EMN Bulletin
The 31nd edition provides information from January to March 2020, including the (latest) relevant published statistics.
Detention and Alternatives to detention in international protection and return procedures
This study aims to identify similarities, differences, practical challenges and best practices concerning the use of detention and alternatives used by Member States and Norway in the framework of international protection and return procedures
Migratory pathways for start-ups and innovative entrepreneurs in the EU
The study provides a comparison of the different policies and practices adopted by the Member States and Norway for the admission of start-ups and entrepreneurs from third countries. The Study identifies a wide variety of policy measures and factors for attracting and retaining start-up founders and innovative entrepreneurs from third countries.
Ways to obtain citizenship for third-country nationals in the EU and Norway
The study provides a comparative overview of the frameworks in place across the Member States of the European Union (EU) for access to national citizenship for new migrants from third countries, through naturalisation. Its scope gives priority to the acquisition of national citizenship through ordinary naturalisation for new migrants, i.e. third-country nationals who do not have pre-existing ties with the Member State, and does not include the situation of the second and third generation (i.e. individuals born in and residing in a country that at least one of their parents or grandparents previously entered as a migrant).
Comparative overview of national protection statuses in the EU and Norway
This study provides a summary of the different national status granted by the Member States and Norway to address a need not covered in the Directive 2011/95/EU, which stablishes rules regarding the requirements to grant international protection to third country nationals or stateless persons. The report includes an overview of national status granted by particular protection grounds, reviewing the conditions and rights associated with each.
Year 2019
Spain had a government in office during most of 2019, thus the General State Budgets could not be approved and those for 2018 had to be extended. Given these circumstances, the government could not endorse draft laws or political projects related to migration. Despite this, the government promoted certain strands of migration policy such as the migratory flows management, cooperation with countries of origin and destination, and integration. Consequently, a new Order was approved to regulate the management of recruitment in countries of origin and the development of the visa project for descendants of Spaniards in Argentina. Moreover, the project “Young generations as change agents” was developed in cooperation with Morocco.
Year 2018
With the new government in June 2018, the migration policy approach was based in 5 basic pillars: 1) an orderly, regular, and safe migration; 2) fight against irregular migration; 3) ensure humanitarian assistance to newcomers; 4) promote a European policy on asylum and migration, including collaboration with countries of origin, transit, and destination; and 5) integration of immigrants and refugees. At the multilateral level, Spain supported the Global Compact for Orderly, Safe and Regular Migration and worked on the achievement of its objectives.
Labour Market Integration of Third Country Nationals in the EU Member States
This study presents the main findings on labour market integration of third-country nationals in EU Member States. The study focusses on the socio-economic dimension, examining the different labour market integration measures for legally staying third-country nationals with the right to work in the EU.
Attracting and retaining international students in the EU
The Study explores the national policies and practices in Member States to attract and retain third-country national students, admission conditions in place in the Member States and the extent to which those conditions facilitated the attraction and retention of international students. In light of the transposition of the Students and Researchers Directive, the Study also aimed to capture the way in which Member States transposed the relevant provisions of this Directive, with regard to international students.
Beneficiaries of International protection in Spain travelling to their country of origin
The study aims to offer a comparative overview of Member States, Norway and Switzerland’s experiences and existing practices regarding the cessation of international protection for individuals who travel to or contact the authorities of their country of origin