The EMN Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum 2014 is based on information collected from all Member States and Norway in late 2014 and early 2015. It provides an overview of the main legal and policy development taking place at EU level and within participating countries. It is a...

This EMN Study is an update of a previous EMN Study on Policies on reception, return and integration arrangements for, and numbers of, unaccompanied minors carried out in 2008-2009. The Study identifies a number of gaps and challenges that still need to be addressed to ensure all UAMs benefit...

This EMN Focussed Study presents an analysis of (Member) States’ use of entry bans and readmission agreements with a specific focus on their practical application and effectiveness, whilst also identifying good practices in their use, including possible synergies, in the implementation of...

The European Migration Network (EMN), through its Annual Policy Reporting process, has collected between 2010 and 2013, descriptive information and statistics on the actions of Member States relevant to elements of the Stockholm Programme (2010/C115/01) in the fields of migration, international...

The EMN REG Directory connects return experts across Europe by providing, for the first time, a European wide mapping of the actors involved in the return process and of the programmes and initiatives implemented in the field of return in each Member State. The EMN REG Directory is divided into...

This Synthesis Report presents the main findings of the Second 2013 EMN Focussed Study on “The Organisation of Reception Facilities for Asylum Seekers in the different Member States”. The main aim of this EMN Focussed Study was to identify good practices and existing mechanisms for flexible,...

The aim of this EMN study is to identify similarities, differences and best practices with regard to the use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of (Member)States’ immigration policies. ... Special attention is given to the possibility of detaining and/or providing...

This Synthesis Report presents the main findings of the Third 2013 EMN Focussed Study on “Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in International Protection and Forced Return Procedures”. The aim of the Study was to examine whether, and how, potential victims of trafficking...

The overall objective of the study is to map the policies and administrative practices that shape third-country nationals’ access to social security, including healthcare. There is substantial variation in how third-country nationals experience the social security system in EU Member States,...