Green Paper on the future of the European Migration Network
Date: 2005-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU migration policy, EU statistics, information network, migration, migratory movement, right of asylum

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 28.11.2005 
COM(2005) 606 final 

GREEN PAPER 

ON THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION NETWORK 

(presented by the Commission) 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 

Policy Background ....................................................................................................... 3 

Existing Information Gaps ........................................................................................... 3 

The Current Emn.......................................................................................................... 4 

4.1. 

Status and structure ...................................................................................................... 4 

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4.3 

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5.1. 

5.2. 

5.3. 

5.4. 

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Financing...................................................................................................................... 5 

Tasks and main achievements...................................................................................... 5 

Assessment................................................................................................................... 6 

A Future European Migration Network ....................................................................... 7 

General objective and fields of action.......................................................................... 7 

Concrete tasks .............................................................................................................. 8 

Relations with other information gathering bodies and institutional stakeholders ...... 8 

Form and structure ....................................................................................................... 9 

Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 11 

Annex 1 .................................................................................................................................... 12 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

The aim of this Green Paper is to seek views from all relevant stakeholders on the future of 
the  European  Migration  Network  (EMN),  including  options  for  its  possible  tasks  and 
structure. 

The EMN was set up in 2002 as a pilot/preparatory action in response to the identified need to 
improve  the  exchange  of  information  on  all  aspects  of  migration  and  asylum.  Its  primary 
objective  is  to  provide  the  Community  and  its  Member  States  with  objective,  reliable  and 
comparable information in these fields by systematically collecting and storing existing data 
and information from Member States and carrying out national and European level analysis. 
At present, the EMN consists of national contact points designated by Member States and a 
scientific coordinator, both supported and monitored by the European Commission. 

As the preparatory action will be drawing to a close in 2006, it is necessary to take stock of 
the progress made so far and launch, through this Green Paper, a reflection on the best way 
forward 

2. 

POLICY BACKGROUND 

Already  in  1994,  the  European  Commission  stressed  in  its  first  communication  on 
immigration  and  asylum  policies  the  value  of  creating  a  mechanism  to  monitor  migration 
flows on a comprehensive and EU-wide basis. In response, a feasibility study was carried out 
in 19961. 

In its conclusions the Laeken European Council of December 2001 invited the Commission 
‘to  establish  a  system  for  exchange  of  information  on  asylum,  migration  and  countries  of 
origin’, further to which the EMN was set up as a pilot project in 2002. 

To  start  implementation,  it  was  agreed  with  Member  States  to  first  set  up  a  network  of 
national contact points that would provide the necessary information.  

The European  Council of Thessaloniki  in June 2003 endorsed the creation  of the EMN and 
proposed to examine the possibility of ‘creating a permanent structure in the future’. 

Finally, in the Hague Programme the European Council of 4-5 November 2004 states that the 
ongoing  development  of  European  asylum  and  migration  policy  should  be  based  on  a 
common  analysis  of  migratory  phenomena  in  all  their  aspects.  Reinforcing  the  collection, 
provision,  exchange,  and  efficient  use  of  up-to-date  information  and  data  on  all  relevant 
migratory developments is of key importance’. 

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EXISTING INFORMATION GAPS 

Important information needs, as already identified by the 1996 feasibility study and confirmed 
by the 2005 evaluation of the EMN2, continue to exist in the field of migration and asylum for 

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‘Evaluation of the Activities of the European Migration Network’, 2005. 

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policy makers at both EU and Member States level which any future EMN structure should 
contribute to satisfying.  

First, despite the huge amount of information on many aspects of international migration that 
is being produced, access to this information is not easy to obtain, as it is dispersed and not 
centrally  available.  A  single  reference  point  for  the  filtering  and  synthesising  of  this 
information  that  could  serve  as  a  clearing  house  would  therefore  be  very  useful  to  EU 
institutions and Member States, both policy makers and the general public. 

Second, there is insufficient reliable, comparable and up-to-date information and analysis of 
legal and policy developments with regard to asylum and migration, both at national and EU 
level. There is also insufficient comparable information on effects of EU and national policies 
in this area. In addition, there exists an increasing need for the EU and its Member States to 
obtain  quick  responses  on  specific  issues  related  to  migration  and  asylum.  To  fill  these 
information gaps, some kind of network structure would be required that could reach out to all 
Member States, combined with a certain level of central coordination. 

