Publications

This EMN inform provides a summary of the issues addressed at the European Migration Network’s (EMN) Annual Conference, entitled The EU in the Global Race for Talents: Challenges and Solutions in Strengthening the EU’s Competitiveness which took place in Tallinn on 21-22 September 2017.

This EMN inform presents a brief overview of the EMN study on Illegal employment of third-country nationals in the European Union.

This EMN inform summarises the findings from the EMN study on the Integration of Beneficiaries of International/Humanitarian Protection into the Labour Market: Policies and Good Practices’.

This EMN inform summarises the findings from the EMN study on the Changes in immigration status and purpose of stay: an overview of EU Member States’ approaches.

This EMN inform summarises the findings from the 2015 EMN Synthesis Report Policies, practices and data on unaccompanied minors.

This EMN inform summarises the main findings of the 2015 EMN study on Dissemination of information on voluntary return which was based on contributions from EMN Contact Point from (Member) States and Norway.

The aim of this EMN Policy Brief is to present key data on the irregular movements of people across the EU external borders and within the EU itself over the past few years and including the first nine months of 2015.

This EMN inform presents the main findings of the EMN study Determining labour shortages and the need for migration labour from third countries the EU published in November 2015.

This EMN inform is based on the findings of the EMN study on Intra-EU mobility of third-country nationals, informed by National Reports from 21 Member States.

The study aimed to explore the national policies and practices in Lithuania to attract and retain third-country national students. It examined the incentives in place at national level to encourage international students to study in Lithuania and to stay on in Lithuania following graduation.

This EMN inform provides a short overview of the main developments that took place in the EU in 2011 in response to increasing migratory pressure.

The overall purpose of this study is to overview the use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of Lithuania’s immigration policies. 

This study aims to provide an overview of the situation and key trends in Lithuania in recent years in the area of migration policy and migration process management, highlighting the key events dealing with irregular immigration issues/problems.

The aim of the study is to identify the scale and scope of two instances of misuse, namely marriages of convenience and false declarations of parenthood and to provide clear evidence, to the extent possible and including available statistics, of these types of misuse and how best to address them.

The main aim of this study is to identify good practices and existing mechanisms for flexible, efficient reception facilities whilst maintaining quality of reception conditions.

The overall aim of the study is to inform on the application of integration support measures for beneficiaries of international/humanitarian protection in relation to labour market access and participation, identifying existing policies and good practices.

The aim of this study is to provide an overview and analysis of the conditions that regulate the changes of status between different categories of third-country nationals in Lithuania.

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the instruments in place in Lithuania to identify labour shortages and to quantify the needs for migrant labour from third countries. The study will also assess how the impact of labour migration on Lithuanian national labour markets is monitored and what kind of instruments are used to that end.

The study aims at investigating the legal and administrative opportunities of third-country nationals to receive social and health care services in the Republic of Lithuania. The target group of the study is the third-country nationals residing in Lithuania and holding a permanent or temporary residence permit.

The study aims to provide up-to-date information and comparable data on the numbers and state of protection of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) arriving in Europe.

The study analyses and reviews various migration indicators and developments in migration processes over the period of 2007-2017 as related to the introduction of the visa-free regime with the European Union (EU) countries, which entered into force in respect of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia (Sakartveli) and Ukraine.

The aim of the study is to provide an overview of important challenges facing national authorities in their efforts to establish, in the absence of credible documentation, the identity of applicants for international protection (i.e. asylum and subsidiary protection) and for the return of rejected applicants.

The aim of this study is an evaluation of existing Lithuanian legal and policy measures used to facilitate and attract the entry and stay of third-country nationals for business purposes whilst safeguarding against misuse.

The overall aim of this study is to evaluate Lithuanian policy oriented towards attracting foreign business persons and investors, its practice and opportunities, and the direct connection of this process with migration.

The study aims to overview Lithuanian national policies and/or practices on family reunification and provide up-to-date information on recent developments in this field (i.e. since 2011 onwards).

The overall purpose of this research is to evaluate how non-EU country students feel in Lithuania, what positive and negative sides they see while coming and then living in it. The study also presents recommendations about possible changes allowing to attract more non-EU country students to Lithuania.

This study pursues the aim of presenting Lithuania’s visa policy and the latest developments in this field, analysing links between visa policy and immigration flows, with a particular attention devoted to prevention of illegal immigration and pointing out some problems of visa issuance. 

The study pursues the aim of overviewing the rules for imposing entry bans as applicable in Lithuania and assessing the extent of application of readmission agreements.