EMN Informs

This EMN Inform provides an overview of the conditions of labour market access for various categories of beneficiaries of international protection both in legislation and in practice as well as examines the categories of residence statuses of these beneficiaries.  It also looks into different types of employment related support measures, analyses coordination between relevant bodies and other authorities within the field of integration and maps good practices and obstacles in EU Member States.

This EMN inform contains information collected through an ad-hoc question on statelessness in the EU. It analysis the theoretical background of international law in this regards, compares legislation of EU Member States and practical differences in the statelessness determination procedure. It also deals with the rights of persons who have been granted a status of a stateless person and describes situations regarding the stateless minors.

This EMN Inform summarises the key findings of the EMN Synthesis Report on challenges and practices for establishing identity of third-country nationals in migration processes. It provides the overview of the challenges faced by national authorities in their efforts to reliably verify the identity of third-country nationals within the context of various migration procedures and of national practices of EU Member States to address those challenges. 

This EMN inform summarizes the key findings of the  EMN Synthesis report on the effectiveness of returns in the EU. It provides an overview of the impact of EU rules on return and related case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union – on Member States’ return policies and practices and hence on the effectiveness of return decisions issued across the EU. It also outlines the challenges encountered by Member States in effectively implementing returns, as well as identify any good practices developed to ensure the enforcement of return obligations.

This EMN inform contains information collected through an ad-hoc question on safe countries of origin. It presents an overview of (Member) States policies and practices concerning safe countries of origin. It describes which countries have introduced a list of safe countries of origin and whether nationals from these countries are treated differently than nationals from other countries in the asylum procedure. Moreover, differences relating to reception conditions and return provisions are examined.  

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.

The EMN Inform provides an overview of the mechanisms in place in the EU Member States to determine labour shortages and quantifies the needs for migration labour and it describes the scale and nature of unfilled vacancies in the EU. It also assesses how the impact of labour migration on national labour markets is monitored and what kind of instruments are used to that end.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings from the EMN synthesis report on different approaches employed in the EU Member States and Norway to ensure that irregular migrants are informed of options for return, including voluntary and assisted voluntary return. It identifies the main challenges faced by Member States, provides information on national approaches involving migration and asylum authorities, other public authorities and other actors, describes the role of various involved actors, provides details about the tools used as well as the evaluation of the effectiveness of these tools.