UNHCR Global Trends Report 2021 highlights continued increases in the numbers of people forcibly displaced worldwide

On 16 June, the United Nations Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) released its Global Trends Report 2021, reporting on forced displacement worldwide for the year 2021. UNHCR reports that 89.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2021; this figure includes refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers, and Venezuelans displaced abroad. While conflict is not the … Read More

New scheme could significantly reduce the number of undocumented migrants living in Ireland

  Research shows that undocumented migrants can experience difficulties accessing services in Ireland. The recently introduced Regularisation of Long-Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme could significantly reduce the size of this group in Ireland. However, certain policy challenges remain, for those who do not regularise under this scheme and for future undocumented migrants. New EMN Ireland/ESRI research looks at policy on undocumented … Read More

New study highlights challenges in current system for victims of human trafficking, including lack of suitable accommodation

  New EMN Ireland/ESRI research examines the policies and procedures in place in Ireland to detect, identify and protect non-EU national victims of human trafficking. Between 2015 and 2020, 356 people were identified by An Garda Síochána as suspected victims of human trafficking, of them approximately 59 per cent were non-EU nationals. The research is part of an EU-wide study … Read More

EMN EU Launch Event: Study on third-country national victims of human trafficking

Third-country nationals account for more than half of the registered victims of trafficking in EU Member States. Vulnerable migrants have been reported to be at persistent risk of becoming victims of trafficking along migratory routes. Their detection and identification in mixed migration flows remains a challenge in a number of EU Member States. This can relate to tensions with the … Read More

Changes to doctors’ immigration permissions aimed at attracting mobile talent

  Major changes to working arrangements and immigration permissions for most non-EEA doctors have been announced by the Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Justice and Health. The changes are intended to make Ireland a more attractive location for doctors, to help retain medical staff and to reduce the administrative burden on doctors and their employers. From now, non-EEA doctors … Read More

European Union enacts Temporary Protection Directive

  On 4 March 2022, the Council of the European Union enacted the Temporary Protection Directive (Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382) in response to refugees arriving in the EU from Ukraine. The enactment of the Directive means persons fleeing the armed conflict in Ukraine will have access to ‘temporary protection’ in EU Member States. The Directive, which establishes minimum standards for … Read More

New EMN Inform: Skills Mobility Partnerships: Exploring Innovative Approaches to Labour Migration

In 2020, the New Pact on Migration and Asylum emphasised the importance of creating new legal pathways in the context of labour migration, skills matching and addressing labour shortages.[1] In this context, and in view of unprecedented demographic changes, technological development and the growing mobility of workers, Skills Mobility Partnerships (SMPs) with third countries are being considered as part of … Read More

Update: Scheme to regularise long-term undocumented migrants opens

The scheme to regularise long-term undocumented migrants and their families opened on 31st January 2022. Online applications will be accepted for six months until 31 July 2022. The scheme will enable successful applicants, and their eligible dependants, to remain and reside in the State and to regularise their residency status. Successful applicants will receive immigration permission, access to the labour … Read More