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OECD debate on addressing forced displacement in climate change adaptation

25/11/2023

This virtual event is part of the OECD COP28 Virtual Pavilion, which runs from 23 November to 12 December 2023. The pavilion presents key OECD contributions with insights to drive ambitious and globally effective action on climate change.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
forced displacement
climate change

EMN Malta Conference: Intersectional integration

14/11/2023

EMN Malta, in collaboration with the Human Rights Directorate, organises a conference on intersectional integration. The aim is to discuss the need for an intersectional approach in policies, strategies and services relating to migrants who, as a non-homogeneous category, have multiple identities.

Theme:
Integration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
intersectionality
identity

4th edition of the Migration and Health Seminar

31/10/2023

The 4th edition of the annual Migration & Health Seminar, jointly organised by the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the University of Antwerp (MIGLOBA; previously CEMIS), will focus on mental health and migration.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
mental health
diversity
psychiatric care
mental well-being

EMN Luxembourg Conference: Children in Migration – Access to Education

26/10/2023

This conference will focus on access to education and the role of education in the development and social inclusion of migrant children. It will be an opportunity for networking and experience sharing between partners who are working on questions related to the well-being of migrant children, as well as an opportunity to bring in different perspectives from other (selected) EU Member States, which have reported developments on access to education for migrant children in the last few years.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
migrant child
access to education
social inclusion

EMN Finland Conference: Children in migration – Assessing the best interests of the child in migration processes

13/10/2023

This conference organised by the Finnish Contact Point of the EMN aims to promote dialogue between different actors and to find new perspectives on how to develop the assessment of the best interests of the child in migration processes.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
best interests of the child

Ad Hoc Query on public libraries and promotion of democracy knowledge as a resource for integration of third-country nationals

07/11/2023

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia is currently looking into supporting activities that provide innovative approaches to promote integration, taking into account the existing experience of libraries implementing projects for inclusive society. This ad hoc query examines the experiences from other EMN Member Countries with libraries implementing activities in the field of integration and social inclusion for third-country nationals.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
Immigrant integration
library
inclusion
social inclusion

New campaign "Without papers, without rights, without shelter" launched to protect the most vulnerable

07/11/2023

Samusocial, CIRÉ, Médecins du Monde, Ilot and the Brussels Platform Armoede have launched the campaign "Without papers, without rights, without shelter" to demonstrate the reality of undocumented persons and to propose concrete recommendations to policymakers in this field.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
homeless
undocumented migrants
access to employment
access to healthcare
gender

WHO publishes first-ever global research agenda on health, migration and displacement

30/10/2023

The World Health Organization has published its first-ever global research agenda on health, migration and displacement to guide research efforts to understand and address the health needs of migrants, refugees, and all forcibly displaced populations and shape responsive policies and practices worldwide. 

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
health
health emergency
migrant health

EMN webinar to launch the Study on "Integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market"

06/10/2023

The European Migration Network organizes a webinar to present its recently published study on "Integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market". Limitations, challenges and good practices will be highlighted and discussed.

Theme:
Integration
Type:
Event
Keywords:
labour market integration
applicant for international protection

Ad Hoc Query on practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection

13/10/2023

This ad hoc query focuses on the early detection and identification of presumed victims of torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international and temporary protection procedures. It inter alia collects information from EMN Member Countries on guidance and training available to competent authorities, on referrals to medico-legal assessments and use of medico-legal documentation as well as on challenges and good practices in this field.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
torture
ill-treatment
victim
international protection
temporary protection

Have a look at the term "access to employment" in the EMN Asylum and Migration Glossary

06/10/2023

The European Migration Network (EMN) Glossary is an essential resource, which offers an EU-wide multidisciplinary vocabulary of approximately 500 terms and concepts related to asylum and migration. Let's focus today on the term "access to employment" to make sure we have a common understanding and use of the term!

Theme:
Integration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
access to work
access to employment
labour market access
labour market integration

Integration of applicants for international protection in the labour market

05/10/2023

This study offers a thorough and current examination of the legislation, policies and practices related to the integration of international protection applicants into the job market in EMN Member Countries. It offers an overview of the various stakeholders responsible for implementing labour market accessibility and highlights both the challenges encountered and examples of good practices.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
labour market integration
labour shortages
waiting period
labour market access
discrimination

Ad Hoc Query on monitoring the integration of third-country nationals

22/09/2023

As set out in many strategy documents at the EU and OECD levels, there is a growing need to compare integration policies across EU Member States in order to facilitate mutual learning and tackle the lack of evidence on the impact of measures. The objective of this ad hoc query is to provide an overview of different approaches used by the EMN Member and Observer Countries that are designed to monitor and evaluate the integration of third-country nationals. The results of this ad hoc query will form the basis of an upcoming Inform.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
integration monitoring

Duo for a Job celebrates 10 years of existence

21/09/2023

For 10 years now, the Duo for a Job association has aimed inter alia to help eliminate inequalities in access to the labour market for young people with a migrant background. Results are conclusive as seven out of ten young people successfully find a stable job, an internship or training that leads them to the job they initially wanted.

