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
Statelessness in the European Union, Norway and Georgia
Third version of the EMN Statelessness inform.
Statelessness is a global phenomenon, preventing those concerned from accessing fundamental human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. Marginalisation and discrimination are frequent consequences.
Implications for affected individuals, particularly with regard to work, education, healthcare and social aid.
Prospects for displaced persons in non-EU first reception and transit countries:
This inform provides an overview of the strategies and initiatives put in place by the European Migration Network (EMN) Member Countries to enhance the prospects of displaced populations in non-European Union (EU) first reception and transit countries. It also identifies good practices that could serve as a starting point to develop or improve sustainable support initiatives.
Organising flexible housing in the context of international protection
This inform aims to present information that can support policy makers to better organise their respective reception systems, in a flexible manner, whilst anticipating further changing inflows in the future. It also aims to inform the public, particularly as housing of applicants for international protection is a frequent topic of public and political debate.