The EMN Bulletin provides up-to-date information on recent developments in migration and international protection at EU and national level. The 36th edition contains information on key development milestones for the period from July to September 2021, which also includes statistics.
Representatives of the EMN National Contact Point Slovenia Leja Jevšnik and Luka Žigante attended the EMN National Conference in Sweden on the Nordic countries and the Ukrainian refugee situation. The first part of the conference was devoted to the actual figures on the number of displaced persons received from Ukraine and the measures taken to…
Sabina Hrovatin, EMN National Contact Point Coordinator, attended the EMN Presidency Conference in Paris on 21 June.The conference was dedicated to the exchange of good practices and approaches in voluntary return and reintegration. The participants also touched upon the EU strategy on voluntary return and reintegration, discussing on the role of the Return Coordinator, the…
How do Member States and Norway ensure the care and protection of children who arrive in their countries, and what measures are in place in relation to guardianship, education, access to justice, and more? This new report from the European Migration Network (EMN) provides an overview of the progress made during 2020 in the implementation…
This inform is focusing on specific areas in the context of asylum, migration and acquisition of citizenship procedures and border control management where digital technologies may be used. The inform draws on contributions from the OECD and 24 EU Member States that have or plan to enhance the deployment of digital services due to the…
How can Member States face the growing mobility of workers and skills shortages in the EU? This new joint EMN-OECD inform highlights experiences by EU Member States, non-EU countries and international organisations with regards to the introduction of Skills Mobility Partnerships (SMPs), a new concept that promotes a sustainable approach to skilled migration and mobility,…
The European Migration Network has published an Inform on preventing, detecting and tackling situations where authorisations to reside in the EU for the purpose of study are misused. The Inform outlines approaches, experiences and best practices in monitoring, detecting and dealing with cases of abuse, from minor breaches of immigration conditions to fraudulent applications. The…
This new inform aims to map experiences and approaches across the EU in preventing and addressing situations where authorisations are potentially misused for a purpose other than for study. The inform distinguishes between the pre- and post-arrival phase. In the pre-arrival phase, focus is on prevention of potential misuse of authorisations. The post-arrival phase, concentrates…
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on return procedures had been significant across EU countries as well as OECD countries in and outside Europe since March 2020. The EMN Inform looks into policy responses and measures that were implemented in OECD and EU countries due to COVID-19 epidemic.
What are Member States and Norway doing to protect the rights of migrant children who arrive in their countries? What systems are in place to ensure swift identification, adequate reception and effective guardianship? EMN report maps the progress made by Member States and Norway in 2019 in the implementation of the recommended actions laid down…