EMN Informs

This EMN Inform presents the main outcomes of the EMN Study on Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration, which provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures to reduce irregular migration to the EU and Norway as well as information on bilateral and multilateral cooperation of these countries with other EU and third countries in this area.

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 presents the main outcomes of the EMN Focussed Study Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: Marriages of Convenience and False Declaration of Parenthood. It responds to a growing concern, most notably of policymakers as well as the media, that the right to family reunification may be misused as a route into settlement in the EU.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings of the EMN Focussed Study “Establishing Identity for International Protection: Challenges and Practices” undertaken by the EU Member States and Norway. It provides an overview of challenges and their solutions facing national authorities in their efforts to establish the identity of applicants for international protection and for the return of rejected applicants, often in the absence of valid documentation.

This EMN Inform is based on the findings of the EMN Study on Intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals, informed by National Reports from the EU Member States and Norway which provides an overview on related legislation, barriers as well as on statistical data about this phenomenon.

This EMN Inform presents the main findings of the EMN Main Study with the same topic. It provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies currently implemented by the Member States and Norway to allow international students to enter and stay in the EU for the purpose of study.

This EMN Inform is based on the findings of the EMN Focussed Study 2013 on Attracting Highly Qualified and Qualified Third-Country nationals, informed by National Reports from the EU Member States and Norway, which describes policies and legislative measures of states in this area.

This EMN Inform provides information on the use of quotas by Member States as one of a possible range of measures to manage labour migration from third countries, as well as secondary movements of third country nationals, exercising mobility for the purpose of employment within the EU.