Link: Slovak version

Link: Slovak version

This EMN Inform summarises main findings of the EMN Policy Brief on trends in asylum applications and movement of non-EU migrants across the European Economic Area (EEA) over recent years up to September 2015. It outlines the key routes that migrants use to travel to the EEA and the countries where some subsequently claim asylum, along with some of the outcomes of those claims. It concentrates on those EU countries receiving the highest number of asylum applications, namely Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, Hungary, UK, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium. Greece is also included where relevant given its geographical location as a key migration route. Apart from the contributing EMN members, data was also provided by Frontex and Eurostat.

Tento policy brief sumarizuje trendy v žiadostiach o azyl a v pohybe migrantov z krajín mimo EÚ v rámci Európskeho hospodárskeho priestoru (EHP) za obdobie posledných rokov do septembra 2015. Opisuje kľúčové trasy, ktoré využívajú migranti na ceste do EHP a krajín, v ktorých následne žiadajú o azyl, ako aj niektoré výsledky týchto žiadostí. Zameriava sa na krajiny EÚ, v ktorých bolo podaných najviac žiadostí o azyl, konkrétne Nemecko, Švédsko, Taliansko, Maďarsko, Veľká Británia, Rakúsko, Holandsko a Belgicko. Vzhľadom na svoju geografickú polohu ako súčasť kľúčovej migračnej trasy bolo podľa potreby zaradené aj Grécko. Okrem členov EMN poskytli údaje aj Frontex a Eurostat.

This Policy Brief summarises trends in asylum applications and movement of non-EU migrants across the European Economic Area (EEA) over recent years up to September 2015. It outlines the key routes that migrants use to travel to the EEA and the countries where some subsequently claim asylum, along with some of the outcomes of those claims. It concentrates on those EU countries receiving the highest number of asylum applications, namely Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, Hungary, UK, Austria, Netherlands and Belgium. Greece is also included where relevant given its geographical location as a key migration route. Apart from the contributing EMN members, data was also provided by Frontex and Eurostat.

The document sets out core indicators for monitoring and evaluating assisted voluntary returns and reintegration programmes (AVRR) in the EU. This common framework aims to promote monitoring and evaluation of AVR(R) throughout the EU, to encourage Member States to start monitoring and evaluating, to improve the quality of monitoring and evaluating and to help with more comparable data collection. The common methodology can be applied by Member States on a voluntary basis and it can help them to design more effective AVR(R) programmes.

The study provides information on the scale, characteristics and trends of migrant smuggling from third countries to the EU. It also analyses legal and political frameworks as well as programmes and operational responses implemented by selected EU Member States and third countries in the fight against migrant smuggling to the EU. The research tools included an EMN Ad-Hoc Query, interviews with stakeholders at the international, EU and national level and five Case Studies focused on specific routes of smuggled migrants. The study was carried out by a consortium of Optimity Advisors, International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), commissioned by the European Commission.