This Final Report presents the results of the Study on possible ways to improve the exchange of information on travelling violent offenders, hereafter TVO, including those attending sporting events or large public gatherings, an assignment carried out by ICF GHK on behalf of DG Home Affairs. In...

All (Member) States have historically experienced changes in the influx of applicants for international protection and other migrants, typically coinciding with conflicts worldwide and changes to migratory routes into the EU. However, in 2014-2016 (Member) States experienced an unprecedented...

The return of illegally-staying third-country nationals is one of the main pillars of the EU’s policy on migration and asylum. However, recent Eurostat data show that return rates at EU level have not improved despite the important increase in the number of rejected asylum applications and in...