Volgens een nieuwe analyse van het Asielagentschap van de Europese Unie (EUAA) werden in 2022 ongeveer 966 000 verzoeken om internationale bescherming ingediend in de EU+ landen. De grootste groepen verzoekers waren Syriërs, Afghanen en Turken, maar ook voor een groot aantal andere nationaliteiten werden veel verzoeken ingediend.
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Hoofdthema: Asiel
Trefwoorden: asielaanvragen, asielbeslissingen
From this Wednesday, the three organizations offer immediate hosting in a building located in Anderlecht to applicants who will later be referred to a reception center from Fedasil.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: reception crisis, reception centre
Vlaams Minister van Binnenlands Bestuur, Bestuurszaken, Inburgering en Gelijke Kansen, Bart Somers wilt dat nieuwkomers minstens 9 van de 11 vragen over "fundamentele normen en waarden" juist beantwoorden.
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Hoofdthema: Integratie
Trefwoorden: inburgeringstraject, maatschappelijke oriëntatie, inburgeringsexamen, fundamentele grondwaarden
In 2022, 2,673 persons voluntarily returned to their country of origin. The number is higher than before the corona period, when 2,426 persons returned voluntarily in 2019.
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Hoofdthema: Return & Readmission
Trefwoorden: voluntary return, forced return
People affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria who wish to travel to Belgium to receive support from their families will have their visa application handled faster.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: earthquake, visa application
Ahead of the Family Reunification Directive’s 20th anniversary, this new comparative report provides a comprehensive overview of the current implementation of the Directive and other forms of realisation of family unity for individuals in need of protection across 23 European countries based on ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA).
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Hoofdthema: Family reunification
Trefwoorden: Family Reunification Directive, family reunification right
While condemning attempts to instrumentalise migrants for political purposes, EU leaders agreed on immediate measures to reduce pressure at the EU's external borders, notably through enhanced cooperation with third countries on returns and readmissions.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
According to estimates, Belgium has 23,000 women circumcised and 12,000 girls at risk of being circumcised. The Group for the Abolition of Female Genital Mutilation (Gams) raises awareness of the two treatment centers for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) accredited in Belgium.
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Hoofdthema: Asylum
Trefwoorden: female genital mutilation
Many cities throughout the European Union hosted people fleeing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. To gauge how cities addressed Europe largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) approached selected cities in the EU.
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Hoofdthema: Integration, Temporary protection
Trefwoorden: Ukraine, cities, local actor
Staatssecretaris voor asiel en migratie Nicole de Moor zet preventiecampagnes in om te vermijden dat asielzoekers die onder de verantwoordelijkheid van andere Europese landen vallen, in België nog een asielprocedure zouden opstarten. Die secundaire migratie uit andere Europese lidstaten zorgt voor een bijkomende druk op het Belgisch asielsysteem en opvangnetwerk.
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Hoofdthema: Asiel
Trefwoorden: Dublin Regulation, prevention campaign
Tijdens de informele bijeenkomst van de ministers van Justitie en Binnenlandse Zaken in Stockholm bespraken de ministers hoe de migratie-uitdagingen het hoofd kunnen worden geboden. Het Zweedse voorzitterschap concludeerde dat er meer moet worden gedaan, zowel op nationaal als op EU-niveau.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectionaal
Het 2022 UNODC ‘Global Report on Trafficking in Persons’ is vandaag gepubliceerd. Het toont aan dat klimaatverandering de kwetsbaarheid voor mensenhandel vergroot en gewapende conflicten een voedingsbodem voor mensenhandel zijn.
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Hoofdthema: Mensensmokkel & Mensenhandel
Trefwoorden: mensenhandel
The EU could see an influx of up to four million more Ukrainians in 2023, and Russia will seek to further weaponize migration from North Africa and the Middle East. These are just two of the forecasts made in the latest Migration Outlook report 2023 from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
In a policy note published this week, ECRE analyses EU Member States’ policies and practices on “pendular” movement to and from Ukraine and makes recommendations to ensure security of status and rights for people covered by the TPD regime.
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Hoofdthema: Temporary protection
Trefwoorden: Temporary Protection Directive, Ukraine
Due to the saturation of the reception network, only 71 refugees were resettled last year in Belgium
In 2022, Fedasil welcomed 71 refugees resettled in Belgium, mostly Syrians from Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. This figure is not in line with the objectives set at the beginning of last year.
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Hoofdthema: Reception
Trefwoorden: resettlement
As from 4 January 2023, beneficiaries of temporary protection with an A card valid until 4 March 2023 can present themselves to the municipality to request a new one valid until 4 March 2024.
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Hoofdthema: Temporary protection
Trefwoorden: temporary protection, Ukraine, residence permit
The Swedish Presidency programme sets out the priorities and main direction for the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January until 30 June 2023.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: Council of the European Union
The selected migrant integration indicators allow monitoring of the Commission’s actions defined in the Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 in relation to education and training, employment opportunities and skills recognition, as well as access to health services, and adequate and affordable housing.
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Hoofdthema: Data & Statistics
The Commission is proposing two new Regulations to strengthen the use of advanced passenger information. The new rules, that will replace the 2004 API Directive, will enhance external border controls and the fight against serious crime and terrorism within the EU.
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Hoofdthema: Borders & Visa
Trefwoorden: advanced passenger information
The EMN Member Countries have voted on the topics which will be analyzed in studies and informs in 2023. In line with the targets outlined in the 2023-2025 work programme of the EMN, 3 new studies and 10 new informs will be published next year.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
During the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8-9 December 2022, Ministers highlighted the need to address the external dimension of migration in a comprehensive manner, taking into account all routes and making joint or complementary efforts where possible.
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Hoofdthema: Cross-sectional
Trefwoorden: Justice and Home Affairs Council
The Conference allowed participants to gain insight into legal provisions against labour exploitation and to examine the role of different actors in upholding the rights of foreign workers. Good practices and lessons learnt from selected countries were presented and discussed.
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Hoofdthema: Smuggling & Trafficking
Trefwoorden: forced labour, labour exploitation
During the High Level Forum to protection and resettlement cooperation, 16 EU Member States pledged more than 29.000 places for resettlement and humanitarian admission for 2023, including continued and expanded support to Afghans in need of protection.
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Hoofdthema: International Protection
Trefwoorden: resettlement, labour mobility
In de zaak X/België, bij arrest van 17 november 2022, interpreteerde het Hof van Justitie (hierna: HvJ) de betekenis van artikel 2f), en artikel 10, lid 3, a), van de Gezinsherenigingsrichtlijn. Meer bepaald, oordeelde het HvJ dat een niet-begeleide minderjarige vluchteling die in een lidstaat verblijft, niet ongehuwd hoeft te zijn om recht te hebben op gezinshereniging met eerstegraads verwanten in rechtstreekse opgaande lijn.