This first issue of the EMN Bulletin briefly presents EU, National and Related Developments in migration policy published in the period January to May 2012, as well as key statistics, plus related EMN outputs and developments that have occurred in this period.
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner Gereral for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the first instance decisions.
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Main Theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
The new article 57/6/1 of the Aliens Act of 1980 has introduced the notion of safe country of origin in the Belgian law. The royal decree implementing this article came into force on the 1st of June 2012.
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Main Theme: Asylum
Keywords: safe country of origin
Belgium has committed itself towards the European Commission to resettle 100 refugees in 2013
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Main Theme: International Protection
Keywords: resettlement
Every month, the Office of the Commissioner Gereral for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the first instance decisions.
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Main Theme: Data & Statistics
On 2 May, Representatives of the Parliament of the French community unanimously approved the reform of the reception and education of foreign newcomer children, improving and making "bridging classes" more flexible.
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Main Theme: Reception
Keywords: Foreign newcomers
The annual report of the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) has been launced. Fedasil updates you on the voluntary return program that it runs as well as the reception situation and network in 2011.
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Main Theme: Reception, Return & Readmission
Keywords: Fedasil
According to Advocate General Bot, a serious infringement of the freedom of religion may constitute an ‘act of persecution’ where the asylum seeker runs a real risk of death, inhuman or degrading treatment, of being reduced to slavery or servitude, or of being prosecuted or imprisoned arbitrarily
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Main Theme: International Protection
Keywords: act of persecution, freedom of religion, qualification directive
Based on judgement in case C-83/12 Minh Koa Vo, a Member State may impose criminal penalties for aiding illegal immigration when the persons who have entered the Union territory, national of non member countries, hold visas fraudulently obtained but not yet annulled.
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Main Theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, criminal penalties, judgement
March 2012: More decissons, less applications
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Main Theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
Philippe Fargues, director of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC), presents the different tasks, projects and activities of the new MPC, founded in January 2012, with the support of the European Union.
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Main Theme: Integration, External Dimension
Keywords: European research for Integration
A draft bill modifying the Immigration Law and transposing the European Blue Card Directive is approved in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on March 29, 2012.
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Main Theme: Economic migration
Keywords: blue card
On 23 March 2012 a newsrelease was issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the Europeon Union, on the number of asylum applicants and asylum decisions in the EU27 in 2011.
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Main Theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: Eurostat
At the request of Maggie De Block, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, and Didier Reynders, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ministerial Council approved list of safe countries of origin.
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Main Theme: International Protection
Keywords: safe country of origin
Belgium responded to the Green paper consultation of the European Commission on the Right to Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals (Directive 2003/86/EC).
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Main Theme: Family reunification
Keywords: Green paper
The Council adopted a decision which establishes common EU resettlement
priorities for 2013.
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Main Theme: International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: resettlement
The Ministers responsible for asylum and migration of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom met in Brussels on 7 March 2012 to discuss measures in the field of combating illegal immigration
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Main Theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons (CGRS) publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the first instance decisions.
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Main Theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum statistics, CGRS
The new Belgian Law of January 19, 2012 (published on 17 February 2012) transposes the EU Return Directive, modifying the current legal framework on removal and detention, and putting more emphasis on voluntary departure.
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Main Theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: return decision, return directive
On February 17,2012 the law of January 19, 2012: “Law for modification of the legislation regarding the reception of asylum seekers” was published.
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Main Theme: Reception
Keywords: reception law
Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the first instance decisions.
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Main Theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum statistics, CGRS
A new research platform on return migration and reintegration: The Return migration and Development Platform (RDP) has been launched.
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Main Theme: Return & Readmission, Data & Statistics
An updated and revised edition of the multilingual EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary (Version 2) has been launched.