1. Overview of the EMN Malta National Contact Point 2013

2. The European Migration Network The Network is coordinated by the European Commission with National Contact Points in all Member States, plus Norway, and from this year also in… Croatia. Aims: to provide up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum

3. The Malta National Contact Point Current Composition of Malta NCP: Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security (designated contact point) Immigration Police Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs National Statistics Office Employment and Training Corporation Commissioner for Refugees Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers

4. The European Migration Network Studies conducted during 2013 1)Attracting highly-qualified and qualified third-country nationals: Good practices and lessons learned 2) Organisation of reception facilities for asylum seekers in the different Member States

5. The European Migration Network Studies conducted during 2013 (cont.) 3) Identification of trafficking victims in asylum/migration procedures 4) EU Member State Policies and Practice related to Social Security, Health and Housing Services for Migrants

6. The European Migration Network Other reports/outputs: -Annual Policy Report 2012 -Annual Policy Report 2013 (in preparation) -Replies to Ad hoc queries -Update of EU Immigration Portal

7. The European Migration Network Other reports/outputs: -EMN Informs (policy briefs) -Bulletin -Policy Factsheets -National Organigrams

8. Where can you find such reports? Website integrated with that of the European Commission’s DG Home Affairs, accessible - emn.europa.eu

9. The European Migration Network Studies expected to be conducted during 2014 1)Business-related immigration in the EU 2)Update on Policies on unaccompanied minors 3)Detention and alternatives to detention

10. The European Migration Network Other topics that could be considered during 2014: - migration and development linkages - good practices on return and reintegration

11. The European Migration Network Other initiatives: - Working Group on Glossary and Thesaurus - Working Group on Ad hoc queries - Working Group on Statistics

12. The European Migration Network Other initiatives: - increased links with EU institutions: EP, Council, Eurostat - increased links with external organisations, such as Migration Policy Centre, ETUC, IOM, OECD, ICMPD, BusinessEurope

13. The European Migration Network Future initiatives: - Absorption of the Voluntary Return European Network (VREN)

14. MT National Contact Point emn.ncp@gov.mt Thank you