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The inform explores the implementation of the migration-development nexus across the EMN Member Countries and Serbia and provides a comprehensive overview of national policies and initiatives that integrate the migration-development nexus at both strategic and operational levels. It highlights various approaches among countries, while emphasizing cooperation through bilateral and multilateral partnerships with third-country partners. The inform covers initiatives from 2019 to 2023 and discusses best practices and challenges encountered by countries in applying this nexus.

The inform provides a comprehensive overview of good practices and challenges in coordinating the return and reintegration of third-country nationals across EMN Member and Observer Countries. It highlights the importance of a coherent approach involving the alignment of various stakeholders and explores how improved coordination among stakeholders, strengthened institutional frameworks, and effective national strategies can ensure a systematic and structured approach to return and reintegration.

A recent joint inform by the European Migration Network (EMN) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) details policies and state-led practices for monitoring the integration of third-country nationals in the EU. Drawing on the contributions from 25 EMN Member and Observer Countries, the inform focuses on integration areas such as education, employment, social inclusion, and civic participation.

The European Commission has released the latest edition of EMNews, covering current developments, publications, and data related to migration, integration, and international protection in the European Union, its Member States, and EMN Observer Countries from April to June 2024. 

The European Migration Network (EMN) has released its Annual Report on Migration and Asylum for 2023, providing a comprehensive overview of significant legal and policy changes as well as statistical trends in 2023 in the 30 contributing EMN Member and Observer Countries. The report, accompanied by the Statistical Annex prepared by Eurostat, provides a data-based overview of the key developments including legislative milestones, including the Pact on Migration and Asylum, responses to the increase in irregular migration and international protection applications, measures supporting temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals, digitalisation efforts to enhance administrative efficiency, and initiatives addressing labour market needs and social integration.