Third, a major problem lies in the lack of accurate, up-to-date and comparable statistical data 
on  migration  and  asylum.  The  recently  adopted  Commission  proposal  for  a  regulation  on 
Community statistics on migration and international protection3 will tackle this problem, but 
there will continue to be a need for the comparative analysis of such statistical information. 

4. 

THE CURRENT EMN 

This  section  describes  the  current  EMN  insofar  as  necessary  to  understand  its  functioning, 
outputs and problems with a view to determining its future structure4.  

4.1. 

Status and structure  

At present, the EMN consists of a network of 14 national contact points (NCPs) designated by 
Member States. The NCPs are at the core of the network as they carry out the documentation 
and  analysis  and  research  activities.  The  majority  of  new  Member  States  have  not  yet 
designated  NCPs  and  participate  as  observers.  It  is  expected  that  some  will  become  full 
members of the EMN in 2006. 

NCPs  range  from  structures  within  or  attached  to  Ministries  of  Interior  or  Justice,  national 
statistical  offices  and  research  institutes,  to  structures  within  non-governmental  and  welfare 
institutions to national offices of intergovernmental organisations. NCPs are rather frequently 
changed, for instance following a reorganization of responsibility between Ministries. 

A  scientific  and  administrative  co-ordinator  was  selected  in  December  2003  following  an 
open invitation to tender to assist in the development of the network.  

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For  a  more  complete  account  see  the  EMN’s  first  annual  activities  report  (2005),  available  at 
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Financing 

The current network is co-financed between the Commission and Member States. Some NCPs 
that  are  part  of  or  attached  to  Member  States’  administrations  did  not  receive  Community 
funding due to constraints linked with national public finance rules or Community eligibility 
rules. The financial resources allocated to set up the network increased from € 1.4 million for 
the 2002 pilot action to € 3.0 million for the 2005 budget that will be implemented in 2006, 
including  grants  for  9  NCPs  and  financial  provisions  for  the  scientific  and  administrative 
coordination of the network.  

4.3 

Tasks and main achievements 

The  primary  objective  of  the  EMN  as  set  out  in  its  original  specifications  is  to  provide  the 
Community, its Member States, and in the longer term the public with objective, reliable and 
comparable information on the migration and asylum situation at the European and national 
levels. 

This  is  to  be  accomplished  by  bringing  together  and  making  accessible  existing  data  and 
information as well as reviewing and analysing relevant existing information. 

The  EMN  therefore  focuses  on  two  interrelated  activities:  documentation  and  analysis,  and 
research.  This  includes  information  monitoring,  comparison,  analysis  and  research,  through 
collating  existing  information  from  Member  States  and  undertaking  some  own  research  for 
European-level  analysis,  and  developing  a  comprehensive  database  for  such  information. 
Networks  at  national  level  contribute  to  the  EMN’s  analysis  and  research  activity.  EMN 
action is implemented on the basis of annual work programmes approved by the Commission. 

Against this background, the following principal achievements –apart from the actual setting 
up  of  the  NCPs  in  terms  of  staff,  facilities  and  IT  equipment-  can  be  identified  from  2002 
until now:  

Documentation facility 

In order to comply with the objective to developing a comprehensive repository for data and 
information,  a  computer-based  information  system  is  being  set  up  which  constitutes  the 
backbone of the EMN operation. The web-based user interface developed in 2004 facilitates 
data collection and documentation by offering a practical system of templates that provide for 
the direct upload of the collected data into the information system. The system also provides 
for a search and navigation mechanism.  

The system is nearing completion so that its functioning will now be a matter of inputting data 
and  information.  In  this  respect,  by  mid-2005,  NCP’s  had  uploaded  more  than  1700 
publications; in addition legal documents and contacts of both organisations and individuals 
active in the field had been indexed. Efforts are currently undertaken to improve the quality of 
these  entries  through  common  guidelines  to  be  followed  when  uploading  information.  It  is 
obvious that many more inputs are needed if the EMN documentation centre is to provide a 
comprehensive  collection  of  policy-relevant  and  up-to-date  information  on  asylum  and 
migration for policy makers, practitioners and eventually the general public. 

