Muud rändealased uudised ja aruanded- August 2011

a) Statement from Commissioner on the recent expert visit to assess the Danish border measures, see http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/518;

b) Agreement by the European Parliament on the Single Permit directive, see http://www.eppgroup.eu/press/showpr.asp?prcontroldoctypeid=1&prcontrolid=10522&prcontentid=17758&prcontentlg=en;

c) Regulation (EU) No493/2011 (amending Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004) on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network, see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32011R0493:EN:NOT;

d) Development of the Visa Information System in 2010 (COM(2011) 346), see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011DC0346:EN:NOT;

e) Eurostat Report on citizens in 2010, see Seehttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-14072011-BP/EN/3-14072011-BP-EN.PDF. Foreign-born people accounted for 9.4% of the EU27 population. In 2010, 32.5 million foreign citizens1 lived in the EU27 Member States, of which 12.3 million were citizens of another EU27 Member State and the remaining 20.2 million were citizens of countries outside the EU27. Foreign citizens accounted for 6.5% of the total EU27 population. On average in 2010, foreign citizens living in the EU27 were significantly younger than the population of nationals (median age2 34.4 years compared with 41.5 years).  

f) European Parliament DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment, see http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-464.960+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN;

g) European Parliament Draft Report onthe proposal for a directive on conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer, see http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-464.961+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN;

h) European Parliament Draft Report onthe proposal for a regulation on the establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify application of the Schengen acquis, see http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.834+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN;

i) The European Parliament's LIBE committee also approvedlast week the proposal to amend the Directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (COM 2009/551), see http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/499;                                                                                                                     

j) European Economic and Social Committee Opinion on the Communication on Migration (COM(2011) 248 final), available from http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.soc-opinions.18866;

k) FRA Report on Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States, see http://www.fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/research/publications/publications_per_year/2011/pub_domestic-workers_en.htm. The FRA July Newsletter is also available at http://www.fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/news_and_events/newsletter/franews-july-11_en.htm;

l) EIPA Seminar on Making Sense of Migration Statistics: Comparing Data and Practical Application, Maastricht (NL), 13-14 October 2011, see http://www.eipa.eu/files/repository/product/20110712130829_info_1132303.pdf. There is even a session on understanding and retrieving data and other information from PROMINSTAT, Eurostat, UNHCR, OECD and the European Migration Network databases(!);

m) Academy of European Law Meeting on RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EU LABOUR MIGRATION LAW - Focus on highly-skilled migration from third countries,Brussels, 28 October 2011, see https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=1a35e24080cfb9090635d2922fd71673534bbaf700153277607616&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=122113;

n) UNESCO publication on "Migration and Climate Change,” see http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/migration_and_climate_change_a_unesco_publication_on_one_of_the_greatest_challenges_facing_our_time/;

o) New Agenda for Integration (COM(2011) 4550 and Eurobarometer survey results, see http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/news/intro/news_intro_en.htm. Note also the reference to the EMN Labour Demand study (the publications of which you should receive from the beginning of next week);

p) Summary of stakeholder responses to the public consultation on the Global Approach to Migration, see http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/news/consulting_public/consulting_0021_en.htm;

r) Full Eurostat report on foreign-born citizens in the EU, see  http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-14072011-BP/EN/3-14072011-BP-EN.PDF.