European Migration Network
This resource is has been made available under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission as long as the work is attributed.
Reproduction is authorised, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged and the following text accompanies any reproduction: 'This EMN Glossary has been developed by the European Migration Network (EMN). The European Commission and the National Contact Points, which collectively constitute the EMN, accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the use made of the information contained in this Glossary or of the content of the websites from which some terms are extracted.'
The European Migration Network serves to meet the information needs of European Union institutions and of Member States’ authorities and institutions by providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on asylum and migration, with a view to supporting policy-making in the European Union in these areas. The EMN also serves to provide the general public with such information. Further information on the EMN, including its other outputs, as well as this Glossary, may be obtained from www.emn.europa.eu.
