NEWS:
17 speakers lectured at our 5th EMN Educational Seminar on Migration “Addressing the Needs of Forced Migrants in the 21st Century”
International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the EMN coordinator for Slovakia organised the 5th Educational Seminar on Migration entitled “Addressing the needs of forced migrants in the 21st century” which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 3 - 5 July 2017. The seminar welcomed 17 experts from international organisations, institutions and non-governmental organisations who lectured about migratory trends and international governance, enhancement of safe and legal pathways for migrants, protection of migrants, and empowerment of refugees of the 21st century. They presented, among other, experiences from the West Africa, Middle East and Afghanistan.
EMN organised a discussion evening Refugee camp, my home together with documentary film screening
On 4 July 2017, EMN organized within its 5th Educational Seminar on Migration a public discussion evening entitled Refugee camp, my home which welcomed more than 100 visitors. The discussion with Kilian Kleinschmidt about the dire conditions which refugees face was preceded by screening of the documentary film Salam Neighbor together with a video message from the directors.
EMN prepared a public screening of the film The Good Lie
EMN organised again within its 5th Educational Seminar on Migration a public screening of the Hollywood film The Good Lie about Sudanese refugees resettled to the United States. More than 100 visitors came to Kino Lumière in Bratislava on 3 July 2017 to watch the film inspired by true stories of “Lost Boys of Sudan”.
Join the public consultation on the European Union's (EU) legislation on the legal migration of non-EU citizens (Fitness Check on EU legal migration legislation)
European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on the European Union's (EU) legislation on the legal migration of non-EU citizens (Fitness Check on EU legal migration legislation) with the aim to collect evidence, experiences, data and opinions to support the evaluation, by the European Commission, of the existing EU legal framework for the legal entry and stay of nationals of non-EU countries to the EU Member States (legal migration).
The results of the evaluation will assist the European Commission to understand better whether the current legislation is ‘fit for purpose’ and will be used to identify if the legal framework, can be improved and if so how.
You can join the public consultation by filling the online questionnaire until 18 September 2017. More information is available on the EC website. Replies may be submitted in any EU official language. Given possible delays in translating comments submitted in some languages, contributions in English are welcome, as they will help the Commission to process the survey more swiftly.
European Commission prepared EMN Bulletin’s eighteenth issue
European Commission’s current issue of the EMN Bulletin informs about actual situation, outputs and statistics in the field of migration, integration and international protection at EU and Member State level. It covers the period of time from January to March 2017 and is available in English.
Older issues of the EMN Bulletin can be found on the EMN central website.
EMN Platform on Statelessness
There are approximately 600.000 stateless persons in Europe. Given that statelessness is both a cause and a consequence of forced displacement, these numbers may increase due to the migration situation. This is one of the reasons why the Justice and Home Affairs Council conclusions of 3 and 4 December 2015 mandated the European Migration Network (EMN) to establish the EMN Platform on Statelessness. This platform, established on 20 May 2016, intends to bring the exchange of information and good practices, raise awareness regarding this phenomenon and to bring all the relevant stakeholders in the field together.
Among its activities were gathering the information via ad hoc query and creating an EMN Inform which was, in collaboration with UNHCR and European Network on Statelessness presented to the representatives of Member States’ Permanent Representation to the European Union and subsequent conference on 18 January 2017 on the topic of addressing the statelessness in the EU, that also evaluated the progress made after one year of the existence of the Platform.
More information on the Platform, its activities as well as conference conclusions can be found in English here.
New EMN Synthesis Report: Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals (TCNs) in the EU plus Norway (2016)
The EMN Synthesis Report identifies both commonalities and differences between EU (Member) States’ and Norway's policies and practices on family reunification, which depend to a great extent on EU (Member) States’ discretion, despite being guided by the framework established by the Family Reunification Directive (2003/86/EC) at EU level. The report provides up-to-date information and highlights a number of modifications which have been adopted by some EU (Member) States and Norway since 2011. Moreover, it also includes a review of some of the relevant case law in the field of family reunification.
Report can be downloaded in English language. National study of the Slovak republic in English can be downloaded in the form of a questionnaire here. National studies of other EU Member States and Norway on the same topic can be found here. A synthesis report is also available summarised in an inform.
Online Asylum and Migration Glossary with terms translated into Slovak and other 22 European languages
EMN regularly updates English version of the online Asylum and Migration Glossary which contains more than 450 expert terms and their translations into 23 European languages including Slovak.
Latest edition of the Glossary from October can be downloaded in the form of publication here.
More information about the Glossary can be found here.
Soon to come
- EMN studies in 2017: Challenges and Practices for Establishing Applicants’ Identity in the Migration Process, The Impact of EU Rules on the Effectiveness of Return in the Member States: Challenges and Good Practise, The Changing Influx of Asylum Seekers in 2015-2016: Member State Responses, Unaccompanied Minors After the Asylum Process, Annual Report on Migration and Asylum Policies in the Slovak Republic in 2016.
- EMN studies for 2016: Annual Report on Migration and Asylum Policies in the Slovak Republic in 2015, Family Reunification of Third Country Nationals in the EU: National Practices, Illegal Employment of Third Country Nationals.
Co-funded by the European Union 
