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Today the Council of Ministers decided that the mandatory fee migrants have to pay when applying for certain residence permits will increase.    

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Today a new law enters (partly) into force inserting a general residence condition into the Immigration Act. The Immigration Office can now put an end to a residence permit if the person cannot put forward provable integration efforts.

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The Passenger Name Record (PNR) law has been adopted in Parliament in December 2016. It was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 25 January 2017. On the basis of this law, carriers will be obliged to send data on their passengers travelling from, to, or across Belgium to a central database.
Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: public order, Travellers

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Ahead of the meeting of Heads of State or Government in Malta on 3 February 2017, the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President have set out their contribution to the discussion on how to better manage migration and save lives along the Central Mediterranean route.

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Today, the Commission is taking stock of the progress achieved and the work still needed in making the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency fully operational.

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On 27 January, the Migration Policy Institute organizes a webinar on "European Union Third-Country Partnerships: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: MPI, cooperation

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Each year, the Odysseus Network organizes a summer school in EU immigration and asylum law and policy. The courses tackle the most recent legislative, jurisprudential and political developments in the field at EU level.

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De Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering organiseert een vorming over  het verblijfsrecht en tewerkstelling van mensen die in België voor ambassades, consultaten en internationale instellingen werken. Ook de problematiek van het huispersoneel komt aan bod.
Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: diplomaat

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The Odysseus Annual Conference 2017 is entitled "Beyond the crisis? The State of Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in the EU". It will critically assess developments that took place in 2016, and look into 2017.
Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: Odysseus Network

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According to the Missing Migrants Project, an estimate of 7495 men, women and children migrants or refugees died or were reported missing across five continents in 2016. That is almost 20 victims per day and the number may not include them all.

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Enkele speciaal gemachtigde ambtenaren van de Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken kregen rechtstreekse toegang tot bepaalde delen van de Algemene Nationale Gegevensbank van de politie. 
Hoofdthema: Asiel, Migratie
Trefwoorden: Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken, veiligheid

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The European Migration Platform will meet for the third time to focus on access to Europe, examining safe legal aternatives to the perilous journeys migrants undertake, how to access services upon arrival and rights they are entitled to.
Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: middenveld

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From 1 January to 30 June 2017,  Malta will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency will focus on 6 key areas: migration, single market, security, social inclusion, Europe's neighbourhood and maritime sector. 

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The Commission is today proposing to improve the Schengen Information System (SIS) to close information gaps and to contribute to a stronger control of external borders and sustainable EU Security Union.

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On this International Migrants Day, Myria examines differences in gender related issues in migration, and provides key statistics in this matter.
Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: gender

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Het werkprogramma van het Europees Migratienetwerk voor 2017 - 2018 werd goedgekeurd door de Europese Commissie.
Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: Europees Migratie Netwerk

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Civil society organizations that have experience in the issue of migrants' access to Europe, services and rights, and that wish to actively contribute to the European Migration Forum, must submit their application form no later than today!

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Social networks and online classified sites are being used by traffickers to market, recruit, sell their services. This conference looks into this issue and its impact in more depth.
Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Slovakia

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Ter gelegenheid van de Internationale Dag van de Migrant, wordt de film "Reis zonder terugkeer" vertoond en daarna bediscussieerd door migratiedeskundigen en migranten.
Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: Cour de justice de l'UE, Suède

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In october 2016, Fedasil has opened a new return desk in Charleroi, where migrants can receive information and assistance on voluntary return.

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In 2016, the annual Metropolis conference will take place in Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) fro 24 to 28 October and will focus on the theme: creating trust through wisdom on migration and integration.
Hoofdthema: Asiel, Migratie, Cross-sectionaal
Trefwoorden: metropolis, Japan

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CEMO organises a study morning in Brussels on the topic of the experience of exile through family reunification: myths, procedures and uprooting.
Hoofdthema: Gezinshereniging en -vorming
Trefwoorden: CEMO, exile

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The REDIAL conference proposes for discussion some of the most contentious issues in the implementation of the Return Directive.
Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: return directive

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Today, the new agency aimed at strengthening Europe's external borders is legally operational.

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Today, the European Commission is reporting on the progress made on the relocation and resettlement schemes and the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement.