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EMN - European Migration Network, National Contact Point Belgium

Publications on Family reunification

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

Trends in the choice of first and second-generation migrants' spouse in Belgium

First page of the publication on the marital choice of migrants in Belgium
Pub date: 
Feb 2013
This paper maps the marital choices of persons with a migratory background in Belgium, with a focus on populations of Moroccan and Turkish origin.
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Main theme:
Family reunification, Migration
Keywords:
first generation, marital choice, second generation

state of play family reunification directive

cover
Pub date: 
Dec 2012
The Commission published in May 2012 a summary of the responses received on its public consultation on family reunification. Background information, state of play and case law regarding this directive can be found here.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
EU directive, family migration policy

Marriage migration from Emirdag to Brussels (KBF)

Cover Page of the KBF Study on Marriage Migration from Emirdag to Brussels
Pub date: 
Dec 2012
On the basis of a field study, The King Baudouin Foundation examined in more detail the marriage migration from Emirdag to Brussels with a view to identify profiles, aspirations and motivations of the migrants involved.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
Emirdag, marriage migration

Developments in Legal Migration and Mobility in 2011 (EMN Inform)

First page of EMN Inform Legal Migration Mobility 2011
Pub date: 
Nov 2012
This EMN Inform summarises the main developments in 2011 in legal migration and mobility. Topics addressed include statistics, promoting legal migration channels, economic, family Reunification and integration.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Integration, Family reunification, Citizenship & Nationality
Publication type:
EMN inform
Keywords:
legal migration, mobility

Misuse of the right to family reunification (EMN Inform)

Cover EMN Inform
Pub date: 
Jun 2012
This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the above-titled EMN Focussed Study.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
EMN inform
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive, Green paper on Family Reunification

Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: Marriages of Convenience and False Declarations of Parenthood - EU Synthesis (EMN)

Cover page of EMN synthesis report on Misuse of Family Reunification Right
Pub date: 
Jun 2012
Based on the main findings of national contributions from 24 EMN NCP, the report highlights similarities and differences in means of prevention, detection and action, as well as statistics related to marriages of convenience and false declarations of parenthood.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive, Green paper on Family Reunification, grey marriage, white marriage

Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: Marriages of Convenience and False Declarations of Parenthood in Belgium (EMN)

Pub date: 
Apr 2012
In this national contribution to the EMN focussed study, the Belgian Contact Point clarifies the scope of the issue and presents national means of prevention, detection and actions against such misuses, as well as statistics in this field.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
False declaration of parenthood, marriage of convenience

UNHCR’s Response to the European Commission Green Paper on the Right to Family Reunification

Cover UNHCR's publication
Pub date: 
Mar 2012
UNHCR answers questions raised by the European Commission on the Right to Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals. It provides practical recommendations on different issues of concern related to family reunification of beneficiaries of international protection.
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Keywords:
Family Reunification Directive, refugee

Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies

Cover Family Reunification
Pub date: 
Nov 2011
The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network (ULB) have organised a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive vs. flexible policies, on last 17 November
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Main theme:
Family reunification
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
family migration policy