European Migration Network Ireland

EMN Ireland is the Irish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN).

The EMN plays a key role in providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum topics to policy makers (at EU and Member State level) and the general public.

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Family reunification of non-EU nationals in Ireland

Family reunification plays a critical role in the successful integration of migrants and refugees in a new country. Additionally, family reunification schemes extend protection to family members in potentially vulnerable circumstances and as such are particularly relevant in the context of the recent refugee and migrant crisis.

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Returning Rejected Asylum Seekers: Practices and Challenges in Ireland 

This study maps the legislation and procedures in place in Ireland relating to the return of rejected applicants for international protection (asylum), and examines specific challenges and practices which arise in relation to return, and policies to overcome these challenges. 

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Illegal employment of non-EU nationals in Ireland

Comprehensive study on illegal employment concerning both regularly and irregularly staying non-EU nationals in Ireland, which outlines in detail policy and practice with input from a variety of stakeholders.

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EMN Ireland conference on Migrant family reunification: policy and practice

Date: Monday, 27 November 2017

Venue: No. 6 Kildare Street, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin 2

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Establishing identity of non-EU nationals in Irish migration processes

This study examines and maps the processes in place for establishing the identities of applicants for: short- and long-stay visas; residence and visitor permissions; international protection and permission to remain; and in relation to persons subject to a deportation order who have exhausted the asylum process.

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