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Given the ticking clock, the European Commission reviews the state of affairs regarding progress on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and ECRE shares concerns about the possible outcomes of the current negotiations.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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Today the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, traveled to Tunisia, showing the importance of the migration partnership between Tunisia and the EU and the willingness for such partnership to be deepened in cooperation with the EU Member States.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: partnership, migrant smuggling, return, irregular migration, legal migration
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The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "best interests of the child" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: best interests of the child
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Members in the European Parliament (MEPs) agreed to open talks with EU Member States on key migration and asylum policy files. Following the plenary’s green light, MEPs may open talks on the final form of these legislative texts with the Council on those files for which the Member States have already agreed on their own position, notably the screening procedures.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: European Parliament, New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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Today EMN Belgium visited its Dutch counterpart in The Hague to exchange best practices and establish future collaboration. A great opportunity to meet in person and strengthen the European Migration Network!
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
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Today EMN Belgium visited Enabel partners to discuss themes and activities of common interest. Both the EMN Belgium team and the Enabel staff members in charge of human mobility and of strategic partnerships look forward to working together even more closely in the future.
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Main theme: External Dimension
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In an attempt to determine the real population of the country, including undocumented migrant people, VUB demographers applied a simple but innovative statistical method that they believe has provided the most accurate figures possible.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: undocumented migrants
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EMN Luxembourg, which chairs the EMN Platform on Statelessness, organizes a technical meeting on access to nationality for stateless persons.
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Main theme: Statelessness
Keywords: stateless persons, access to nationality
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The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "unaccompanied minor" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: unaccompanied minors
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In the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4 2022), there were 123 865 non-EU citizens ordered to leave an EU country (+11% compared with Q3 2022), and 28 155 non-EU citizens were returned to another country (including other EU countries) following an order to leave (+9% compared with Q3 2022).
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: order to leave the territory, return
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You are from Liège and you want to give your time to unaccompanied foreign minors? Caritas is looking for volunteers who want to meet them and exchange, either by doing activities or by supporting them at school.
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Main theme: Vulnerable groups
Keywords: unaccompanied minors, volunteer
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In 2021, there were an estimated 2.3 million immigrants coming to the EU from non-EU countries and about 1.1 million people from the EU who emigrated to a country outside the EU. This is an important increase compared with 2020.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: immigration, emigration
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The First Rome Dialogue on Jobs and Migration will focus on the Labour market integration of refugees and asylum seekers. It will discuss the pros and cons of different schemes, including some new hybrid alternatives that are being tested.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: labour market integration
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In 2022, 881 200 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, up by 64% compared with 2021 (537 400).
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications
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According to the statistics released today by the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, the backlog amounted to 18.390 cases concerning 21.618 persons at the end of February 2023.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: backlog, asylum figures
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During this morning national event, EMN Belgium presented key developments on migration and asylum in 2022 and invited numerous key experts to explain important issues and perspectives for 2023.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: annual EMN policy event
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This international conference, organised by EMN Georgia and EMN Latvia, focuses on a commonly understood language as a tool in migration management and in particular on the EMN Glossary on Asylum and Migration.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: glossary
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The learning tool “Destination Europe” is now offered to Dutch-speaking secondary school teachers who want to introduce their students to decision-making on migration and integration.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Destination Europe
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Civil society organisations are asked to indicate the aspects related to the suggested topics they are most interested in. They are also free to share further views, and suggestions on possible speakers, best practices, AMIF funded projects, items for workshops for the next European Migration Forum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: European Migration Forum
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The meeting put institutional stakeholders and the private sector around the table, to exchange experiences and knowledge regarding the future EU Talent Pool and other databases.
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Main theme: Integration, Temporary protection
Keywords: talent, Ukraine, labour market integration
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The Justice and Home Affairs Council took place in Brussels on 9 and 10 March 2023. Ministers inter alia discussed the internal and external aspects of migration and the overall state of the Schengen area.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Council of the European Union, Schengen area, visa policy
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The first package of reforms contains several measures. Nicole De Moor said in a statement that, according to the texts to be discussed in Parliament, reception places will be allocated to those in an ongoing asylum procedure, cooperation on return will be enshrined in law and abuses in family reunification will be combated. Finally, a solution will be offered to vulnerable persons in specific situations such as statelessness.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: reform
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This conference, organised by the European Migration Network in partnership with the Podgorica Chairmanship in the Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), seeks to discuss how to tackle common challenges on the Western Balkan migratory route and future actions both on a regional and national level.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: Western Balkans route
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On Tuesday 7 March, the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN discussed current information needs with the Cabinet of Nicole de Moor to make EMN resources available to policymakers.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: information exchange, policymaking
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The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "displaced person" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!