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As a response to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic most EU and OECD countries have closed their national borders. Many universities were also temporarily closed. The international students faced various difficulties related to e.g. admission or enrollment to Higher Education Institutions (HIEs). We invite you to read the new EMN – OECD Inform that maps the impact of the pandemic situation and measures adopted to mitigate the impact on international students in EU and OECD countries.

The EMN together with the OECD prepared Inform EU and OECD Member States responses to managing residence permits and migrant unemployment during the Covid-19 pandemic. The key findings of the Inform indicate that vulnerable communities including third-country nationals are being especially affected by the impacts of the pandemic. Many countries have introduced temporary measures with regard to the processing of applications for, and issuance and renewal of, residence permits to prevent legally staying migrants from falling into an irregular situation.

Integration through acquisition of citizenship has become an important topic in many EU Member States in recent years, as the number of new migrants arriving in the EU has increased in recent years. The new EMN Synthesis Report published on this topic shows that citizenship is seen by the EU Member States as either the culmination of the integration process or as facilitating the integration process.

The report informs about the most significant changes, developments and activities in the field of migration and international protection in Slovakia in 2010. In the Slovak Republic, the report is a unique publication of its kind which annually maps all areas of migration of third-country nationals in the context of EU policies and legislation.