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WELCOME! This is the 48th issue of the European Web Site on Integration's monthly newsletter. Every first Wednesday of the month, the editorial team of the European Web Site on Integration sends you a selection of content recently published on the Site. |
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La Chambre a adopté jeudi par 102 oui, 14 non (Ecolo/Groen et FDF) et 13 abstentions (VB, Theo Fancken N-VA, Rachid Madrane PS et Julie Fernandez Fernandez PS) la proposition de loi modifiant le code de la nationalité afin de simplifier mais aussi restreindre les possibilités d’obtenir la nationalité belge.La grande nouveauté consiste à prév… |
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Extension of the maximal period for which a temporary residence permit for foreigners may be granted from two to three years, a single permit for both residence and work in Poland, a temporary residence permit for a period of two years for foreigners continuing their studies in Poland - these are some of the amendments proposed by the Ministry of Interior in the new Act on Foreigners. The Min… |
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A Muslim women applied for vocational job training at a dentist's practice. The Doctor considers her competent and fitting for the job; it is just that he doesn't like her to wear her headscarf. The women, however, declines to remove it -- and was turned down by the dentist. The women filed a suit for discrimination and has been granted compensation. This marks a landslide court ruling.Read More (… |
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Le ministre de l'Intérieur, Manuel Valls a souhaité jeudi relancer les naturalisations en assouplissant les critères imposés par le gouvernement précédent, préférant une vision de la France "terre d'accueil" à celle "qui regarde le monde". En lire plus... |
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The Consortium of Migrants Assisting Organisations in the Czech Republic and the Counseling Centre for Citizenship, Civil and Human Rights sent an open letter to the government opposing the new draft law on citizenship which further tightens the conditions for obtaining Czech citizenship. On the one hand, the new draft law enables dual citizenship, on the other hand, however, it broadens the disc… |
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The local municipality Martin has approved "Frame strategy of integration of foreigners living in the city of Martin", which was prepared in cooperation with the Centre for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture. It is the first municipality in Slovakia to officially approved its own strategy for migrants´integration. Read more: |
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The Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (No XIP-2360(2) ES) aimed at harmonising the national legislation with the legal framework of the European Union. The purpose of the amendments is to establish a scheme setting out residence conditions for highly skilled professionals entering Lithuania by transposing the provisions of the Council Directive on the conditions of… |
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The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion promotes social innovation and social policy experimentation as renewed ways to address challenges of social policies: evolving social needs, growing budgetary constraints, participation of stakeholders in all steps of the policy cycle, evaluation of the social impact of decisions. This call for proposals on social policy experimentations… |
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Metropolitan Migration Foundation, which is part of Metropolitan, has launched a small grants programme to empower migrants, and the communities in which they live, to create opportunities for positive change. Small grants of up to £5,000 will be available for projects that support migrants in the areas of highest need, including housing, advocacy, ESOL provision, employment and tackling th… |
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The latest elections have resulted in more diversity in the Lower House of the government. Selçuk Öztürk, Sultan Günal-Gezer and Grace Tanamal are expected to become the new Labour Mps. Öztürk and Günal-and Gezer have a Turkish background and Tanamal, Moluccan. Read more... |
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The Central government of Spain is going to reform the Foreign National Law in order to establish a single authorization of residence and employment for aliens, restricting the competences of regional governments in conceding work permits. Read More... |
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Extension of the maximum period for which a foreigner is granted the temporary residence permit, from two to three years, one permit for stay and work in Poland, temporary residence permit for the period of two years for foreigners continuing their studies in Poland, Polish language requirement when applying for a residence permit for an indefinite period - these are some of the changes prepared b… |
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Czech President Milos Zeman signed the new citizenship law that introduces dual citizenship and defines the ways citizenship is acquired and lost. The law also defines the rules of the verifying, proving and confirming citizenship. Read the full article here. The President signature was the final step into passing the new citizenship bill which will now come into force on 1 January 2014. T… |
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Parliament passed a bill that is said to ease obtaining temporary residence permits in Estonia for non-EU exchange students and specialists as well as their families. The existing residency laws are overly strict and a target for criticism. The new law, to be implemented in December, will speed up the hiring process to just a few days. Still, companies are in principle only permitted to hire forei… |
