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For the first time in Europe, Fedasil and IOM organized on Monday 1st February 2016 a chartered flight to Baghdad for the voluntary return of 106 persons to Iraq.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: voluntary return, IOM, Fedasil
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This CEIPA roundtable offers an opportunity to examine solutions to the continuing influx of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants which challenges European institutions to manage the crisis on the short and the longer run.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, refugee crisis
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The 2015 Annual Report on trafficking and smuggling in human beings is now available in English. This report is produced by Myria, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre and the independent National Rapporteur on trafficking in human beings.
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views on the functioning of the existing legislation aiming at preventing and countering migrant smuggling and on what could be done to further strengthen it.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: EU legislation, public consultation
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Foyer organizes a series of training modules on Migration Law. The sessions will focus on various topics, such as the different residence statuses in Belgium, asylum and reception, family reunification, employment of foreign nationals, etc.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Foyer, migration law, Training
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Looking at the migration/refugee crisis, the College of Commissioners looked back at measures taken in 2015 and the initiatives to be presented in 2016 to further develop collective European action and deliver clear and tangible results.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration, migration crisis, refugee crisis
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On 12-13 January, the EMN conference gathered over 200 participants to provide impetus for the implementation of the EU Action Plan against Smuggling. The conference resulted in concrete recommendations to better address migrant smuggling.
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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this conference explores free movement in light of EU (de)regulatory practices and their impact on EU legitimacy from the complementary angles of regulatory competition, regulatory contradictions and EU citizenship.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: free movement
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During the first six months of 2016, the Dutch Presidency will work on the priorities agreed with Slovakia and Malta in an 18 month trio programme setting long-term goals for the period January 2016-June 2017.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU, European Agenda on Migration
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The Immigration Office, the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons, Fedasil and Klein Kasteeltje will explain the impact of the increased influx of asylum seekers on the asylum procedure and reception system.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis
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The launch event of the European Dialogue on Skills and Migration aims to help the Commission understand what to do better to maximize the benefits of migration for the EU as a whole.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: labour shortage, migrant entrepreneurship, migrants' skills
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The European Council on 17-18 December 2015 agreed to speed up actions on the operation of hotspots, the implementation of relocation decisions and returns, the control of external borders and cooperation with third countries.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: hotspot, human smuggling, migration crisis, relocation, Schengen
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On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, Myria launches a new online platform, Myriapolis, to help the wider public better understand migration in all aspects of life.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: Myriapolis
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The Conference offers the opportunity to explore the most important policy developments from 2015 related to (financial, physical and operational) solidarity in EU Asylum and Borders Policies.
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Main theme: Asylum, Borders & Visa
Keywords: cooperation, crisis, relocation, solidarity
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The Migration Policy Center dedicates a website to the migrant crisis in order to provide a wide audience with the facts needed to understand the course of events in this matter.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: migration crisis, migration routes, refugee crisis
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The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard and also to introduce systematic checks against relevant databases for all people entering and exiting the Schengen area.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: European Border and Coast Guard, external border, Schengen area, security
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During this workshop, day-to-day making and unmaking of borders will be investigated from the perspective of history, policy making, surveillance and control, contestation and human agency.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: border control, border surveillance, immigration detention
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The conference of the Belgian National Contact Point to the EMN– which took place on 4 December in Brussels – focused on challenges and opportunities associated with the return of irregular and vulnerable migrants.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: EMN conference, forced return, reintegration programmes, voluntary return, vulnerable persons
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Justice and Home Affairs Ministers met in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the following measures, inter alia: EU Passenger Name Record Directive, controls of external borders, information sharing and law enforcement cooperation.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: external border, foreign fighter, passenger name record, Schengen Information System
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The Commission is referring Belgium for failing to transpose the Single Permit Directive. The Commission proposes a daily penalty of 52,828.16 euros.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, single permit directive
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On 11-12 November, the Valletta summit on migration brought together European and African Heads of State and Government in an effort to strengthen cooperation and address the current challenges but also the opportunities of migration.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: EU Emergency Trust Fund, Valletta Summit
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On the occasion of an informal meeting following the Valletta Summit, heads of state or government focus on the migration crisis, the future of Schengen and cooperation with Turkey.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: external border, hotspot, migration crisis, relocation, Schengen
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On 11 and 12 November, the Valletta summit will provide the EU, African countries and other key countries concerned with the opportunity to discuss migration issues and to find common solutions to challenges of mutual interest.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, Valletta Summit
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Home Affairs Ministers focused in particular on speeding up the relocation process, strengthening the EU's external borders, fighting human trafficking and smuggling, and return and readmission.