EMN International Events

This conference, organized by the European Migration Network in partnership with the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), on June 6 2023, discussed common challenges on the Western Balkan migration route and future actions, both at the regional and national levels

On 30 April 2021, the EMN Annual e-Conference, organized by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Services (SEF), was held as a part of Portugal's presidency of the Council of the EU

On 29 September 2020, the Austrian EMN e- conference on predicting the future of global migration was held.
On the 24th and 25th October 2019, the joint EMN-EPC-Odysseus FI PRES Conference was held.

On May 8, 2019, a national EMN conference "Attracting and Welcoming International Students" was held in Stockholm, Sweden, organized by EMN SE. An employee of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia participated at the conference.
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On 4 April 2019, Conference on Effective Alternatives to the Detention of Migrants was held in Strasbourg, France. The Conference was organised by the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European Migration Network. Representatives of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Croatia attended the conference.
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On March 13, 2019, a workshop for representatives of detention centers was held in Luxembourg. A representative of the Detention center Ježevo attended the workshop.

In the light of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 21 st and 22 nd of September 2017 the EMN National Contact Point in Estonia, University of Tallinn organized the conference “EU in the Global Talent Race: Challenges and Solutions in Strengthening the EU’s Competitiveness”.

The Luxembourg National Contact Point of the European Migration Network organized the 10th National Conference titled "Moving policy forward, keeping research relevant - Strengthening the research-policy dialogue in the field of migration and integration" on 24 October 2017.

A joint event of the European Migration Network and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) took place on November 9, 2017 in Brussels.

The Irish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network located within the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), hosted the national conference on migrant family reunification policy and practice on 27 November 2017.

On 13 November 2018, the Annual Conference organized by EMN National Contact Point of Malta was held in Valetta.

In the light of increased mobility of students and researchers in the last decade, EMN National Contact Point of France organized the conference about attracting and retaining international students in France and in the EU.

On 15th November, the Swedish EMN National Contact Point hosted the National Conference on the topic “Changing Realities of Migration and Asylum” with the aim to identify recent trends and changing patterns of migration and asylum in the EU from a comparative perspective.

On the 20th of November, the Hungarian EMN National Contact Point hosted the National Conference on the topic of human smuggling networks and their role in migration, with a special focus on the Western Balkan route.

The EMN National Contact Point of Portugal held a conference on the subject of “Innovation on the borders: New technologies for upcoming migration”.

On 4 December, the EMN National Contact Point of Ireland hosted the National Conference on the topic “Looking to the future for unaccompanied minors in Ireland and Europe”.

On 12 December 2018, the Belgian EMN NCP organized its annual asylum and migration policy event where recent national and EU developments in the field of international protection, legal migration and integration as well as irregular migration, human trafficking and return were discussed.

On the 13 December, the Norwegian EMN National Contact Point hosted a conference titled „Sustainable Migration in Europe“ at the Norway House in Brussels.