This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the EMN Study on Visa Policy as a Migration Channel which analyses the nexus between visa policy and migration flows into the EU Member States and Norway with a focus on national visas and their role in the regulation process of legal migration and combating irregular migration.

This EMN Inform complements the Commission's 3rd Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum and provides an overview of EU and national developments which took place in 2011 in the area of maximising the development impact of migration and mobility. The information used was also collected from the EMN National Annual Policy Reports 2011. 

This EMN Inform complements the Commission's 3rd Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum and summarises the main EU and national developments in legal migration and mobility in 2011. The information is also based on the EMN National Annual Policy Reports 2011.

This EMN Inform complements the Commission's 3rd Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum. It provides a short overview of the main developments which took place in the EU in 2011 in response to the increasing migratory pressures, particularly in relation to six strategic priority areas of the EU Action on Migratory Pressure – A Strategic Response. The information on national developments is also based on the EMN National Annual Policy Reports 2011. 

This EMN Inform summarises the indications of the effect of the economic crisis as emerged from the EU migration statistics in 2009, based on the most relevant statistics available for the EMN analysis. The information was collected from the EMN Annual Report on Migration and International Protection Statistics 2009 Synthesis Report which was compiled from EMN National Statistics Reports for 2009 submitted by the EU Member States.

This EMN Inform presents a summary of the main findings of the analysis of migration and international protection statistics for the year 2009 based on the contributions from the EU Member States included in their national EMN Statistics Reports for 2009. The statistics were compiled in accordance with the Migratory Statistics Regulation 862/2007.

This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the EMN Study Temporary and Circular Migration which provides information on the policies, legislation and strategic documents as well as the upcoming or planned measures in the field of temporary and circular migration in the EU Member States. 

This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the EMN Study Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration aimed at identifying and assessing available statistical data on sectors experiencing labour shortages in the Member States as well as presenting national strategies to address labour market needs and effectiveness of their implementation in relation to third-country migrant workers.  

This EMN Inform presents a summary of the main findings of the analysis of migration and international protection statistics for the year 2008 based on the contributions from the EU Member States included in their national EMN Statistics Reports for 2008. The statistics were for the first time analysed on the basis of data gathered in accordance with the Migratory Statistics Regulation 862/2007.