Publication date: 05 July 2024
Each year, the Immigration Office publishes an activity report. This annual report presents the activities of the Immigration Office over 2023, providing figures inter alia on entry and stay, vulnerable groups, international protection, the fight against irregular migration, return, and misuse of procedures.
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Publication date: 03 July 2024
This ad hoc query examines which alternatives to detention are most commonly used, especially for families with children, and how the effectiveness of the alternatives to detention is assessed. It further analyses which elements (indicators, statements, etc.) are taken into account before imposing an alternative to detention and what challenges are faced in this matter.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: alternative to detention, family with children, risk of absconding
Publication date: 20 June 2024
This ad hoc query looks at the possibility for third-country nationals to begin their employment while waiting for the issuance of their single permit, in order to circumvent lengthy processing times.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: single permit, processing time, access to work, labour market access
Publication date: 03 June 2024
This ad hoc query maps the pathways to citizenship in place across EMN Member and Observer countries. The information reported covers the possibility of dual citizenship, the residence, linguistic and economic criteria to obtain citizenship, and the process fees required by responding countries.
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: acquisition of citizenship, Naturalisation, dual citizenship, official language, economic participation, administrative fee
Publication date: 16 May 2024
This ad hoc query seeks to compare the au pair regulations of the EMN Member and Observer Countries to reduce the vulnerability of au pairs and prevent possible abuse of the programme in the Netherlands.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: au pair, residence permit, sponsor, financial requirement
Publication date: 05 May 2024
This ad hoc query maps the existing procedures in EMN Member and Observer Countries to obtain the recognition of third-country qualifications for the profession of doctor with basic medical training. It looks into the requirements in place, including linguistic criteria, the cost of the procedure for the applicant, and the number of applications received and processed in 2023.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: recognition of qualifications, doctor, labour shortages
Publication date: 05 May 2024
This ad hoc query seeks to map the processes in place across EMN Member and Observer Countries to conduct systematic post-decision monitoring of residence permits; in other words, to check whether residence permit holders still fulfill the criteria of their residence permits.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: residence permit, criteria, monitoring, revocation
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Under Council Directive 2004/81/EC, EU Member States have the option to grant residence permits to third-country nationals who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, such as smuggling. This ad hoc query seeks to map which Member States have implemented this possibility, and to what extent this residence procedure is used in practice.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: residence permit, migrant smuggling, victim
Publication date: 01 May 2024
This EMNews (used to be named Quarterly or Bulletin) of the European Migration Network (EMN) offers an overview of EU and national developments in asylum and migration policy as well as an overview of key statistics, plus related EMN publications for the period January - March 2024.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMNews
Publication date: 29 April 2024
The general report 2023 of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) includes a stocktaking of the third evaluation round of the Convention, which focused on trafficking victims’ access to justice and effective remedies. GRETA analyses trends emerging from its country reports, drawing attention to gaps in the implementation of the Convention, as well as promising practices.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: GRETA, access to justice, effective remedy, vulnerability, displaced person
Publication date: 27 April 2024
This ad hoc query seeks to establish which stay qualifies as a continuous stay under Article 4(3) of the Long-Term Residents Directive and whether an absence from a territory on which a person does not have a valid residence permit interrupts the continuity of the stay under this directive. It also examines whether EMN Member and Observer Countries accept longer periods of absence than those provided for in the directive.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: Long-term Residents, duration of residence, period of absence
Publication date: 25 April 2024
This ad hoc query examines how Article 8 ECHR relating to the right to respect for private and family life may lead to specific residence permits in EMN Member and Observer Countries, and how it is taken into account in national legislation and procedures applicable to foreign nationals.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: family tie, private life, family life, residence permit, European Convention on Human Rights
Publication date: 25 April 2024
This ad hoc query explores the procedures in place across EMN Member and Observer Countries to recognise documents required to engage in “regulated professions” versus “unregulated professions”, as set out in Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2021/1883 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: standard of proof, qualification, regulated profession, unregulated profession
Publication date: 19 April 2024
On the 20th Anniversary of the Family Reunification Directive, this Inform offers a thorough examination of family reunification practices and legislation for beneficiaries of international protection across EMN Member and Observer Countries. It specifically looks at the procedures in place for applying for family reunification and how these have evolved considering recent (since 2017) case law before the European Court of Justice (CJEU), and where relevant the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: Family Reunification Directive, beneficiary of international protection, application for family reunification, documentary proof, real family relationship, minors of age
Publication date: 06 April 2024
This ad hoc query offers comparative information on citizenship tests as part of the naturalisation process. It examines whether EMN Member and Observer Countries organise a citizenship test in order to acquire nationality, the authority or institution responsible for administering and drafting these tests, the topics covered, the connection between language and citizenship components in these tests, measures or sanctions in place to prevent potential misuse, and fees for participating in citizenship tests.
