Publication date: 08 February 2013
This study examines the question of the integration of resettled refugees in EU Member States, by analysing the EU policy framework for resettlement and integration, national practices, and how they could be enhanced based on global and EU guidelines and recommendations.
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Main theme: Integration, International Protection
Keywords: resettlement
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform summarises the main developments in 2011 in legal migration and mobility. Topics addressed include statistics, promoting legal migration channels, economic, family Reunification and integration.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Family reunification, Citizenship & Nationality, Integration
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: legal migration, mobility
Publication date: 11 December 2012
The Court’s audit examined whether the EIF and ERF of the SOLID programme contribute effectively to the integration of third-country nationals. The conclusions and recommendations are listed in the report.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: European Integration Fund, European Refugee Fund
Publication date: 08 August 2012
This publication from the King Baudouin Foundation, reviews 22 projects building bridges between elderly migrants and existing services. Based on such experiences, tracks are identified to further involve elderly migrants in the society.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: assistance, health care, senior migrant
Publication date: 03 August 2012
This study provides an insight into the variety of transnational practices developed by people of Chinese, Congolese, Moroccan and Turkish origin residing in Belgium.
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Main theme: Integration, External Dimension
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: link with country of origin, transnationalism, assimilation, diaspora, development
Publication date: 10 May 2012
Is migration a major factor behind the rise of the radical right? Do higher levels of immigration automatically correlate to more votes for radical-right parties? This report focuses on the effects of migration on political extremism in North America, Western Europe and central and Eastern Europe
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
Keywords: Nationalism, xenophobia
Publication date: 09 May 2012
The Immigrant Citizens Survey (ICS), piloted by the King Baudouin Foundation and the Migration Policy Group is the first transnational survey that is directly relevant for policy-makers in many areas of integration at local, national and European level.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: immigrant Citizen Survey
Publication date: 03 May 2012
The Center for the study of democracy presents a handbook within the project “Integrating Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children in the Educational Systems of EU Member States: Evaluation and Promotion of Current Best Practices” – INTEGRACE.
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Publication date: 02 April 2012
Miet Lamberts, researcher at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA center) of the KU Leuven offers an analyzis of the immigration data in Flanders for the year 2011. It gives a specific point of view on how the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of migrants take part in the Flamish society.
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: Immigrant integration, integration monitor
Publication date: 26 March 2012
The sociologist Christian Joppke examines the delicate balance that states face in promoting policies that are aggressive enough to further social cohesion yet restrained enough to respect immigrants’ moral autonomy.
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Publication date: 19 March 2012
The Political scientist Randall Hansen has published his study for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied complementary about immigration and integration in Europe.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: employment, Immigrant integration
Publication date: 19 March 2012
The political philosopher Will Kymlicka published his research for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied what he calls the "central myths" about multiculturalist policies and provided evidence on related achievements.
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Publication date: 28 February 2012
This Council Statement results from the meeting of the Transatlantic Council on Migration in November 2011 in Berlin (MPI) and provides key recommendations for fostering greater cohesiveness.
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Publication date: 25 January 2012
The survey entitled Transatlantic Trends: Immigration was conducted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. It is a comparative survey involving 5 EU countries (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the UK) and the United States on immigration and integration topics.
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Publication date: 01 January 2012
Every six months the Flemish Employment Service (VDAB) reports about various disadvantaged groups.
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Publication date: 26 October 2011
Working Paper of the Centre for Social Policy (CSB) by Vincent Corluy, Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist
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Main theme: Economic migration, Citizenship & Nationality, Integration
Keywords: citizenship, employment, Naturalisation
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At the request of the Flemish Government and European Funds of integration, the University of Ghent carried out a quantitative and qualitative study for better determining the migration of the partners of the non-European nationals towards Flanders and Brussels
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Publication date: 13 October 2011
The Norwegian 'Welfare and Migration Committee' (Brochmann Committee) issued a report on the prospects for the Norwegian welfare state in view of increasing immigration
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Main theme: Migration, Economic migration, Integration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: cost of migration, Immigrant integration, welfare
Publication date: 04 May 2011
On behalf of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (Centre), the Independent Research Bureau (IRBeurope) carried out a study on the perception of four minority groups in Belgium.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: ethnic minorities, perception
Publication date: 30 March 2011
How do you explain that children of the same family could assimilate in different ways? If the usual suspect variables ultimately do not explain assimilation at the individual level, what does?
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Main theme: Integration
Publication Type: Study
Keywords: assimilation, peers, second-generation, Turkish Muslims
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In the context of growing diversity and societal polarisation within European municipalities and cities, the Government of Flanders is inviting mayors and local government officials to gather for sharing insights, mutual learning, and cooperative exploration on advancing diversity policies and enhancing social cohesion collectively.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: diversity, Social cohesion
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Of the 14.779 Ukrainian refugees registered with the VDAB, 45 percent (6.599) have already worked and 27 percent (4.045) are still working. Some argue that more should be done to guide them into work, inter alia encouraging language learning in the workplace.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: Ukraine, employment rate, labour market access, language barrier
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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.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: intersectionality, identity
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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!
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: access to work, access to employment, labour market access, labour market integration
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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.