On 12 December 2018, the Belgian contact point of the EMN organized its annual asylum and migration policy event in which recent national and EU developments in the field of international protection, legal migration and integration and irregular migration, human trafficking and return were discussed. 

The results of the third sociomonitoring report, published in December 2017, will be presented by the Federal Public Service Employment and Unia, in order to better understand the situation of persons on the labour market according to their origin.

The panel discussion will present the findings of the recently completed research project of the European Foundation for Democracy which examined how different European countries with high numbers of refugees and/or experience of integrating high numbers of refugees are managing the integration process and identifies good practices for integrating refugees. The research looked in particular at the situation of Syrian refugees in Europe, though not exclusively.

As of 1 January 2018, certain third-country nationals have the obligation to follow an integration programme in the German-speaking Community.

The Belgian Contact Point of the EMN organised a conference on labour market participation of beneficiaries of international protection. The event took place on the 8th of November in Brussels (Résidence Palace).

The Greek Contact Point of the EMN organizes a national conference to examine policies and best practices implemented to address ghetto formation and the impacts in terms of social cohesion, economic and cultural development.

How can social innovation and social innovators contribute to the integration of refugees in European societies? This is the topic that will be addressed during ECRE's 2-day seminar.

On 29 June in Paris, the French NCP of the EMN organised a conference with the objective to discuss labour market integration of beneficiaires of international protection and specific support measures targetting this group, as well as to provide a comparative European perspective.

The activity rate for non-EU citizens is lower than for nationals with a higher unemployment rate and a lower employment rate.

The Action Plan aims at supporting Member States in the integration of third-country nationals and their economic and social contribution to the EU. It will be accompanied by a legal proposal to reform the rules on highly skilled migrants coming to the EU to work.

During this event integration and civic integration ("Inburgering") are being quantitatively and qualitatively brought to light and examined in several specific fields: education, living conditions, labour market, entrepreneurship and rights.

Project applications submitted under the Call for Proposals on Actions in the area of Integration should be submitted no later than today, 29 February 2016.