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: citizenship test, Naturalisation, acquisition of citizenship
Publication date: 28 March 2024
In this activity report, the Council for Alien Law Litigation looks back at the year 2023, and in particular the number of appeals lodged, judgments delivered, pending cases, and the cassation rate. It also highlights some key points of jurisprudence in 2023 and says more about the developments that marked the organization last year.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: activity report, Council for Aliens Law litigation
Publication date: 26 March 2024
This ad hoc query offers comparative information on forecasting methods of future migration trends. It examines EMN Member and Observer Countries’ methods or models used for predicting and analysing future migration trends and developments, the data sources used to feed these models, the time horizon of predictions, the institutions conducting and using the analyses, and whether or not results are made public.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: migration trend, forecasting
Publication date: 22 March 2024
This ad hoc query compiles information on the migration strategies of EMN Member and Observer Countries. It also sheds light on recent changes in these strategies, the monitoring of and reporting on their implementation, and the measures foreseen to reach the strategic goals.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: migration policy, migration strategy
Publication date: 21 March 2024
This Inform from the European Migration Network (EMN) offers an overview of current practices in EMN Member Countries and two Observer Countries (Georgia, Ukraine) on the digitalisation of identity documents and residence permits issued to third-country nationals. It also compiles views from national authorities on the challenges and advantages of introducing digital-only documents.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Informs
Keywords: identity document, residence permit, digitalisation
Publication date: 22 February 2024
This ad hoc query offers comparative information on existing legislation on the acquisition of citizenship for new generations. It examines EMN Member and Observer Countries’ changes in legislative developments and regulations since 1 January 2020, the prerequisites and requirements embodied in these changes, and the impact of these changes on the procedure for acquiring citizenship.
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Main theme: Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: acquisition of citizenship, new generation
Publication date: 11 January 2024
This ad hoc query identifies which EMN Member Countries organise customer service for dealing with immigration and asylum issues. It examines the challenges, methods or means to coordinate and manage customer service, the measures to support and prepare customer service personnel, and the achievement of the organization's strategic goals in case of a possible crisis or exceptional situation.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: customer service, crisis situation, asylum authority, immigration service
Publication date: 05 January 2024
This ad hoc query provides comparative information on the waiting period that applicants must prove before applying for family reunification in the EMN Member and Observer Countries. It also examines legal time limits for processing an application for family reunification and it clarifies whether such processing time is included in the above-mentioned waiting period.
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Main theme: Family reunification
Publication Type: Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords: application for family reunification, Family Reunification Directive, waiting period, processing time, family reunification right
Publication date: 20 December 2023
In honour of the 15-anniversary, EMN has compiled a document spotlighting its most influential achievements and contributions from 2018 to 2022 at both EU and national levels, underscoring the network's ongoing commitment to addressing complex challenges related to migration and asylum.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: EMN Reports & Studies
Keywords: European Migration Network, impact analysis
Publication date: 19 December 2023
Myria, the Federal Migration Centre and independent national rapporteur on trafficking in human beings, published its independent and public annual report "A chain of responsibilities" on 19 December 2023.
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Publication date: 15 December 2023
This ad hoc query identifies which EMN Member Countries foresee an obligation for the employer to secure adequate accommodation for migrant workers, other than seasonal workers. It examines whether this obligation applies to certain types of permits, what criteria make it possible to define adequate housing, what proof is required in this regard and what possible sanctions are foreseen against employers who don't provide adequate housing.