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Analysis and research activity 

The  EMN  has  completed  several  analysis  and  research  projects  and  information  outputs, 
among  these  the  2004  pilot  research  study  on  the  impact  of  immigration  on  Europe’s 
societies5;  contributions  to  2001-2003  EU  annual  reports  on  statistics6  by  supplying 
information on national policies and practices, and analysing national figures; the 2004 policy 
analysis  report  that  served  to  obtain  an  overview  of  national  policy  developments  and  to 
conduct a comparative overview, as well as other research studies. Currently, with a view to 
filling  information  gaps  in  two  policy  relevant  areas,  a  second  research  study  on  state 
approaches  towards  illegally  resident  third  country  nationals  and  a  small  scale  study  on 
reception systems for asylum applicants are in preparation. 

Even though it is still early to assess the overall quality of the EMN outputs, it can be said that 
NCPs  produced  high  quality  reports  that  give  an  indication  of  the  network’s  capacities, 
especially  within  the  context  of  providing  reliable  and  up-to-date  analysis  that  allows  for 
comparison between Member States.  

Networking and Visibility 

Bilateral  contacts  between  NCPs  have  intensified  as  the  network  progresses.  As  regards 
networking at national level, most NCPs have succeeded in establishing national networks of 
relevant actors and setting up procedures for obtaining inputs from their partners. A national 
network directory that provides an overview of potential and actual network partners has been 
established. Efforts were also made to establish contacts with other networks and projects at 
EU level. However, these contacts have not led to intensified collaboration which would be 
required for the EMN to ensure synergies and avoid overlaps. 

The visibility of the EMN to the outside world is currently limited, as very few of its products 
are (yet) accessible to the public. This prevents the network’s results from being taken fully 
into  account.  The  lack  of  visibility  is  mainly  due  to  the  fact  that  the  network  started  from 
scratch so that the first years of operation had to be used for its setting up. Various efforts are 
however currently underway with a view to improving the EMN’s visibility and spreading its 
research results7.  

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Assessment  

The  2005  evaluation  report  identified  several  difficulties  that  the  current  EMN  has  been 
confronted with in fulfilling its tasks, the two most important being the structure of national 
contact points and the general set-up of the project. 

As to the first factor, there is a great heterogeneity in the legal status and in the specialisation 
of  the  NCPs  as  well  as  in  the  human,  financial  resources  and  technical  equipment  made 
available and therefore in their level of commitment. In addition, NCPs have been designated 

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9 NCPs contributed national reports of which the scientific coordinator produced a synthesis report that 
draws together, summarises and evaluates the findings of the national studies. 
Available  on  the  website  of  the  Commission’s  Directorate  General  Justice,  Freedom  and  security  at 
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/doc_centre/asylum/statistical/doc_annual_report_2001_en.htm 
These include the EMN website at http://www.european-migration-network.org, a general information 
leaflet,  an  EMN  quarterly  newsletter,  and  the  organisation  of  enlarged  EMN  meetings  in  order  to 
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at  different  points  in  time  and  are  also  frequently  changed,  be  it  due  to  changes  in  the 
personnel or as a consequence of a shift of responsibility to a different ministry. The result is 
that NCPs are at very different stages of their development. 

Concerning  the  second  factor,  the  institutional  arrangement  and  set  up  chosen  required  a 
rather high level of input from the Commission. In addition, the administrative process chosen 
for  setting  up  and  running  the  network-  i.e.  a  co-financed  action-  proved  to  be  resource 
intensive. The appointment of a scientific coordinator improved the overall situation, although 
there is still a need to identify more clearly the role of the Commission. 

In  addition,  the  initial  tasks  and  functions  of  the  EMN  were  rather  wide,  owing  to  the  pilot 
nature  of  the  project  and  its  experimental  start-up.  The  definition  of  roles  and  functions  of 
both the network as a whole and the NCPs, and their relation with the coordinator, therefore 
lacked a certain clarity and focus. 

On the whole, while progress towards the achievement of its objective can be accounted for 
especially in 2004, structural problems inherent to the current set-up of the EMN inhibit more 
and  faster  progress  to  be  made.  Any  future  structure  should  therefore  seek  to  address  and 
avoid these problems. It should also to the extent possible build on what has already been and 
will still be achieved by the current EMN.  

5. 

A FUTURE EUROPEAN MIGRATION NETWORK 

Against  the  above  background,  this  section  brings  forward  a  number  of  elements  that  are 
relevant when deciding on a future structure to be set up from 2007, it being understood that 
these  elements  are  interdependent.  Participants  are  invited  to  comment  on  these  options  put 
forward by the Commission.  

5.1. 

