40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement The anniversary should not be a “mourning ceremony”, but a “big party” – this is how the Luxembourg Minister for Home Affairs in January 2025 envisioned the upcoming 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement.* 40 years ago, it initiated the gradual abolition of … Continued
This capacity building event is jointly organised by the General Department of Immigration of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Luxembourg, the Detention Center of the Ministry of Home Affairs and EMN Luxembourg. Following the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum (April 2024) this capacity building workshop will serve as a platform … Continued
The workshop showcased the current state of play in forecasting migration and asylum flows, addressing existing challenges, and the future of forecasting in migration management. Additionally, capitalising on the previous work of the EMN Luxembourg and the Prague Process Digital Lab on digitalisation and modernisation, the workshop highlighted the latest technological advancements in migration, asylum, … Continued
In recent years, the number of refugees and asylum seekers has been increasing globally. Many of these individuals have endured traumatic experiences due to events that occurred in their country of origin or on their way to Europe. Therefor frontline workers (interpreters, educators, social workers, cleaning personnel, cultural mediators, security staff etc.), who provide support … Continued
This meeting, jointly organized by the Council of Europe and the EMN Luxembourg within the framework of the EMN Platform on Statelessness had several aims. Firstly, this event served as an opportunity to share good practices and challenges on following topics: Child-friendly procedures around statelessness and nationality; Access to nationality for children. Secondly, the event … Continued
The meeting brought together the Ombudspersons, representatives of Ombudspersons for children as well as children welfare and guardianship authorities of EU Member States and other countries. The aim of the event was to have an open discussion on the specific aspects of the rights of third-country national unaccompanied minors. The meeting was organised as a … Continued
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The upcoming meeting of the EMN Ad-hoc Querry Working Group will be hosted on 24 January 2024 in Riga, Latvia. The meeting will be organised as a hybrid event and will provide for a possibility to connect online via Webex. Participation in the event is foreseen for EMN NCPs, members of the EMN Ad-hoc Querry … Continued
Member of the team EMN Luxembourg, Mr Adolfo Sommarribas is running as a candidate representing the administrative, technical and financial staff in the University Council elections for the next tenure (2023-2028). Here is his letter to the University staff about his aims and priorities. You will find the German and French versions of the letter … Continued
The Detention Center of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board, the Luxembourgish Detention Center, EMN Luxembourg and EMN Estonia hosted the 6th Workshop of Representatives of Detention Centers in the EU. The workshop took place in-person from 25 to 26 September 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia. On the first day (25 September) the participants had … Continued