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Be part of the European Migration Forum The 6th meeting of the European Migration Forum will take place in June 2020. The forum gives civil society organisations a chance to make themselves heard before the EU institutions. The deadline for applications to attend the forum is 3 March 2020. Find out how to apply Migration and voter behaviour A recent study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre confirms that voting for more restrictive migration measures is mostly based on socio-economic factors and related to levels of trust in the EU. See these and other findings about the relationship between migration and election outcomes. |
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An exit poll for the 2020 Irish general election suggests that only 1% of Irish voters factored immigration into their voting choice. The exit poll, conducted by Ipsos/MRBI on behalf of Irish public media and the University College Dublin, was based on the responses of more than 5,000 people at 250 polling stations across the country immediately after they voted on the 8th of February. The main ar… |
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Thirteen municipalities in Greece are taking part in the Cities for Integration Network to cooperate in knowledge exchange, capacity-building, policy development and actions for refugee integration. The participating municipalities—Athens, Agios Dimitrios (Attica), Heraklion (Crete), Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Karditsa, Larissa, Levadon, Nea Philadelphia - Nea Chalkidona (Attica), Piraeus, Tire… |
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Sónia Pereira has taken office as the new High Commissioner for Migration of Portugal, thus assuming the role of President of the Board of Directors of the High Commission for Migration (ACM, I.P.). The High Commission for Migration is a public institute that is active in the implementation of public policies on migration, with the central goal of meeting the integration needs of people fro… |
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Dutch MP Thierry Baudet falsely claimed in a tweet that two female friends had been harassed on a train by ‘four Moroccans’. In fact, the ‘Moroccans’ were plainclothes ticket inspectors who had asked the two women to show their tickets. Passengers had been on notice that non-uniformed staff were checking tickets. The women initially refused, prompting the inspectors to ask… |
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A recent study shows a surprising consensus among young Scandinavians of different origins as to what the requirements for obtaining citizenship in their countries should be. Denmark, in particular, is seen as having established overly-stringent requirements towards migrants. Citizenship is seen as the final step for migrants to becoming a fully-recognised members of society, allowing them … |
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The High Commission for Migration has published the 2020 calendar of funding calls through the Portuguese programme of the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. The calendar shows deadlines, budgets and goals to help NGOs, agencies and other interested parties in planning their applications. The total amount of funding available in 2020 is € 19.9 million, with the largest shares… |
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En février 2019, la Délégation Interministérielle à l'accueil et à l'intégration des réfugiés (Diair) a lancé le dispositif « Fai’r », sous forme d’un appel à projets qui avait pour objectif de développer des initiatives permettant de favoriser l’engagement des jeunes et de faciliter l… |
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The Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science opened a call for proposals for projects that could help increase pedagogical specialists' capacity to work in multicultural environments. A total of seven million leva, or just under €3.6 million, is made available under the procedure which is implemented with the financial support of the European Social Fund (ESF). The procedure aims to provi… |
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Le 37e Festival des migrations, des cultures et de la citoyenneté se déroule le 28 février au Luxembourg. Le festival propose plus de 400 stands, des nombreux débats, un salon du livre et une exposition d’art. L’entrée au festival est libre et gratuite. Adresse Luxexpo, 10, Circuit de la Foire Internationale, L-1347 Luxembourg-Kirchberg Horaires … |
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The InBaze Association is organising the first of a series of workshops on civic participation in the Czech Republic. The workshops are aimed at foreign citizens living in Czechia who want to find ways to volunteer or engage in other forms of civic participation. The introductory workshop, to be held on 29 February 2020, will be focused on the following topics: Civic and political participatio… |
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This Working Paper published by the OECD takes a closer look at the results of the 2017 Special Eurobarometer survey on public opinion about immigrants’ integration in European countries. The paper finds that actual knowledge about the scale of immigration is positively correlated with attitudes on immigration, but not on integration. Meanwhile, more interaction with immigrants is associated… |
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The Integration Expertise Center of the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy publishes a comprehensive Integration Review every four years as part of the Integration Monitoring System. The review is organised by the thematic categories of employment, education, well-being, participation and two-way integration, with articles from various authors under each theme. In addition to the main… |
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The Czech government outlined its 2020 action plan for the implementation of the 2016 national integration policy. The plan notes several major areas of focus, defining concrete measures to be taken and designating the authorities responsible for their execution. The action plan also provides an update on the increase of the number of migrants residing in the country: a total of 341 496… |
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This recently published study investigates migrants and their descendants’ likelihood of being employed in Belgium, revealing that second-generation migrants often continue to face difficulties in accessing the labour market. First-generation migrants tended to experience a notable employment ‘penalty’ as they were 36% less likely to enter employment compared to the local populat… |
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