General objective and fields of action 

Given the existing information gaps in the field of migration and asylum as outlined above, 
the general objective of the current EMN to provide the Community, its Member States and 
the  general  public  with  objective,  reliable  and  comparable  information  remains  valid  and 
relevant. This information should be made available with a view to supporting the common 
immigration and asylum policies. 

Concerning  outputs,  and  in  particular  the  database,  the  starting  point  would  be  that  these 
should be accessible to the general public, in line with the objective. However, there may be 
cases where it would prove useful or even necessary to restrict such access to a specific user 
group, for instance for pieces of information that Member States consider confidential.  

•  Do you agree with such a mandate –to provide the Community, its Member States and the 
general public with objective, reliable and comparable information in the field of asylum 
and migration- for a future EMN? If not, which changes should be made to the mandate, 
and why? 

•  Should  the  data  and  information  collected  by  the  EMN  systematically  be  made  publicly 

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5.2. 

Concrete tasks 

It  needs  to  be  determined  which  concrete  tasks  a  future  structure  should  fulfil  in  order  to 
achieve the general objective outlined above.  

Tasks currently undertaken focus on the collection of existing data and information, a limited 
amount of research, the exchange and documentation of these data; analysis of the data and 
production of comparative reports, and networking. 

In particular, as regards the provision of comparable information, the EMN could develop an 
in-depth understanding of methodological differences that may hinder data comparison, and 
develop an adequate, common methodology to overcome such differences. 

Moreover  one  could  envisage  that  a  certain  amount  of  further  research  be  launched  and 
implemented  by  a  future  EMN  in  areas  of  identified  information  gaps,  either  as  part  of  its 
agreed work programme or upon the specific request of Community institutions, and possibly 
other actors8. 

Depending on the further structure to be chosen, other tasks could include the issuing of views 
and  opinions  on  the  basis  of  the  information  collection  and  analysis  activities.  The  purpose 
would be to provide guidance and advice on policy developments and implementation. It may, 
however,  be  premature  to  charge  the  EMN  with  such  tasks,  in  the  sense  that  it  may  be 
preferable for a future structure to concentrate on core tasks of data collection and analysis, in 
order to first build up a certain authority in the field.  

The current network’s low visibility combined with the need for it to liaise with other bodies 
active in the field calls for pro-active dissemination and awareness raising activities, including 
organising  meetings  and  conferences  on  migration  and  asylum  to  provide  a  forum  for  key 
stakeholders. However, such tasks would require substantive additional resources. 

•  Which  of  the  above  mentioned  concrete  tasks  –collection  and  analysis  of  information, 
research, issuing opinions and recommendations, and awareness raising activities- should a 
future structure be given and why? 

•  Can you suggest other tasks that should be fulfilled? 

5.3. 

Relations  with  other 
stakeholders 

information  gathering  bodies  and 

institutional 

It  is  essential  that  maximum  synergies  with  other  actions  carried  out  in  this  field  by  the 
Commission, the EU, the Member States or international organisations is ensured in order to 
draw a maximum benefit and to achieve complementarity.  

The future EMN should be seen as part of the more general reorganisation and rationalisation 
of information exchange instruments that is ongoing in the area of immigration and asylum. 
This includes instruments such as the forthcoming proposal on a mutual information system, 

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practical cooperation in the field of asylum or the recently adopted regulation on Community 
statistics on migration and international protection9. 

In  order  to  achieve  synergies,  it  is  necessary  to  network  with  other  bodies  that  carry  out 
activities related to the ones the EMN pursues. Certain Community-level actors are concerned 
with  similar  information  collection  and  analysis,  such  as  the  future  Fundamental  Rights 
Agency10  and  CARIM11  in  particular.  The  Fundamental  Rights  Agency  will  be  an 
independent  centre  of  expertise  concerning  fundamental  rights  issues.  Its  main  tasks  will 
include  data  collection,  analysis,  advice,  networking  and  awareness-raising.  The  CARIM 
project  offers  an  instrument  for  observing,  analysing  and  forecasting  migratory  movements, 
their  causes  and  consequences  that  originate  from  transit  through  or  are  destined  for  the 
countries of the Barcelona process. These actors have a different mandate and brief than the 
EMN,  as  their  focus  on  migration  is  mostly  concerned  with  migrants’  rights,  or  relates  to 
specific  countries.  This  decreases  risk  of  overlap.  Still  there  is  a  need  for  a  future  EMN  to 
create strong and structured links with them. 