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The Bulgarian Government adopted the National Programme for Child Protection for 2013. Its focus is placed on activities related to reducing child poverty and creating conditions for social inclusion of children, improving their health and ensuring equal access to quality preschool and schooling. There are also activities aimed at the prevention of violence against children, providing support for … |
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Athens police are conducting abusive stops and searches and have detained tens of thousands of people in a crackdown on irregular migration, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 52-page report, “Unwelcome Guests: Greek Police Abuses of Migrants in Athens,” documents frequent stops of people who appear to be foreigners, unjustified searches of their belongings, insul… |
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Proposal of the Act. 460/2002 Coll. on Asylum elaborated by the Ministry of the Interior on the basis of legislation due to be carried out by the Government of the Slovak Republic in 2013. The main aim of the amendment is to transpose Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless per… |
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The purpose of the tender is to carry out an equality and diversity evaluation to assess how and to what extent the contracting authority's current working environment, organisational structure, policies, practices and procedures ensure that the equality and diversity of its staff can be taken new steps forward. Read more... |
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The purpose of this contract is to provide the European Commission with informed analysis of national situations and policy developments with regard to discrimination on the grounds of age, ethnic or racial origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, and multiple grounds. The selected tenderer is expected to produce a concise country overview on non-discrimination policies for… |
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Programme Active Citizenship and Inclusion is a part of implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009 - 2014. Through the EEA and Norway Grants, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway contribute to reducing disparities in Europe and to strengthen bilateral relations with 15 countries in central and southern Europe. Program implementation period is January 2013 - December 2015. the total financial… |
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The "Viennese Diversity Price" awards citizens of Vienna, who show professional, voluntary and/or private commitment for the diversity of Vienna. The prize will be initiated and awarded by the Association for Economic Integration and the ORF (television station) studio Vienna. Further information (in German) … |
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The overall objective of this project is to: Further develop and improve the EU-MIDIS survey instrument developed by the Agency Explore the feasibility of collecting valid, reliable and comparable information through a population-based survey on immigrants and ethnic minorities’ experiences and perceptions related to selected fundamental rights issues in various EU Member States Re… |
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General Directorate "European Funds and International Projects" at the Employment Agency, as the responsible authority for the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals opens call for proposals as part of procedure for granting financial assistance with a competitive selection for Annual program 2012 through "Integrated Scheme for Providing Grants for the Implementation of… |
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The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, as a certifying body for the General Programme "Solidarity and the Management of Migration Flows", announced a new call for proposals from the European Refugee Fund on n 26th June 2013 with reference number SK 2013 ERF which is in line with the 2013 Annual Programme for European Refugee Fund. Financial framework Overall indicative amount for grant… |
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European-related developments NL – EU: In the parliamentary debate on Government Statement, the new government admitted that it is still trying to restrict the EU Directive and lobby other countries, as did the previous Minister Leers in response to pressure from Wilders. Labour and VVD think differently about the chances of success to adjust EU rules on the rule and income require… |
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Migrant families living in Ireland have won an important educational concession, winning the right to be treated the same as any Irish student entering third level education.The decision by the Department of Education and Skills to regularise fees has been strongly welcomed by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the Union of Student’s in Ireland. Read more |
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Bahtijors Hasans, Latvia’s recently appointed Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other international institutions in Vienna, is an example of integration, writes newspaper Latvijas Av+ze. Mr. Hasans was born in Uzbekistan, and came to Latvia in the 80s as a student studying the Latvian language and literature. He became interested in the … |
