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  • Studies on asylum and migration issues
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  • New edition of EMNews now available

    The latest edition of the European Migration Network’s newsletter, EMNews, is now available, offering updates on migration news from EMN member and observer countries, including Estonia, for the period of October to December 2024. You can read the new issue of the newsletter here. EMNews provides insights into migration developments by country, along with recent […]

    • New EMN inform explores migration diplomacy and international cooperation strategies

    • EMN inform highlights governance models for accommodation of international protection applicants

    • EMN-OECD joint inform highlights civic training as an important tool for third-country nationals

Migration Statistics: 2019-2023

Overview of new Migration Statistics 2019-2023 provides answers to the following questions: ● What is Estonia’s population, immigration, emigration and net migration? ● Which foreign country has the most Estonian citizens living there? ● How many visas were issued and to whom and for what purpose? ● How many registrations of short-term employment were made and in what fields? ● Who came to live in Estonia and what were the reasons? ● Who were granted long-term residence permits and the right of permanent residence? ● Where did the foreigners settle? ● Who were granted international protection? How many people received temporary protection in Estonia? ● Who were expelled from Estonia? ● Who became Estonian citizens? ● Who became e-residents? ● How many foreigners participated in the Settle in Estonia programme? ● How has migration to Estonia changed since joining the European Union?

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Annual report on migration and asylum 2023

EMN has released its annual report on migration and asylum for 2023, published alongside a statistical annex developed by Eurostat. The Annual Report is a comprehensive document outlining the most significant legal and policy developments and statistical trends that occurred in 2023 at European Union (EU) level, across EMN Member (EU Member States except Denmark) and Observer Countries, including Norway, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Serbia and statistical inputs provided by Armenia and Montenegro.

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EMN Inform: Migration and development cooperation

This inform offers a comprehensive overview of EMN Member Countries and Serbia’s approaches to the migration-development nexus at both strategic and operational levels.

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EMN Inform: Governing the accommodation of international protection applicants

The governance of accommodation for international protection applicants is a critical issue faced by European Migration Network (EMN) Member (EU Member States except Denmark) and Observer Countries (NO, GE, MD, UA, ME, AM, RS). With fluctuating asylum applications, limited housing capacity, and community relations at stake, effective governance is necessary. According to the 2024 recast of the Reception Conditions Directive (RCD), EU Member States are mandated to ensure an adequate standard of living for applicants, including housing, despite unpredictable influxes.

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EMN Inform: Implementation of measures for an civic training as an important tool for integration of third-country nationals

EMN and OECD recently published the inform ’Implementation of measures for civic training as an important tool for integration of third-country nationals‘, focusing on civic orientation courses for third-country nationals (TCNs) across 25 EMN Member and Observer Countries. These courses play an important role in integrating TCNs into host societies by providing knowledge and skills required for their social, cultural, and political participation.

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EMN Inform: Practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and/or ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection

In collaboration with the Red Cross EU Office and the Swedish Red Cross, this inform aims to provide an overview of EMN Member (EU Member States except Denmark) and Observer Countries’(NO, GE, MD, UA, ME, AM, RS) guidance and training on early detection and identification of victims of torture and/or ill-treatment in international protection procedures. It outlines procedural safeguards and guidance for asylum authorities when requesting medico-legal documentation in international protection applications, and it details practices for identifying victims among beneficiaries of temporary protection (BoTP) to provide medical care, in line with the Temporary Protection Directive.

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EMN Inform: Digitalisation of identity documents and residence permits issued to third-country nationals

This inform explores good practices and challenges in the coordination between different stakeholders and between different stages of return and reintegration of third-country nationals in EMN Member and Observer Countries (NO, GE, MD, UA, ME, AM, RS).

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Events

  • Eesti

    EU ` s Labour Dilemma: Finding Balance between Local and Migrant Workers

  • EU

    36th EMN REG Meeting

  • Eesti

    Conference of EMN Estonia: Activating the TPD – Retrospect and Ways Forward

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Latest publications

  • Migration Diplomacy: An analysis of policy approaches and instruments

  • Governing the accommodation of international protection applicants

  • Implementation of measures for civic training as an important tool for integration of third-country nationals

  • Practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and/or ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection

Migration types

  • Labour and entrepreneurial migration

  • Education migration

  • Family migration

  • Integration

  • International protection

  • Return and readmission

  • Illegal migration

  • Other migration