EU/international news - Winter 2010
Date Published: 31-12-2010
22 December 2010
- Political Agreement on the Directive on trafficking in human beings and appointment of new Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, Myria Vassiliadou
- The European Parliament's Plenary Session of 14 December 2010 adopted a number of texts on the Extension of the scope of Directive 2003/109/EC to beneficiaries of international protection, on Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network, and on the Agreement between the EU and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation
- The European Commission has provided an additional €9.8 million and further technical support to Greece on asylum and border issues
- European Commission Communication COM(2010) 673 on the EU Internal Security Strategy in Action, see, in particular Objectives 2 (radicalisation) and 4 (borders).
- Recent Eurostat report on remittances which indicates that workers' remittances in the EU27 Money sent by migrants to their country of origin fell by 7% in 2009.
- Recent World Bank outputs, including "An Analysis of Trends in the Average Total Cost of Migrant Remittance Services" plus Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011, and "Talent Abroad Promoting Growth and Institutional Development at Home: Skilled Diaspora as Part of the Country"
- Latest Newsletter from the Migration Policy Centre
14 December 2010
- Fundamental Rights Agency final report on Separated Asylum-seeking children
- Winter 2010 issue of the European University Institute Review on migration
- Newsletter from Migration Policy Group
- France Terre d’Asile study on "The reception and care of unaccompanied minors in eight countries of the European Union", undertaken in partnership with the Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati (Italy) and the Institute for Rights Equality and Diversity (Greece).
8 December 2010
- European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities report on “Employment in Europe 2010” assessing EU labour market adjustment since the onset of the economic crisis, taking account of the crisis’ impact and future prospects.
- Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies: “Immigration Policy for Circular Migration”, investigates the relevant literature and discusses problems that might arise when forming a migration policy that promotes movement.
- Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA): “Opening Europe’s doors to unskilled and low-skilled workers, a practical handbook”.
- Frontex report on “Unaccompanied Minors in the Migration Process”.
23 November 2010
- European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify application of the Schengen acquis (COM(2010) 624).
- Workshop on Understanding the role of ICT in the integration of Immigrant and Ethnic Minorities (IEM), on 23 November 2010, in Brussels.
- UN Special Rapporteur on Torture presents preliminary findings on his Mission to Greece.
11 November 2010
- European Commission's sixth report on visa reciprocity with third countries and agreement on visa free regime for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina approved by Justice and Home Affairs Council.
- The 2010 European Integration Fund Community Actions call for proposals has now been published. The deadline for submission is 14th January 2011.
- European Commission Communication on the consolidation of EU Africa relations (COM(2010) 634) (see page 6 in particular). Details of the "Observatory" mentioned in the report may be found at http://www.acpmigration-obs.org/.
- European Commission's fifth report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion. The Report contains a lot of information on migration and integration, e.g. remittances, effect of crisis, integration, statistics (flows), (Un)employment, social inclusion.
- An European Court of Justice judgment (asylum) that a person can be excluded from refugee status if he is individually responsible for acts committed by an organisation using terrorist methods.
- Latest European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO) Newsletter.
- Latest Migration Policy Centre (Robert Schuman Institute) Newsletter.
- European Federation for Street Children Policy comment on the growing phenomenon of unaccompanied minors in Europe.
- A comparative study (8 countries) on The Reception and Care of Unaccompanied Minors in Eight Countries of the European Union by France terre d'asile.
- Your Europe: Europe made easy. Help and advice on your life, work and travel in the EU
28 October 2010
- European Commission Work Programme 2011; note that the "Communication on an EU agenda for integration of third-country nationals, including the development of a coordination mechanism" is included as a priority initiative in Annex II. The "Communication on addressing labour shortages through migration in the Member States" is now included as one of 3 staff working papers that will accompany the Communication on the evaluation and future development of the Global Approach to Migration.
- European Commission Communication on "Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union" (COM(2010) 573)
- Deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RaBITs) to Greece, see EU press release and Frontex News.
- Fundamental Rights Agency report on "Experience of Discrimination, Social Marginalisation and Violence - A Comparative study of Muslim and non-Muslim Youth in three EU Member States" plus "Racism, ethnic discrimination and exclusion of migrants and minorities in sport: a comparative overview of the situation in the European Union"
- Eurostat publication on "The EU in the world", see in particular Section 2.1.
- Eurostat Yearbook 2010, see Sections 2.6 and 2.7.
- Eurostat publication on "Key figures in Europe", see chapter 2.
- Eurostat Labour Force Survey 2009
- Eurostat EU population analysis "Foreigners living in the EU are diverse and largely younger than the nationals of the EU Member States"
- An International Organization for Migration Publication on "Migration and the Economic Crisis in the European Union: Implications for Policy"
- Centre for European Policy Studies paper on "Assessing EU Policy on Irregular Immigration under the Stockholm Programme"