EMN Informs

The EMN Inform provides an overview of the mechanisms in place in the EU Member States to determine labour shortages and quantifies the needs for migration labour and it describes the scale and nature of unfilled vacancies in the EU. It also assesses how the impact of labour migration on national labour markets is monitored and what kind of instruments are used to that end.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings from the EMN synthesis report on different approaches employed in the EU Member States and Norway to ensure that irregular migrants are informed of options for return, including voluntary and assisted voluntary return. It identifies the main challenges faced by Member States, provides information on national approaches involving migration and asylum authorities, other public authorities and other actors, describes the role of various involved actors, provides details about the tools used as well as the evaluation of the effectiveness of these tools.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings of the EMN synthesis report on system of protection and care for unaccompanied minors in the EU Member States and Norway including reasons for the arrival of unaccompanied minors to the EU and Norway, systems of admission, integration measures, the issue of their disappearance and escape and return and reintegration to their countries of origin.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings of the EMN synthesis report on policies and legal frameworks regulating entry and stay of immigrant investors, immigrant business owners and other business persons. It also deals with measures to prevent abuse of migration of third-country nationals for business purposes and the evaluation of programs focused on attracting immigrant investors. 

This EMN Inform based on the information collected via EMN Return Expert Group (REG) summarises the impact of the assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes for irregular migrants to Western Africa. It characterises the main trends in return as well as programmes of EU Member States and Norway supporting return to Western Africa and identifies challenges and good practices including latest available statistics.

This EMN Inform based on the information collected via EMN Return Expert Group (REG) summarises the impact of the assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes for irregular migrants to Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also identifies good practices and scope for further cooperation among EU Member States and Norway and presents the latest available statistics.

This EMN Inform provides an overview of 96 programmes implemented by EU Member States and Norway to support return and reintegration. It includes a description of sponsors, actors implementing the programmes and beneficiaries of incentives, characteristics of various forms of incentives and brief summary of challenges which Member States face during implementation of the programmes. The information contained in the Inform was collected via EMN Return Expert Group (REG).

This EMN Inform provides an overview of applicable fees for issuance of residence permits to third-country nationals. The legal framework of fees has been regulated by various EU directives. The information included in the Inform is valid as of September 2014.