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).
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.
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.
Integration of migrant women in the eu: policies and measures
The aim of this study is consider the distinct situation of migrant women in their integration policies and measures. In order to provide information that will support policymakers developing integration policies and measures that better support migrant women in their integration process, taking their respective backgrounds into account. An overview will be provided of research and statistics available at the national level on the integration opportunities and challenges of migrant women.
Year 2022
The Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2022 provides an overview of migration and asylum-related developments and debates in Spain between January and December 2022. In 2022, the war in Ukraine was the defining issue, necessitating new regulations (for example, the Regulation on Displaced Persons) or the adaptation of existing systems (for example, in the area of integration). Furthermore, a comprehensive reform of the relevant legal foundations brought about changes and facilitations in labour migration, among other things, and measures were taken to address the shortage of skilled workers in Spain. In addition, the high number of applications for international protection and the reaching of capacity limits in basic care played an important role, especially in media reporting.
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.
EMN Bulletin
The 39th edition provides information from April to June 2022, including the (latest) relevant published statistics.