Glossary
The EMN Glossary – as one of the key products of the EMN - improves comparability by enabling a common understanding and use of terms and definitions relating to asylum and migration. The Glossary draws on a variety of sources, but primarily on the legislation of the EU asylum and immigration acquis, and makes terms available in the majority of EU Member State languages.
The online version is regularly updated and available in various languages.
- BG: Платформа за сътрудничество по въпросите на миграцията и развитието
- CZ: Platforma pro spolupráci - migrace a rozvoj
- DE: Kooperationsplattform für Migration und Entwicklung
- EE: rände ja arenguabi koostööplatvorm
- EN: Cooperation Platform on Migration and Development
- ES: Plataforma de Cooperación sobre Migración y Desarrollo
- FI: muuttoliikettä ja kehitystä käsittelevä yhteistyöfoorumi
- FR: Plate-forme de coopération sur la migration et le développement
- GA: Clár Comhoibrithe um Imirce agus Fhorbairt
- GR: πλατφόρμες συνεργασίας
- HU: Együttműködési Platform a migráció és jejlesztés területén
- IT: Piattaforma di cooperazione sulla migrazione e lo sviluppo
- LT: Migracijos ir vystymosi bendradarbiavimo platforma
- LV: sadarbības platforma par migrāciju un attīstību
- MT: Pjattaforma ta’ Kooperazzjoni fuq il-Migrazzjoni u l-Iżvilupp
- NL: samenwerkingsplatform
- NO: Samarbeidsplattform om migrasjon og utvikling
- PL: Platforma Współpracy na rzecz Migracji i Rozwoju
- PT: plataformas de cooperação
- RO: Platforma de cooperare cu privire la Migratie si dezvoltare
- SE: samarbetsplattform för migration och utveckling
- SK: Platforma spolupráce v oblasti migrácie a rozvoja
- SL: Platforma za sodelovanje na področju migracij in razvoja
A concept in the framework of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) which bring together migration and development actors in a country or region to manage migration more effectively, in the interests of all, along specific migratory routes.
2. Such platforms bring together representatives of the country or countries concerned with EU Member States, the Commission and international organisations.
- BG: представител
- CZ: zástupce
- DE: Vertreter (EU acquis) / Stellvertreter (DE)
- EE: esindaja
- EN: representative
- ES: representante legal
- FI: edustaja
- FR: représentant
- GA: ionadaí
- GR: εκπρόσωπος
- HU: ügygondnok
- IT: rappresentante
- LT: atstovas
- LV: pārstāvis
- MT: Rappreżentant legali // Kuratur legali
- NL: vertegenwoordiger
- NO: verge
- PL: przedstawiciel
- PT: representante legal
- RO: reprezentant legal
- SE: företrädare
- SK: zástupca
- SL: predstavnik / zastopnik
A person or an organisation appointed by the competent bodies in order to assist and represent an unaccompanied minor in procedures provided for in Directive 2013/32/EU (Recast Asylum Procedures Directive) with a view to ensuring the best interests of the child and exercising legal capacity for the minor where necessary.
Where an organisation is appointed as a representative, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out the duties of representative in respect of the unaccompanied minor.
- BG: Договорът от Лисабон
- CZ: Lisabonská smlouva
- DE: Vertrag von Lissabon
- EN: Lisbon Treaty
- ES: Tratado de Lisboa
- FI: Lisbonin sopimus
- FR: Traité de Lisbonne
- GA: Conradh Liospóin
- GR: Η Συνθήκη της Λισαβόνας
- HU: Lisszaboni Szerződés
- IT: Trattato di Lisbona
- LT: Lisabonos sutartis
- LV: Lisabonas līgums
- MT: Trattat (It-) ta’ Lisbona
- NL: Verdrag van Lissabon
- NO: Lisboa-traktaten
- PL: Traktat Lizboński
- SE: Lissabonfördraget
- SK: Lisabonská zmluva
- SL: Lizbonska pogodba
An international agreement - initially known as the Reform Treaty - which amends the two treaties that form the constitutional basis of the European Union and which aims to enhance the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the European Union and to improve the coherence of its actions.
2. Prominent changes included the move from unanimity to qualified majority voting in at least 45 policy areas in the Council of Ministers, a change in calculating such a majority to a new double majority, a more powerful European Parliament forming a bicameral legislature alongside the Council of ministers under the ordinary legislative procedure, a consolidated legal personality for the EU, and the creation of a long-term President of the European Council and a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The Treaty also made the Union's bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, legally binding.
3. The Treaty of Lisbon broadened the competences of the EU in asylum issues. According to Art. 78 TFEU, a common policy on asylum is developed through the ordinary legislative procedure. There is no mentioning of minimum standards as before which sets the aim to convergence. The Article provides for the legal basis for the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). For further information, see the entry for 'Common European Asylum System (CEAS)' in this EMN Glossary.