As  regards  relations  with  institutional  stakeholders,  such  as  the  European  Parliament,  the 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, these should be, together 
with the Member  States  and  the Commission, the principal  beneficiaries of a future EMN’s 
activities. One may also consider whether these stakeholders should be able to ask for specific 
information  to  be  then  provided  by  the  NCP’s,  for  example  when  preparing  its  opinions  on 
proposals for legislation. 

•  How can close cooperation with stakeholders be assured?  

•  How  can  a  future  structure  build  on  and  complement  existing  national  and  international 

bodies in the field of migration and asylum? 

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Form and structure 

This  section  addresses  the  question  of  which  structures  could  enable  the  implementation  of 
the objective and the range of possible tasks, and which advantages and disadvantages each 
structure would imply. 

Depending  on  the  objective,  concrete  tasks  to  be  allocated  and  resources  available,  a  future 
EMN could take different forms. Amongst them, two different structures could be considered, 
the  fundamental  choices  being  between  a  network  attached  to  and  working  under  the 
responsibility  of  the  Commission,  or  a  network  selected  and  operated  by  an  independent 
Community agency. 

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Fundamental Rights, COM (2005)280 final of 30 June 2005. The proposed Regulation will extend the 
mandate of the current European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) as from 2007. 
While the EUMC activities focus on racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, the Agency will deal more 
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Option 1: 

Network attached to the Commission 

A future EMN could consist of a network of national contact points. The Commission would 
assume responsibility for the overall direction, programming and further development of the 
network’s activities. A legal basis would be required that would establish the future EMN and 
set out its main objectives, including the criteria that NCPs should fulfil. This could take the 
form of a Council decision. 

Under  this  option,  it  would  be  up  to  the  Commission  to  designate  appropriate  management 
structures.  This  could  imply  the  appointment  of  a  private  or  public  coordinating  body 
following an open call for tenders.  

As regards the selection of NCPs, one could either envisage that they are selected by Member 
States, in accordance with the criteria set out in the legal basis, or by the Commission, through 
a call for proposals.  

Attaching the network to the Commission would guarantee that the Commission assumes the 
overall  political  responsibility  for  its  activities.  It  would  allow  a  seamless  move  from  the 
current EMN and could also be considered as  a  transitional  phase before  shifting to  a more 
permanent and institutionalised structure, should there prove to be a need. However, efficient 
management  would  have  to  be  ensured,  and  one  may  question  in  this  respect  whether 
outsourcing  of  tasks  to  a  contractor  could  provide  sufficient  continuity.  Indeed,  the 
Commission’s procurement rules foresee a certain maximum duration for such contracts. 

Option 2: 

Agency  

A Community agency could be considered as a longer term option, depending not only on the 
further  development  of  the  common  immigration  and  asylum  policies  but  also  on  the 
Financial  Perspectives,  taking  into  account  the  limited  budget  available.  It  should  be 
underlined  that  an  agency  would  require  a  legal  basis  to  establish  it;  it  would  also  imply  a 
management board with representatives from Member States and the Commission. 

Such  a  stable  structure  would  provide  a  longer  term  perspective  in  its  activities  and  would 
also allow a wider range of tasks to be fulfilled. It could, therefore, be in a position to provide 
more effectively the information required. 

If such an agency were to be considered as appropriate for fulfilling the envisaged new tasks, 
there would have to be sufficient justification for its need and for its potential continuity. This 
would  imply  an  impact  assessment  in  order  to  analyse  fully  the  implications  of  such  an 
agency. In this context, the use of other agencies - existing or future -in the area of Justice and 
Home Affairs could be examined.  

Role and status of national contact points 

Whatever option will be chosen, and if the overall mandate as outlined above is accepted, this 
results  in  certain  implications  for  the  role  and  status  of  NCPs,  as  the  information  gathering 
and analysis activities at national level will be carried out by them. 

NCPs therefore have to be in a position to deliver this information, i.e. to broadly cover their 
respective  Member  State,  and  they  have  to  be able  to  ensure  the  permanent  updating  of  the 
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actors  in  the  field,  such  as  researchers  and  research  institutions,  public  and  governmental 
authorities,  and  NGOs,  that  would contribute to the activities.  To that  end, NCPs should be 
independent from governments, but at the same time establish good relations to public bodies, 
in order to have access to public sector information. 

