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EU: Financial Framework 2007-2013 � Solidarity and management of migration flows

Geschrieben von Daniel Naujoks Montag, 11. April 2005

The European Commission adopted the last package of detailed proposals, linked to the next Financial Framework 2007-2013 on 6 April 2005. According to this proposal the area of justice, freedom and security shall receive financial means of 8.3 billion � of which 70-75 percent will be given to the framework programme for the �Solidarity and management of migration flows�. Within this programme, four major targets shall be reached: The improvement of efficient controls at the external border of the EU, the funding of civic orientation courses and handbooks assisting newcomers, providing adequate reception conditions for persons asking for international protection and for counselling for unsuccessful asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to return with dignity to their country of origin.

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UNHCR: EU Asylum Directive � UNHCR urges EU to review its proposed Asylum Proced

Geschrieben von Daniel Naujoks Mittwoch, 30. M�rz 2005

GENEVA � On 29 March 2005 the UN refugee agency UNHCR has released a detailed set of comments about the proposed Asylum Procedures Directive on which European Union states reached political agreement in April 2004. The Directive regulates how decisions on asylum claims are made and sets minimum standards for procedures through the 25-nation EU.

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OECD � Trends in International Migration

Geschrieben von Daniel Naujoks Donnerstag, 24. M�rz 2005

PARIS - On 22.03.2005 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published the latest edition of its annual �Trends in International Migration�. According to this OECD paper fewer people emigrated to major OECD countries such as Australia, Canada, the United States and leading Western European countries including Germany and the Netherlands in 2003, according to the latest comparative data. Detailed figures for 2004 are not yet available, but migration flows within Europe will have been influenced by the entry into the European Union of 10 new member countries.

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Trafficking, smuggling, merchants of labour: an ILO paper on a neglected issue o

Geschrieben von Daniel Naujoks Mittwoch, 16. M�rz 2005

GENEVA - The International Labour Organization (ILO) published a discussion paper by Prof Philip Martin which deals with merchants of labour, trafficking and smuggling of migrants. In the view of an all-time high of 86 million in 2000 of the number of migrant workers � persons employed outside their countries of birth or citizenship-, Martin states that if migration is the �most under-researched of the global flows,� the role of private agents is among the most understudied aspects of international labour migration.

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Poverty, migrants, refugees, social benefits, unemployment � the 2nd German Gove

Geschrieben von Daniel Naujoks Dienstag, 8. M�rz 2005

In the first months of the year, many different reports on poverty of migrants in Germany have been published. First, on 1 February 2005 the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) presented its report on poverty among migrants in Germany. On 1March 2005 UNICEF has published its report on child poverty in rich countries and the day after, on 2March 2005, the German Government adopted the �2^nd report on poverty and wealth�.

According to all mentioned reports, migrants are particularly hit by poverty. Their unemployment quota is twice and their social welfare benefits quota is three times as high as for the German population. In particular, migrant women, children and elderly migrants live below the poverty limit.

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