The EMN REG Directory connects return experts across Europe by providing, for the first time, a European wide mapping of the actors involved in the return process and of the programmes and initiatives implemented in the field of return in each Member State. The EMN REG Directory is divided into...

This report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by the European Commission's Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) in 2014. We report on the main policy challenges faced in 2014, the responses developed by DG HOME to those challenges and the resources used. In...

The Annual Activity Report is a management report of the Director-General of DG Home Affairs to the College of Commissioners. It is the main instrument of management accountability within the Commission and constitutes the basis on which the Commission takes its responsibility for the management...

All (Member) States have historically experienced changes in the influx of applicants for international protection and other migrants, typically coinciding with conflicts worldwide and changes to migratory routes into the EU. However, in 2014-2016 (Member) States experienced an unprecedented...

The return of illegally-staying third-country nationals is one of the main pillars of the EU’s policy on migration and asylum. However, recent Eurostat data show that return rates at EU level have not improved despite the important increase in the number of rejected asylum applications and in...