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Provide your feedback to the Commission The European Commission has launched calls for:
Post-COVID recovery initiatives On 1 July, the European Commission presented two proposals to the post-COVID-19 Recovery Plan for Europe which highlight the potential of people with a migrant background:
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On 21 July, the Latvian parliament adopted urgent amendments to the Law on the Management of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection, which allow to revoke already-issued or requested temporary residence permits and visas. This measure may be enforced if foreign nationals violate the rules of isolation, self-isolation, institutional or home quarantine, as well as other restrictions. For example, if… |
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In May, as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Italian government announced the regularisation of the status of migrants workers in the agriculture, fishing, care and domestic work sectors. Supporters of the regularisation argue that it improves the poor working and living conditions of migrant workers, which have become even more precarious during the pandemic. The proposed measures immedia… |
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In implementation of Measure 7 of the Action Plan of the Government of Malta’s Integration = Belonging, Migrant Integration Strategy & Action Plan (Vision 2020) , the Human Rights Directorate within the Ministry for Justice, Equality and Governance and the University of Malta are offering a new course leading to the Diploma in Education for Cultural Med… |
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As of July 20, third-country nationals who are the unmarried partners of Czech citizens are allowed to enter Czech territory again. The country is changing the rules of entry for unmarried partners of Czech citizens who have been separated by the previous travel ban introduced amid the COVID-19 in mid-March. The decision was announced by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs which removed the tem… |
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Un peu moins de la moitié des Français sont d’accord avec l’affirmation selon laquelle "il y a trop d’immigrés en France", selon les données 2020 de la Sofres. Voilà un chiffre sur lequel s’appuient de nombreux discours politique aujourd’hui. Pourtant, il ne signifie pas grand-chose. Et les Français sont de moins en moins nomb… |
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The evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic led the Portuguese government to issue different measures according to the situation of each region. Accordingly, three groups of regions were defined, with distinct measures to be followed. The first group, with stricter measures (situation of calamity), is composed of 19 civil parishes of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon. The second group includes the rest o… |
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Funding opportunities |
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The Czech Interior Ministry has announced the 28th open call for proposals within the framework of its National Programme of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. The Ministry is accepting proposals aiming to operate regional integration centres for third country nationals in the regions of Ústí nad Labem, Hradec Králové, South Moravia and in the City of Prague i… |
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L'Office national de l'accueil (ONA) et le Département de l'intégration du ministère de la Famille, de l'Intégration et à la Grande Région lancent ensemble un appel à projets dans le cadre du Fonds européen "Asile, Migration et Intégration" (AMIF 2014-2020). Le présent appel s'adresse aux organisations et organismes privé… |
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On 4 June 2020, the grant operators of Active Citizens Fund (EEA and Norway grants 2014 – 2021) in Romania decided to increase the grant rate from 90% to 100% of the total eligible costs of the project. It applies to the three calls currently open for small and rapid response grants, namely #1, #4 and #6. Out of the three calls, #4 on awareness on human rights and equal treatment is of a pa… |
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The Bulgarian Operator of the Active Citizens Fund announced a new call for project proposals to respond to the negative effects caused by COVID-19. This measure is part of the Small Initiative Scheme of the fund and it aims to support the activities and capacity of civil society organisations so that they can recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Eligible organisations can submit project proposals i… |
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Upcoming events |
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The 12th IOM Prague Summer School on Migration Studies will be held at Charles University in Prague from 24th to 29th August 2020. IOM Prague has organised the Summer School every year since 2009, and more than 600 students and professionals from almost 100 countries have attended these lectures. The programme is open for university students (both graduate and undergraduate) as well as young prof… |
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The Integration Forum in Sweden hosts a number of national conferences on different topics related to integration. This conference focuses on multicultural neighbourhoods. Among the lecturers are Susanne Urban, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research. The conference will address, among other topics: Strategic collaboration be… |
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The 3rd conference of the German Network of Forced Migration Researchers is taking place on 17-19 September 2020. Due to the current situation, the conference will take place online rather than at the premises of the University of Cologne. It will open an international forum to discuss current research results on forced migration, refugees and asylum. The conference will also support interdiscipli… |
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Integration practices |
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The High Commission for Migration (ACM, IP) has been developing entrepreneurship support initiatives since 2006 through the National Immigrant Support Centres or projects in partnership with other institutions. In 2015, the High Commission for Migration reinforced its support to migrants and refugees who seek to start a business in Portugal by creating the Migrant Entrepreneur Support Office (GAE… |
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The Settle in Estonia Programme is a free educational programme provided by the Estonian state to help the newly arrived migrants in Estonia to adapt and become accustomed to local life more easily. The programme, which comprises various training courses, gives an overview of how the state of Estonia and its society function and how daily life is organised. Within the programme, the participants … |
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The main goal of the project is to help develop the values of interculturalism and improve the professional competences of education managers and professionals for a more successful integration of immigrant children into the Slovenian educational system. As such, the project seeks to ensure that professionals working with immigrant children, teachers working on the project and professionals in ed… |
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Responding to the increasing arrivals of unaccompanied minors in Spain, the Prollema project offers language and teaching training to young migrants that suffer from critical situations (e.g. homelessness, unemployment, lack of educational opportunities). The project enables the participants to become language professors of their mother tongue following the training, facilitating their integratio… |
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The Entrepreneurship Without Borders (EntryWay) project supports third-country nationals that are willing to start their own businesses and legally reside in seven provinces of five European countries, including Greece. Through the provision of tailored entrepreneurship training and the support of trainers, business counsellors and mentors, the project helps participants expand their en… |
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Implemented in temporary accommodation centres throughout the country, IOM Greece's Hellenic Integration Support for Beneficiaries of International Protection (HELIOS) project supports and promotes the integration of beneficiaries of international protection by providing: integration courses; accommodation support; employability support; integration monitoring; sensetisation of local commun… |
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Documents and publications |
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Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 2-3 July 2020 Summary By means of this resolution, ETUC takes a further stand for the protection of migrants’ rights and their integration in Europe and beyond. It aims at a further consolidation of the UnionMigrantNet (UMN) as the European network of trade unions, organisations and associations of migrants promoted by trade unions, provid… |
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How have national policies evolved over the past five years in relation to the acquisition of citizenship? What are the criteria and procedures in place, and how costly and long is the process? What type of support do Member States provide to third-country nationals wishing to acquire citizenship? By exploring the national policies in EU Member States regarding the acquisition of citizenship for … |
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Le contexte qui prévaut en Europe depuis 2015 accroît les besoins d’information statistique sur les primo-arrivants et les dispositifs d’accompagnement. En France, l’Enquête Longitudinale sur l’Intégration des Primo-Arrivants (personnes admises au séjour) – Elipa 2, a pour principaux objectifs de suivre le parcours d'intégratio… |
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The Public Defender of Rights carried out an inquiry into the handling of residence permit applications at all Border and Foreigners’ Police Departments (BFPDs) in Slovakia. The inquiry was carried out in October and November 2019 by members of an inquiry team set up by the Office of the Public Defender of Rights. The inquiry focused on the procedures applied by the police in the processing … |
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