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EMN Slovakia hosted a meeting of the European EMN Return Expert Group (REG) on 1 and 2 February 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Representatives of European Union Member States, EU agencies and international organisations informed each other about the return and reintegration of migrants, and discussed activities planned in 2023.

According to UNHCR, as of 15 November 2022, more than 7.8 million people have fled Ukraine, arriving primarily in EU neighbouring countries. Two new EMN informs look at how Member States have responded to influx of people in the area of accommodation and housing as well access to social benefits, education, employment, and healthcare in the context of the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) (2001/55/EC).

Twenty young people joined a discussion on migration topics as part of the EMN Youth Day that took place on 16 November 2022 in Bratislava. Thanks to the online streaming they joined their peers in 10 European countries and the European Commission.

How could EU countries jointly define the term migration crisis or an accompanied child? What other language versions of the expert glossary of the European Migration Network (EMN) are the EU countries preparing?

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the European Migration Network (EMN) in Slovakia is organizing an EMN Slovakia’s National Conference “Dignified Labour Conditions as a Tool to Fight Modern Slavery” which will take place on 1 December 2022 in Bratislava.