In this respect, in order that NCPs are in a position to fulfil these tasks and to achieve a certain 
level  of  homogeneity  among  them,  a  set  of  minimum  requirements  in  terms  of  overall 
experience in the field, staffing, capacity, IT and other equipment, would have to be specified. 

•  Which structure should be put in place for the next stage of the EMN to achieve the overall 

objective, and why? 

•  Which role and status is needed for the NCPs?  

•  How best should the national networks be structured? 

6. 

CONCLUSION 

In this Green Paper, the Commission has tried to outline the main issues at stake and has put 
forward  a  number  of  options  that  should  be  considered  when  setting  up  a  future  EMN 
structure. 

The  primary  aim  of  the  Green  Paper  is  to  call  for  reactions  and  launch  an  in-depth 
consultation  among  all  relevant  stakeholders.  To  that  end,  the  Commission  would  like  to 
receive contributions by 28 January 2006, to be sent by e-mail to the following address: 

jls-migration-network@cec.eu.int 

Contributions  received  will  be  published  on  the  Commission’s  website  in  the  language  in 
which  they  were  submitted  and  with  the  authors’  names,  unless  they  indicate  their  wish  to 
remain anonymous or request that their entire contribution be treated as confidential. 

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ANNEXES 

ANNEX 1: 

NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS AND COORDINATOR 

National Contact Points: 

Austria: 

International Organisation for Migration 
Nibelungengasse 13/4, 
1010 Vienna, Austria 
ncpaustria@iom.int 
www.emn.at  

Belgium: 

SPF Intérieur, DG Office des Etrangers, 
59b Chaussée d´Anvers 
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium 
emn@ibz.fgov.be 
www.ibz.fgov.be 

Czech Republic: 

Ministry of the Interior 
Unit of International Relations  
And Information on Countries of Origin 
Department for Asylum and Migration Policies 
MV – P.O. box 21/Oam 
170 34 Prague 7, Czech Republic 
opu@mvcr.cz 

Finland: 
Statistics Finland 
P.O. Box 4B  
00022 Helsinki, Finland 
www.stat.fi  

France: 
Observatoire des statistiques de l’immigration  
et de l’intégration du Haut Conseil à l’Intégration (HCI-OSII) 
35, rue St. Dominique 
75007 Paris, France 

Germany: 
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) 
Frankenstraße 210 
90461 Nürnberg, Germany 
www.bamf.de 

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Greece: 
Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) 
22 Hippokratous st. 
10680 Athens, Greece 
kepe@kepe.gr 
www.kepe.gr 

Ireland: 
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) 
4 Burlington Rd., Dublin 4, Ireland 
www.esri.ie 

Italy: 
Immigrazione Dossier Statistico (IDOS) 
of Caritas Diocesana die Roma  
Viale Baldelli 41 
00147 Roma, Italy 
www.emnitaly.it  

Netherlands: 
Immigration and Naturalisation Service, 
Information and Analysis Centre (INDIAC) 
Dr. H. Colijnlaan 341  
2283 XL Rijswijk, The Netherlands 
emn@ind.minjus.nl 
www.ind.nl 

Portugal: 
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras 
Rua Conselheiro José Silvestre Ribeiro 4 
1649-007 Lisboa, Portugal 
emn@sef.pt 
www.sef.pt 

Spain: 
Observatorio Permanente de la Inmigración 
C/Amador de los Rios 7 
28010 Madrid, Spain 
opi@amador.mir.es 
www.imsersomigracion.upco.es 

Sweden: 
Statistics Sweden/Swedish Migration Board 
701 89 Örebro, Sweden 
www.scb.se 

United Kingdom: 
Immigration Research and Statistics Service, Home Office 
1305 Apollo House, 36 Wellesley Road, 
Croydon CR9 3RR, United Kingdom 
www.homeoffice.gov.uk  

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Coordination Team: 

Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research (BIVS) 
Schliemannstr. 23,  
10437 Berlin, Germany 
emn@emz-berlin.de 

www.emz-berlin.de  

Technical University Berlin  
Computation and Information Structures  
Secr. E-N7, Einsteinufer 17, 
10587 Berlin, Germany 
http:/cis.cs.tu-berlin.de/emn/web 

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ANNEX 2: 

REFERENCES 

Studies 

1996 Feasibility Study for a European Migration Observatory 

2005 EMN First Activities report covering 2004 

2005 Report on the Evaluation of the Activities of the European Migration Network 

Website of the current EMN 

www.european-migration-network.org 

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