014, the European Migration Network Conference 2014 took place on "Irregular migration and return: challenges and practices". The Conference was organised in Athens, within the framework of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Council.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: alternative to detention, detention, entry ban, readmission agreement, return
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This year, the EMN Conference aims to support the policymaking process on a number of key areas of irregular migration policy, namely readmission, return, reintegration and cooperation with countries of transit and origin, as well as re-entry bans and (alternatives to) detention.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, External Dimension
Keywords: alternative to detention, detention, effective return, re-entry ban, reintegration
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In its ruling n° 166/2013 taken today 19 December 2013, the Constitutional Court rejected the appeal introduced with regard to the detention of families with children.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: alternatives to detention, child detention, detention
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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed both positive and negative observations on Belgium, following the examination of the third periodic report on Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection, Return & Readmission
Keywords: detention
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On 14 November, the European Court of Human Rights condemned Belgium in the case of M.D. v Belgium for infringing the right to an effective remedy on short delay, as captured in Article 5 §4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: detention, effective remedy
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The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) gave the green light to an agreement to recast the Reception Conditions Directive.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: vulnerable persons, detention, reception directive
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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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The European Commission presented an EU agenda for reinforcing the rights of the child. It includes a series of concrete actions, including promoting specific safeguards and procedural guarantees for children seeking asylum and child specific reception measures.