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The EMN Annual Conference was this time aimed at international student migration and held in Cyprus on 29 - 30 October 2012. This meeting was organised not only within the framework of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU but was also tied in with the EMN’s main study for 2012 titled Immigration of International students to EU Member States.

In November 2012, IOM International Organization for Migration as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point in the Slovak Republic held a thematic seminar with representatives of Bureau of Border and Aliens Police of the Police Force Presidium.

The fourth session of the EU-Russia Migration Dialogue focused on the legal migration issues was held at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic on February 7, 2013.

On 3 and 4 September 2012 a small scale national network meeting focused on the cooperation with relevant Slovak non-governmental institutions was organised in the town of Piestany. The meeting was attended by 32 participants from NGOs working intensively in the field of migration and asylum and the representatives from state institutions.

In June 2013, IOM Bratislava as the coordinator of EMN activities in Slovakia held an expert meeting of selected stakeholders actively operating in the field of asylum and international protection.