EMN Informs

Published: March 2024

The inform offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and advantages in adopting digital-only immigration procedures based on contributions from 23 EMN Member States and two Observer Countries, namely Georgia and Ukraine.

Published: January 2024

The inform outlines the challenges and existing support services in accessing autonomous housing for international protection beneficiaries and applicants. From shortages in the private housing market to language barriers, the inform addresses the multifaceted challenges and highlights the importance of the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027, advocating for affordable and inclusive models to enable a smooth transition to independent living.

The inform provides policymakers with the latest comparative information on resettlement, humanitarian admission schemes, and sponsorship schemes. It includes an overview of developments in EMN Member Countries spanning from 2016 to 2022. It offers an opportunity to the countries introducing new schemes to learn from established programmes in other countries.

The updated EMN Inform on Statelessness explores how EU countries, Norway and Georgia are determining statelessness, the nexus of stateless status and the issuance of residence permits, as well as the impacts on particular groups such as (unaccompanied) minors.

The inform aims to examine current legal, policy and organisational frameworks and practices in the EMN Member Countries and other non-EU OECD countries addressing climate-related migration and displacement, as well as relevant projects and international cooperation efforts. It complements existing research by providing an overview of main initiatives at national level.

The inform provides an overview of the strategies and initiatives put in place by the EMN Member Countries to enhance the prospects for displaced persons in non-EU first reception and transit countries. It also identifies good practices that could serve as a starting point to further develop or improve sustainable support initiatives.

Inform provides information on how the EMN Member and Observer Countries organize their housing capacities in reception facilities. It also focuses on challenges and good practices related to the reaction on the situation in Ukraine.

The inform maps the measures, structures and systems in place in the Member States to provide transitional support to unaccompanied minors reaching the age of majority. It explores the situation of all unaccompanied minors reaching adulthood. In particular, it focuses on unaccompanied minors who have been granted a residence permit, unaccompanied minors who have been issued a returned decision, unaccompanied minors who are still in a status of determination procedure as they turn 18.