4. For more information see the website of the Lisbon Treaty.
- BG: офицер за връзка по имиграция
- CZ: imigrační styčný důstojník
- DE: Verbindungsbeamter für Einwanderungsfragen
- EE: Euroopa sisserände sideametnik
- EN: Immigration Liaison Officer
- ES: oficiales de enlace de inmigración
- FI: maahanmuuttoalan yhdyshenkilö
- FR: officier de liaison «Immigration»
- GA: Oifigeach Idirchaidrimh Inimirce (ILO)
- GR: Σύνδεσμος Μετανάστευσης (αξιωματούχος)
- HU: bevándorlási összekötő tiszt(viselő)
- IT: funzionario di collegamento incaricato dell’immigrazione
- LT: imigracijos ryšių palaikymo pareigūnas
- LV: imigrācijas sadarbības koordinators
- MT: Uffiċjal tal-Kollegament Responsabbli għall‑Immigrazzjoni (UKRI)
- NL: immigratieverbindingsfunctionaris, (syn.: immigratieverbindingsambtenaar; in daily practice: ILO)
- NO: kontaktperson med ansvar for immigrasjon
- PL: oficer łącznikowy ds. imigracji
- PT: Oficial de ligação de imigração
- RO: ofiţer de legătură pe probleme de imigraţie (in daily practice ILO)
- SE: sambandsman för invandring
- SK: imigračný styčný dôstojník
- SL: Uradnik za zvezo za priseljevanje
A representative of one of the EU Member States, posted abroad by the immigration service or other competent authorities in order to establish and maintain contacts with the authorities of the host country with a view to contributing to the prevention and combating of irregular migration, the return of irregular migrants and the management of legal migration.
2. The immigration liaison officers could be posted to the national consular authorities of EU Member States in third countries or to the relevant authorities of other EU Member States, but also to the competent authorities of the third countries, as well as to international organisations for a reasonable time period to be determined by the posting EU Member State.
3. An amendment to Regulation (EC) 377/2004 modifying its Articles 3, 4 and 6 was adopted as Regulation (EU) No 493/2011 (Immigration Liaison Officer Regulation) on 5 April 2011.
- BG: Европейска мрежа за миграция
- CZ: Evropská migrační síť
- DE: Europäisches Migrationsnetzwerk
- EE: Euroopa rändevõrgustik
- EN: European Migration Network
- ES: Red Europea de Migraciones
- FI: Euroopan muuttoliikeverkosto
- FR: Réseau européen des migrations
- GA: Gréasán Imirce na hEorpa
- GR: Ευρωπαϊκό Δίκτυο Μετανάστευσης
- HU: Európai Migrációs Hálózat
- IT: Rete Europea sulle Migrazioni
- LT: Europos migracijos tinklas
- LV: Eiropas migrācijas tīkls
- MT: Netwerk (In-) Ewropew tal-Migrazzjoni
- NL: Europees Migratienetwerk
- NO: Det europeiske migrasjonsnettverket
- PL: Europejska Sieć Migracyjna
- PT: Rede Europeia das Migrações
- RO: Reţeaua europeană de migrație
- SE: Europeiska migrationsnätverket
- SK: Európska migračná sieť
- SL: Evropska migracijska mreža
A body established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC that serves to meet the information needs of Union institutions and of EU Member States’ authorities and institutions, by providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum, with a view to supporting policy-making in the European Union in these areas.
2. The EMN is co-ordinated by the European Commission, assisted by service providers, in co-operation with EMN National Contact Points (EMN NCPs) in each EU Member State. A Steering Board, consisting of representatives from each Member State, the European Commission and the European Parliament serves to provide the political guidance on the activities of the EMN.
3. For more information, see the website of the EMN.
- BG: Евроазил
- CZ: Eurasil
- DE: Netzwerk für Asylpraktiker der Europäischen Union (Eurasil)
- EE: Eurasil
- EN: Eurasil
- ES: Eurasil
- FI: Eurasil
- FR: Eurasil
- GA: Eurasil
- GR: Ομάδα στο πλαίσιο της Ε.Επιτροπής για την ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών για τις χώρες καταγωγής αιτούντων άσυλο
- HU: Eurasil
- IT: Eurasil
- LT: Eurasil
- LV: Eurasil
- MT: Eurasil
- NL: Eurasil
- NO: Eurasil
- PL: Eurasil
- PT: Eurasil
- RO: Eurasil
- SE: Eurasil
- SK: Eurasil
- SL: Eurasil
A European Union Network for asylum practitioners providing a forum for the exchange of country of origin information, best practices and a variety of policy-related matters among EU Member States, asylum adjudicators and the European Commission, which aims to improve and maximise convergence on approaches to, and assessment of, the protection needs of asylum seekers.
2. EURASIL meetings were attended by representatives of the national ministries and asylum authorities of the EU Member States, as well as of CH, NO and IS. Depending on the topics of the meeting, international organisations such as United Nations High Commissior for Refugees (UNHCR) or International Organization for Migration (IOM) attended Eurasil as external experts.
3. With the establishment of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) , EASO has taken over responsibility for Eurasil and further developed EURASIL activities (EASO Practical Cooperation).
- BG: оценка на възрастта
- CZ: určení věku
- DE: Altersfeststellung
- EE: vanuse määramine
- EN: age assessment
- ES: determinación de la edad
- FI: iän määrittäminen / iän selvittäminen
- FR: détermination de l’âge
- GA: measúnú aoise
- GR: ektímisis tis ilikías
- HU: kormeghatározás
- IT: accertamento dell’età
- LT: amžiaus nustatymas
- LV: vecuma noteikšana
- MT: Valutazzjoni / Stima tal-età
- NL: leeftijdsonderzoek
- NO: aldersvurdering
- PL: ustalenie / ocena wieku
- RO: evaluarea varstei
- SE: åldersbedömning
- SK: posúdenie veku
- SL: ocenjevanje starosti
Process by which authorities seek to establish the chronological age, or range of age, of a person in order to determine whether an individual is a child or not.
2. According to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 6, the identification of a child as an unaccompanied and separated child (UASC) includes age assessment, which should take into account physical appearance, but also psychological maturity. The assessment must be conducted in a scientific, safe, child and gender-sensitive and fair manner, avoiding any risk of violation of the physical integrity of the child, giving due respect to human dignity.
3. Age assessment can include a variety of processes or procedures either undertaken singularly or in combination, such as: analysis of documentary evidence, interview, X-ray, physical or other form of medical examination.