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Every year the European Migration Network develops a series of publications offering a source of comparative law that provides a complete vision of the migration situation to authorities, civil society, and other institutions linked to the topic.
Migration diplomacy: An analysis of policy approaches and instruments

This EMN-OECD inform explores the theme of migration diplomacy, focusing on the use of diplomatic tools, processes and procedures with third countries to manage international migration. It analyses the policy approaches and instruments in migration diplomacy efforts applied by EMN Member and Observer Countries, as well as selected examples from OECD countries outside the EU. While previous EMN publications have focused on issue-specific aspects, such as bilateral readmission agreements and mobility partnerships (MPs), this inform takes a more comprehensive look at broader policy approaches and instruments in migration diplomacy.
Year 2023

The Annual Policy Report 2023 of the Spanish National Contact Point for the European Migration Network (EMN) presents the main developments on migration in Spain in 2023.
The Spanish National Contact Point compiled the monitoring information from official resources and assigned reporting responsibility to the Spanish reporting responsibility to the authorities in charge of each area. Participants within the report included the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Ministry of Justice. This Annual Report on Migration and Asylum is the second part of the reporting. It is addressed in the first instance to the national public in the first instance. The key findings of the first part of the reporting process are included in this report.
The European Migration Migration Network also publishes a separate statistical review, i.e, key figures on immigration in 2023. The structure and headings of the report are based on a template that was jointly agreed by the EMN.
Governing the accommodation of international protection applicants.

This inform provides insights into the governance and processes of accommodation for applicants for international protection in EMN Member and Observer Countries. Despite extensive research on governance principles, little has been done to understand these in the complex context of accommodation for applicants for international protection. The inform maps and analyses the governance structures, processes, and mechanisms for accommodation for applicants for international protection in EMN Member and Observer Countries. It focuses exclusively on accommodation for applicants for international protection, excluding beneficiaries of temporary protection (BoTP), resettled refugees, and other material reception conditions, such as food and clothing.
The integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market.

The overall aim of the study is to inform the target audience (e.g. practitioners, policy officers, decision makers at both EU and national level, including the European Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), academic researchers, civil society organisations and the general public) on the labour market access of applicants for international protection, identifying existing laws, policies and measures regarding the labour market integration of applicants, good practices and challenges in the period of January 2017- June 2022.
Processing the biometric data of third-country nationals

This inform examines current national legislation and practices for the collection and processing of biometric data of third-country nationals in 24 EMN Member Countries and of foreign migrants in three Observer Countries, in accordance with the requirements of national and European law. It addresses the legal framework on data protection, including the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive, and the Regulations on large-scale information technology systems for freedom, security and justice. It also addresses the applicable legal framework on fundamental rights, including the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Court of Human Rights case-law on biometric data, and the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. The inform focuses on the collection and processing of biometric data in all areas of migration management Data collection revealed that data collected in migration processes were in some cases also used for a secondary purpose in relation to law enforcement. Biometric data is defined as personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data. The inform covers the collection of biometric data in migration process, the initial purpose of collecting those data, storage, processing for purposes other than the initial purpose, and international transfer of biometric data.
Labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine

The latest report of the European Migration Network (EMN) focuses on the labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in EMN member and observer countries. This report provides an analysis of employment trends, policy priorities and measures to facilitate the integration of displaced persons from Ukraine into the labour market of host countries.
EMN Quaterly

The 42th. edition provides information from period January-March 2023, including the (latest) relevant published statistics
Application of the Temporary Protection Directive: challenges and good practices in 2023

To provide up-to-date information and avoid duplication with earlier publications from the EMN and other sources, this study provides an overview of developments, challenges and good practices, focusing on specific under-researched topics of interest for national and European policymakers. The study’s geographical scope includes 25 EMN Member Countries.
The main objectives of the study are:
- To present the state of play as of 1 July 2023 and key trends in terms of the numbers of BoTP in EMN Member Countries up to 1 July 2023.
- To provide insights into the legal status and registration of BoTP in EMN Member Countries, including when transitioning to different types and forms of residence or protection.
- To explore a number of key issues related to mobility and movement of beneficiaries, including when travelling to other Member States, outside the EU or going back to Ukraine.
- To provide examples of challenges and good practices from EMN Member Countries in providing access to the rights granted under the TPD.
- To provide an overview of policies and measures in place in EMN Member Countries to ensure support for unaccompanied minors, children arriving accompanied by a guardian, and other vulnerable groups.
Resettlement, Humanitarian admission and community sponsorship programmes

This inform provides up-to-date and comparative data on resettlement, humanitarian admission and sponsorship schemes. It presents recent developments in EMN Member Countries between 2016 to 2022 and offers a valuable resource for countries launching new programmes to learn from established programmes in other countries. Moreover, it aims to complement and enhance other knowledge-sharing initiatives in the field.