Return & Readmission

Challenges and practices for establishing identity (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 15 January 2018

This Inform presents an overview of the EMN Study on “Challenges and practices for establishing the identity of third-country nationals in migration procedures”.

Main theme: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: identification

Challenges and practices for establishing identity in the migration process (EMN)

Publication date: 15 January 2018

The Belgian Contact Point of the European Migration Network has published a report on challenges and practices for establishing identity in the migration process. The report served as the Belgian contribution to an EU Synthesis report on the topic, which compares national policies, legislation and practices on the subject in 25 EU Member States and Norway.

Main theme: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Keywords: identification

MyriaDoc - Return, detention and removal of foreigners (A return, at what cost?) (Myria)

Publication date: 09 November 2017

Myria (the Belgian Federal Migration Centre - an independent public body analyzing migration policies) has released its fifth MyriaDoc on Return, Detention and Removal of Foreigners in Belgium (2017).

Main theme: Data & Statistics, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Report

Keywords: irregular migration and return

Ad Hoc Query on forced returns to Afghanistan

Publication date: 08 November 2017

Forced returns of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan have been heavily debated in Sweden. In this context, the Swedish Contact Point of the EMN has gathered and analyzed the information provided by 17 Member States, including Belgium, on this topic.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries

Keywords: forced return, Afghanistan

Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals in the EU (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 25 August 2017

This EMN Inform summarizes the main findings of the EMN study "The Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals in the EU".

Main theme: Economic migration, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission, Smuggling & Trafficking

Publication Type: Informs

Ad Hoc Query on return of unaccompanied minors

Publication date: 30 June 2017

24 (Member) States provided information on the volume of returned unaccompanied minors and on family tracing. This ad hoc query was launched by the Finnish Contact Point to the EMN.

Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries

Keywords: unaccompanied minors

The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices (EMN Inform)

Cover image Inform on rejected asylum seekers

Publication date: 15 November 2016

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices".

Main theme: Asylum, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: Grèce

The Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Belgium and in the EU: Challenges and Good Practices (EMN)

Publication date: 15 November 2016

This EMN Study examines the policies and practices in place in Belgium and in the EU to encourage the return of rejected asylum seekers, identifying the challenges and good practices associated with return.

Main theme: Asylum, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Incentives to return to a third-country and support provided to migrants for their reintegration (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 08 June 2016

This EMN Inform provides an overview of the results of the review of 87 programmes implemented by 23 Member States and Norway to assist migrants to return and to support their reintegration.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: financial assistance, reintegration programmes, voluntary return

Awareness and image of voluntary return - the perspective of irregular migrants and their representatives in Belgium (KUL)

Front page - Study on awareness and image of voluntary return (KUL)

Publication date: 10 May 2016

What image do irregular migrants and their representatives have of voluntary return? Is voluntary return well-known? These topics are the focus of a study carried out by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL).

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: voluntary return

Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of AVR(R) Programmes (EMN)

Publication date: 25 January 2016

The Guidelines – developed under the EMN Return Expert Group (REG) - propose a common methodology that Member States can follow to monitor and evaluate AVVR programmes.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies

Keywords: monitoring, evaluation, AVRR, AVR

Sustainable refugee return: Triggers, constraints and lessons on addressing the development challenges of forced displacement

Publication date: 03 November 2015

This study aims to identify the conditions that influence the decisions by refugees in protracted displacement regarding return to their home country: when, why and by whom are decisions on return and other coping strategies made?

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: displacement, durable solution, sustainable return

Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN Inform)

Cover Image EMN Inform Dissemination of information on voluntary return

Publication date: 03 November 2015

This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study "Dissemination of Information on Voluntary Return: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities".

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: voluntary return

Dissemination of information on voluntary return in Belgium and in the EU: how to reach irregular migrants not in contact with the authorities (EMN)

Cover image EU synthesis on dissemination of information on voluntary return

Publication date: 17 September 2015

This EMN study analyses and compares the different approaches used by Member States to ensure irregular migrants are informed of options for return.

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies

Keywords: voluntary return

Moving Back or Moving Forward? Return migration after conflict.

Publication date: 05 March 2015

In this dissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, Marieke van Houte shows that the expectations on which migration and development policies are based only apply to a small minority of returnees, who are not the group that is targeted by these policies.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: Afghanistan, agents of changes, AVRR, development, post-conflict situation, return migration, return policies

Comparative Research on the Assisted Voluntary Return & Reintegration of Migrants (IOM)

Publication date: 04 March 2015

The study was conceived and commissioned as part of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Irregular Migration Research Programme and supported by the IOM and is one of the largest comparative projects on this topic in recent years.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Study

Keywords: AVRR, sustainable return

Ad Hoc Query on detention and removal of minors

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.

Main theme: Vulnerable groups, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries

Keywords: detention, minor, removal, unaccompanied minors

Challenges and good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants to Western Africa (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 01 January 2015

This EMN Inform provides information concerning EMN national Contact Points’ practices on return and reintegration to Western Africa.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: assistance, reintegration programmes, voluntary return

Good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants: entry bans policy and use of readmission agreements (EMN Inform)

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

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive

Good practices in the return and reintegration of irregular migrants in Belgium and in the EU (EMN)

Screen shot study return and readmission

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.

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Keywords: entry ban, forced return, readmission agreement, return directive

Practical approaches and good practices in return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan (EMN Inform)

Publication date: 01 December 2014

This EMN Inform provides information concerning Member States’ practices on return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: country of origin, reintegration programmes, return

The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies in Belgium and in the EU (EMN)

Cover report EMN Study use of detention and alternatives to detention

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

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Thematic Studies

Keywords: alternative to detention, detention

The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies (EMN Inform)

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

Main theme: Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission

Publication Type: Informs

Keywords: alternative to detention, detention

EMN Return Experts Group (REG) Directory

Publication date: 01 October 2014

The REG Directory “Connecting Return Experts across Europe” gives an overview of the programmes across Europe to support return and reintegration in third countries.

Main theme: Return & Readmission

Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies

Keywords: reintegration programmes, voluntary return

Annual Report 2013 (Immigration Office)

Publication date: 16 July 2014

The annual "activity report" 2013 of the Immigration Office is available.