Blog ISS and Unicef Training for Children on the Move The USA branch of the International Social Service (ISS) recently published on its website a unique and informative training for experts and practitioners working with displaced children. UNICEF developed the Children of the Move Training Program in cooperation with international child welfare experts from International Social Service and academic partners from the University of Cape […] 23 December 202424 December 2024
Blog Family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection: the EUAA overview In November 2024, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) published a fact sheet, providing an overview of the most significant developments in the realm of family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection, as drawn from the EUAA Asylum Report 2024. Family reunification plays a key role in the integration within the EU of beneficiaries […] 13 December 202420 December 2024
Blog Research Output: Publication of the Book “Children in Migration and International Family Law” We are happy to announce that the book “Children in Migration and International Family Law” has been recently published and is available open access on the website of the publisher. The book is one of the main deliverables of the FAMIMOVE Project (together with the Awareness Raising Seminars, the Transnational Roundtables, the European Conference, and […] 11 December 202424 December 2024
Blog The Spanish reform of migration law: swimming against the tide? On 21 November 2024, the Spanish government adopted one of the largest migration law reforms recently seen in an EU Member State. To date, this reform is the only attempt in Europe to make migration law less restrictive. This will be achieved by introducing a procedure to regularize a high number of undocumented migrants currently […] 29 November 20241 December 2024
Blog Back to square one: The Italy-Albania Protocol and the test of (un)safe third countries of origin Almost one year after the signature of the controversial Italy-Albania Protocol (Protocol and Ratification Law; unofficial English translation of the Protocol), the first sixteen migrants were sent to the detention centres built on Albanian territory, but were soon transferred back to Italy, after the non-validation of their detention by the Rome Tribunal (two of those […] 13 November 202413 November 2024
Blog The role of judge: from compassion to rights We recently published on our website the presentation “Private International Law and EU Law in Family Migration – The role of the Judge: from compassion to rights” delivered by Prof. Jean-Yves Carlier at the FAMIMOVE European Conference, which took place in Brussels on 24 and 25 June 2024. The presentation is available here. Other materials […] 7 November 202411 November 2024
Blog FAMIMOVE European Conference: Research outputs – Presentations Some of the presentations of the speakers to the FAMIMOVE European Conference are available for the participants and for the visitors of the website. Participants to the Conference may request presentations that are not shared on the website to the Research Partners that provided the invitation. Here is also a link to the Final Programme […] 15 October 202424 December 2024
Blog Asylum trends in the first half of 2024 The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) recently released its bi-annual update on the data trends on asylum in the first half of 2024. These data should be of interest for stakeholders and experts for various reasons, including that they provide an infographic of the pending asylum applications tracked by every EU Member State. Data […] 3 October 202424 December 2024
Blog The Dutch Government seeks for an opt-out from EU rules on asylum and migration The newly formed Dutch Government, that was already gaining spotlight earlier in May 2024 for a coalition agreement planning to considerably restrict national migration law, recently announced the intention to ask for an opt-out from EU migration laws. The Government, led by Dick Schoof, justified the move with the increase in the number of asylum […] 24 September 202425 September 2024
Blog The new Early Marriages Act in Germany The German “Act to Combat Child Marriages” (Gesetz zur Bekämpfung von Kinderehen) from 2017 had been declared partially unconstitutional by the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) in February 2023 (see this post). It has now been replaced by an almost identical new law, which is called the “Act for the Protection of Minors in Foreign […] 16 September 202416 September 2024
Blog Family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection: the EUAA overview In November 2024, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) published a fact sheet, providing an overview of the most significant developments in the realm of family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection, as drawn from the EUAA Asylum Report 2024. Family reunification plays a key role in the integration within the EU of beneficiaries […] 13 December 202420 December 2024
Blog Research Output: Publication of the Book “Children in Migration and International Family Law” We are happy to announce that the book “Children in Migration and International Family Law” has been recently published and is available open access on the website of the publisher. The book is one of the main deliverables of the FAMIMOVE Project (together with the Awareness Raising Seminars, the Transnational Roundtables, the European Conference, and […] 11 December 202424 December 2024
Blog The Spanish reform of migration law: swimming against the tide? On 21 November 2024, the Spanish government adopted one of the largest migration law reforms recently seen in an EU Member State. To date, this reform is the only attempt in Europe to make migration law less restrictive. This will be achieved by introducing a procedure to regularize a high number of undocumented migrants currently […] 29 November 20241 December 2024
