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The European Commission asks Belgium to implement rules on a Single Permit and a clear set of rights for legal migrant workers.
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Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Trefwoorden: ingringement procedure, single permit directive
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Considering youth as powerful agents for social change, this festival invites young people to address key challenges related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: diversity, social integration
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The European Council held a special meeting with a view to adopting different orientations to address the tragic situation in the Mediterranean.
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Hoofdthema: Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: human trafficking, Mediterranean
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A 10 point action plan of the immediate actions has been presented by Commissioner Avramopoulos and received the full backing of Foreign and Interior Ministers.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: Mediterranean region
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Op 1 april heeft het Belgisch Nationaal Contactpunt de Staatssecretaris bevoegd voor asiel en migratie ontmoet om hem de EMN activiteiten voor te stellen en om te bekijken hoe het EMN zijn kerntaak, namelijk het leveren van beleidsondersteunende informatie, verder kan vervullen.
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Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: staatssecretaris voor asiel en migratie
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Een grensoverschrijdende Europese operatie heeft een netwerk opgerold van mensensmokkelaars; hierbij werden 77 personen gearresteerd.
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Hoofdthema: Mensensmokkel & Mensenhandel
Trefwoorden: mensensmokkel
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On 25 March 2015 the European Commission has approved 22 new multiannual national programmes under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) for the period 2014-2020, worth together approximately €1.8 billion.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: asylum migration and integration fund, EU-funding, internal security fund
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Op 19 en 20 maart vond de jaarlijkse conferentie van het Europees Migratienetwerk plaats. Het doel was om de globale context te schetsen van de 'competitie voor talent'; alsook om de praktijk te schetsen die lidstaten heben ontwikkeld om hun noden te identificeren en te vervullen.
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Hoofdthema: Economische migratie
Trefwoorden: hoogopgeleide werknemers
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The IOM Country Office for Belgium and Luxembourg will participate in the 20 Km of Brussels, getting together runners and joggers from 121 different nationalities. Even if you are not a top runner, you are welcome to join!
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: diversity, migrant heroe
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The Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare, a new initiative aiming to tackle the organised criminal groups who are facilitating the journeys of migrants by ships across the Mediterranean Sea to the European Union, has been launched today.
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Hoofdthema: Irregular Migration
Trefwoorden: criminal groups, Mediterranean, JOT Mare
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Op zondag 15 maart heeft het proefproject 'Slimme Grenzen' de volgende mijlpaal - de uitvoeringsfase - bereikt in de Lissabon Airport, Portugal.
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Hoofdthema: Grenscontrole & Visa
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During the meeting of the Home Affairs Council, Ministers discussed migratory pressures, and in particular the situation in the central Mediterranean, as well as increasing trends in asylum applications from Western Balkans countries and in particular Kosovo.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: European Agenda on Migration, Mediterranean, migratory pressure, Western Balkans
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This annual conference aims to tackle the current challenges for the EU in developing a coherent legal framework in the field of labour migration and to provide practitioners with an update on the legal rules applicable to labour migrants.
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Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Trefwoorden: blue card, highly skilled, labour migration, seasonal workers directive, single permit directive
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The College of Commissioners held a first orientation debate setting out the four main areas where actions are envisaged in the European Agenda on Migration.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration
Trefwoorden: European Agenda on Migration
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On 19-20 March 2015, the Latvian Contact Point of the EMN, under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency of the European Council, organizes the EMN Conference on "Attracting and Retaining Talent in Europe".
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Hoofdthema: Economic migration
Trefwoorden: competitiveness, economic growth, EMN conference, talent
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Vandaag, 20 februari, werd het koninklijk besluit gepubliceerd met de bedragen en de praktische regelingen voor de bijdrage in de administratieve kosten voor de behandeling van een verblijfsaanvraag.
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Hoofdthema: Migratie
Trefwoorden: verblijfsaanvraag
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The European Commission's Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs has decided to set up a temporary informal expert group on economic migration, and is therefore calling for applications to select members of this group.
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Hoofdthema: Economische migratie
Trefwoorden: blue card; expertengroep
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The European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration – has met for the first time on 26 and 27 January 2015.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Migration, Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: European Migration Forum, Mediterranean region
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Organised in the framework of the Made Real Project funded by the European Union, this conference provides a comprehensive understanding of the EU legal framework on alternatives to detention (ATD) for asylum seekers and
migrants.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: alternative to detention, detention, Made Real Project
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On the occasion of the European Parliament plenary session of 13 January 2015, Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos spoke on human smuggling in the Mediterranean and the needed reaction of the EU
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Hoofdthema: Asylum, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: Frontex, joint operation Triton, resettlement, Syrian refugees
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As from today, foreigners have to pay a fee for introducing certain applications for a residence permit in Belgium with a view to covering administrative costs relating to the processing of such applications.
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Hoofdthema: Migration
Trefwoorden: processing fee, residence permit
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On 20 January, the Belgian Association for foreigners’ rights organizes a training on the topic “What protection for seriously ill persons following M’Bodj and Abdida case-law?”.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection, Borders & Visa, Vulnerable groups
Trefwoorden: association for foreigners' rights, ill migrants, Training
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The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège will hold a scientific thematic workshop on “Religion and the political participation and mobilization of immigrant groups: a transatlantic perspective”
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Hoofdthema: Migration, Integration
Trefwoorden: call for paper, political participation, role of religion
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In the first half of 2015 Latvia will assume the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Presidency will focus on the implementation of the Strategic Guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice (June 2014), as well as on the respective follow-up initiatives.