 

Theme:
Integration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
labour market access
mentoring

Child Focus has registered 244 disappearances of unaccompanied minors so far this year

13/09/2023

The organisation reports a huge increase in the number of vulnerable young asylum seekers who disappear in Belgium. The number of disappearances could double this year, compared to 2022 which had 136 cases.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
News item
Keywords:
unaccompanied minors
disappearance

Integration in Belgium: presentation of the monitoring landscape and meeting of the integration contact points

12/09/2023

Today, the European Migration Network (EMN) Belgium was invited to present the results of an upcoming publication to members of the Flemish Agency for Internal Affairs as well as to take part in a coordination meeting between the four integration contact points in Belgium (for Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels, and the German-speaking community).

Theme:
Integration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
integration contact point
integration monitoring

Promoting migrant integration - Strengthening EU Law on long-term residence (FRA)

06/09/2023

This report examines the fundamental rights of long-term residents in the EU and the reasons behind the low uptake of EU LTR permits, despite them typically giving more rights than national LTR permits. The findings of this report can inform discussions of the revision of the EU legal framework regulating long-term residence and the framework’s implementation.

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
long term resident
fundamental right
long-term residence directive

Ad Hoc Query on granting a residence permit on the basis of a child protection order

05/09/2023

In the Netherlands, there is a special policy applicable to third-country national children based on a family supervision order (child protection order) that is imposed by the juvenile court. The Dutch authorities launched this query because they want to know whether it is possible for a minor third-country national who is covered by a similar order to receive a residence permit in other Member States.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
accompanied children
family supervision order
protection order
vulnerable persons

Ad Hoc Query on guardianship of unaccompanied minors

01/09/2023

The Luxembourg Ombudsman for Children and Youth (OKaJu), together with UNICEF Luxembourg, is carrying out research on the situation of unaccompanied minors (UAMs) in Luxembourg. In this context, they would like to collect information on good practices in other EU Member States with a focus on the guardianship of UAMs.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
guardianship

The Flemish Minister for the Interior and Civic Integration wants to fast-track newcomers towards bottleneck professions on the labour market

03/08/2023

As part of his “Turbo Plan”, Flemish Minister for the Interior and Civic Integration, Bart Somers (Open VLD) wants newly-arrived third-country nationals without a high school diploma to undergo training in order to be able to practice a bottleneck profession. This training would be part of the civic integration programme.

Theme:
Integration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
civic integration programme
shortage occupation
on-the-job training

EMN Slovakia Educational Seminar on Migration “Protection of migrants in vulnerable situations” (3 days)

11/05/2023

The EMN Slovakia Educational Seminar on Migration is a learning platform about migration that fosters networking, experience sharing, and discussions among (inter)national experts and participants. The seminar has been organised by IOM as the coordinator of the EMN activities in Slovakia with funding from the European Union since 2012, each year on a specific migration-related topic.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event

EMN Italy Conference: The prevention and restraint of violence against foreign minors

04/05/2023

The conference organised by the Italian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN) will focus on violence against foreign minors. It will explore solutions to prevent the phenomenon, to further develop staff training and efficiently take charge of the victims.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
Type:
Event
Keywords:
minor
violence

Ad Hoc Queries on residence procedure specifically for unaccompanied minors

20/06/2023

The Belgian authorities are looking to improve/review the special residence procedure for unaccompanied foreign minors, known as the Best Interest Procedure. In this context, Belgium launched three ad hoc queries to seek information from other Member States on (i) similar residence procedures specifically for UAMs, (ii) procedures followed in case return to the country of origin is considered and (iii) steps taken to implement return decisions.

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
residence procedure
unaccompanied minors

Over 40 companies commit to provide jobs and training to more than 250.000 refugees

19/06/2023

At today’s Tent Partnership for Refugees' European Business Summit in Paris, 41 leading companies have collectively announced ambitious commitments to provide over 250,000 Ukrainian refugee women and other refugees with jobs and training across Europe. The commitments being made will strengthen companies’ workforces, fill labor gaps, and boost European economies.

Theme:
Integration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
labour market integration

Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2023 (OECD - European Commission)

15/06/2023

This joint OECD-European Commission publication presents a comprehensive comparison of the integration outcomes of immigrants and their children in OECD, EU and selected other countries. It includes 83 indicators covering three main areas: labour market and skills; living conditions; and civic engagement and social integration. The publication also provides detailed data on the characteristics of immigrant populations and households. 

Theme:
Integration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
labour market integration
living condition
social integration

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