Practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and/or ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection
Its objectives are to provide an overview of EMN Member and Observer Countries:
- Guidance and training on early detection (before the asylum interview/before the claim is assessed) and identification (during the asylum interview) of presumed victims of torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international protection procedures.
- Procedural safeguards and guidance available to competent asylum authorities when requesting and taking into account medico-legal documentation in reaching a decision on an application for international protection.
- Any practices in place to identify victims of torture and/or ill-treatment among persons enjoying temporary protection (or beneficiaries of temporary protection - BoTP) to provide access to medical care in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive.
Monitoring the integration of third-country nationals
This joint EMN-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) inform presents an overview of policies and state-led practices designed to monitor the integration of third-country nationals and compares relevant national legislation in each EMN Member and Observer Country. It also analyses the outcomes of integration monitoring policies in EMN Member and Observer Countries and provides examples of challenges and good practices in integration monitoring. The analysis was prepared on the basis of contributions from 26 EMN Member and Observer Countries. This joint inform, while without a specific timeframe, provides a comparative overview of integration monitoring approaches in EMN Member and Observer Countries. It focuses on all legally staying third-country nationals, including beneficiaries of international protection, but excluding asylum seekers and people whose applications for international protection have been rejected but who remain in the host country. It does not cover EU citizens with a migrant background.
Digitalisation of identity documents issued to third-country nationals
The latest report of the European Migration Network (EMN) on the "Digitisation of identity documents and residence permits issued to third-country nationals" provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges and benefits of adopting digital-only immigration procedures in the 23 EMN member countries. United States and two observer countries, namely Georgia and Ukraine.
Family reunification of third-country nationals
The inform aims to understand the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of BoTP that are most relevant for their labour market integration (magnitude, demography, education, qualifications, competencies); analyse existing data on the labour market integration of BoTP and complement existing initiatives. Particular attention is paid to mismatches between skills and jobs; map targeted policies, structures and measures in the host countries to facilitate the labour market integration of BoTP and analyse their focus, as well as host countries’ strategies and policy priorities. Particular attention is paid to measures facilitating the transition from social welfare and means of subsistence into the national labour market and financial independence (bridging measures).
Transition of unaccompanied minors to adulthood
This European Migration Network (EMN) inform examined the particular situation of unaccompanied minors who reach adulthood (majority) in the EU and Norway.
The aim of the EMN inform is to map the measures, structures and systems in place in the EU Member States and Norway to provide transitional support to unaccompanied minors after reaching the age of majority. It explores the situation of all unaccompanied minors reaching adulthood who are classified as unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States and Norway – including, to the extent possible, both those who do and do not apply for asylum.
Bilateral readmission agreements
Little is known about how international international law instruments, including bilateral readmission agreements - influence the return of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers whose applications were rejected. EMN's starting point to contribute to closing this knowledge gap was to update, verify and expand existing information on bilateral readmission readmission agreements by EU Member States and Norway.
Specifically this report examines the implementation, monitoring and evaluation and effectiveness of bilateral readmission agreements signed by EU Member States. It supplements existing data by examining the bilateral readmission agreements that were signed or entered into force in the period 2014-2020 in the EU Member States and Norway, as well as their scope and characteristics in terms of issue linkage.
Secondary movements of beneficiaries of international protection
The purpose of this report is twofold. First, it examines how Member States regulate the transfer of responsibility of a beneficiary of international protection from a first State to a second State, a transfer of responsibility regulated in Art. 28 of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Art. 2 of the European Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees (EATRR) which refers to the transfer of responsibility for the issuance of the travel document for refugees.
And secondly, the report explores the situation in which beneficiaries of international protection, already recognized in a first State, submit applications for international protection in a second State.
EMN inform on preventing, detecting and tackling situations where uthorisations to reside in the eu for the purpose of study are misused for other purposes
This EMN inform aims to map experiences and approaches across the EU Member States in preventing and detecting situations linked to a potential misuse of authorisations to reside for the purpose of study and in tackling situations where such authorisations are considered to be misused for a purpose other than for study.
Incentives and motives for voluntary departure
This inform strives to examine the impact of incentives and motives on a third-country national’s decision to depart voluntarily. Incentives refer to the measures offered by national authorities to encourage a third-country national to return voluntarily to a country. Motives, on the other hand, refer to the personal and contextual reasons on which a third-country national will make their decision to voluntarily depart or not.
Application of the Temporary Protection Directive (Scope and Registration)
This inform provides information related to the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), triggered in response to the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. According to UNHCR, as of 4 May 2022, over 5,7 million Ukrainians (mainly women and children) have left Ukraine in search of safety, primarily arriving in neighbouring EU and third countries (including Moldova). This inform relates to the scope of the Temporary Protection Directive, as well as registration of persons fleeing the war in Ukraine. The analysis in this inform is based on contributions provided by 26 Member States.