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EMN - European Migration Network, National Contact Point Belgium

Publications on Migration

Annual Risk Analysis 2013 (Frontex)

Logo Frontex
Pub date: 
Apr 2013
According to Frontex, the number of people trying to get into the EU dropped by around a half in 2012. Some 73.000 people were detected in 2012, down from around 114.000 in 2011.
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Main theme:
Irregular Migration
Keywords:
Frontex, illegal border crossing

Immigration of International Students to the EU - EU Synthesis (EMN)

Cover page of the EMN Study
Pub date: 
Apr 2013
Based on the contributions from 24 EMN NCPs, this synthesis report provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies allowing international students to enter into and move within the EU for the purpose of study.
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Main theme:
Study ยง Training
Publication type:
EMN Reports & studies
Keywords:
student directive, student mobility, student route

South - South Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

Cover page of this publication on South South Return Migration
Pub date: 
Mar 2013
In this background note, the ACP Observatory on Migration assesses return migration in a South-South context, proposing return definitions, typologies and trends as well as a summary of current policies and best practices.
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Main theme:
Return & Readmission
Keywords:
reintegration, return migrant, south-south migration, sustainable return

EMN Bulletin (October 2012 - January 2013)

cover EMN bulletin
Pub date: 
Mar 2013
This third issue of the EMN Bulletin outlines recent migration and international protection policy developments at EU and national levels, including relevant statistics, from October 2012 to January 2013.
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Main theme:
Asylum, Migration
Publication type:
EMN bulletin

Family Reunification: a Barrier or Facilitator of Integration? A Comparative Study

Cover page of the study
Pub date: 
Mar 2013
This study, coordinated by the Immigrant Council of Ireland and supported by the European Integration Fund, answers the question to what extent certain family reunification policies hinder or promote reunification with TCN family members and also their integration
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Main theme:
Integration, Family reunification
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
family reunification right, income requirement, obstacle to integration

How free is free movement? Dynamics and Drivers of Mobility within the European Union (MPI Europe)

Cover Page of MPI Europe Publication on Free Movement Drivers
Pub date: 
Mar 2013
The report explores how movements have responded to key changes such as EU enlargements, the end of restrictions on workers of new Member States and the economic crisis. The repot also examines the motivations for migration and impacts on labour markets.
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Main theme:
Migration
Keywords:
free movement, intra-EU mobility

Comparative Data Journalism Study of Migration Coverage

First page of study summary
Pub date: 
Feb 2013
The migration coverage study plays a part in the media and migration programme of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, which notably aims at stimulating a global debate about the current state of migration coverage in the media.
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Main theme:
Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
attitude towards migration, media coverage, public perception

Intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals to Belgium (EMN)

cover report
Pub date: 
Feb 2013
The purpose of this EMN study was to identify the challenges/barriers which may be affecting the intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals for reasons of work and to provide an overview of the EU acquis and national policy of relevance to intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals.
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Main theme:
Economic migration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
intra EU mobility

Establishing Identity for International Protection - EU synthesis (EMN)

cover synthesis report
Pub date: 
Feb 2013
This Synthesis Report summarises the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study on Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices undertaken by EMN National Contact Points from 25 (Member) States.
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Main theme:
International Protection, Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
identification, identity

Facing 2020: Developing a new European Agenda for Immigration and Asylum Policy (MPI)

First page of MPI publication
Pub date: 
Feb 2013
This Policy Brief, which launches a flagship series for Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Europe, offers a first analysis of the changed empirical and policy environment in which the European Union (EU) finds itself.
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Main theme:
Asylum, Migration
Keywords:
European Agenda, migration strategy, whole-of-government policymaking