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81 Candidates, who will go for a seat in the German parliament in the elections in September have an immigrant background, which is 4 % of all candidates. The most immigrant candidates are members of the Green Party. There are none in the Bavarian Conservative Party CSU. Only a few of the immigrant candidates have a chance of getting into the Parliament via the party lists. Read more… |
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Strasbourg, 09.07.2013 – The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) today published conclusions on the implementation of a number of priority recommendations made in its country reports on France, Poland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” which had been released in 2010. As part of the fourth round of ECRI’s monitoring work, a ne… |
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The Program focuses and highlights the value of Intercultural Mediation in Healthcare as a dynamic process which aims to facilitate effective communication and contact between immigrants (mainly third country nationals) and their doctors, the nursing staff and administration of hospitals, to achieve better access to health care, taking into account their ethnicity and their cultural backgrou… |
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The project aims to favour coexistence and social integration in Albacete, as well as to open a sphere of interaction to local citizens, who will be able to further learn about other cultures with which they coexist. The main activities of the project consist of informative talks, workshops and personal attention regarding information and assistance that may be required by immigrants. All o… |
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The project aims to fight down social, school and digital exclusion among the residents of Povos neighbourhood, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira (metropolitan area of Lisbon) working in synergy with local authorities and agencies. The idea is to bring dynamism to structured activities that potentiate personal and social competencies and spur a successful school, professional and social i… |
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The programme aims to stimulate intercultural dialogue in Ljubljana and its vicinity. The project wishes to achieve cooperation and socialising among residents regardless of their differing cultural and national identities and in this way encourage relations of mutual respect among different cultures. Namen programa je spodbujanje medkulturnega dialoga v Ljubljani z okolico. S projektom ~… |
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The aim of the project is to provide special services to unaccompanied minor immigrants in Slovakia. We offer psychological help, Slovak language classes and social activities. The objective is to ensure the optimal psychosocial development, adaptation to the unfamiliar environment and minimize the shock. |
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The Ethnic Friendly Employer (EFE) is a brand that awards those Czech employers who declare their support to equal treatment to ethnically different population, i. e. those whose are visibly different from the majority and may be facing prejudices and negative stereotypes, and fulfill this principle on a long-term basis in personal practice. The idea is to create a specific and visible symbol comp… |
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The Maro (Minderheden Adviesraad van Oostende – the Minority Advisory Board of Oostende) is an official advisory body that discusses issues relating to ethnic-cultural minorities, and advises the city services. For the city the Maro is a network of partners and self-organisations who reach different targeted audiences.Anyone can sit in the Maro, ranging from representatives of migrant organi… |
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The overall objective of the project is to contribute to integration of migrants through raising the awareness of their rights and obligations and improving measures to prevent discrimination and exploitation of migrants in the Polish labour market. In the frames of the project IOM launched a special infoline serving as a source of reliable information on migrants’ rights and obligations in … |
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Deutsch im Park stellt ein niederschwelliges Angebot zum Deutschlernen dar, das die Leute dort abholt, wo sie sind und ihnen eine ungezwungene Lernatmosphäre bietet. Der Park als ein Ort des Alltags im öffentlichen Raum soll helfen, mögliche Ängste und Vorbehalte gegenüber einem Deutschkurs abzubauen. Im Gegensatz zu einem “abgeschlossenen” Kursraum ist es hier… |
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The STEPSS was an initiative carried out in 3 countries, Hungary, Bulgaria and Spain. In Spain, more concretely, the project took place in Gerona and Fuenlabrada (suburb of Madrid). The project was designed to address ethnic profiling in the police forces, improving the relationship between police and minorities. To achieve that, police forces were assisted in developing tools to monitor the use o… |
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Inspired by the book by Rafik Shami 'How I took of my dad's fear of foreigners' translated from German to Luxembourg, the pedagogical animation organised by ikl ASTI aims to combat prejudices through a theater piece and workshops. |
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Documents and publications |
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FRA has published its Handbook on the establishment and accreditation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the European Union. The Handbook includes a step-by-step guide of the accreditation process, with examples of concrete practices related to such issues as their powers, independence and mandate. The Handbook also shows accreditation trends and lists the applicable international st… |
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The fourth module of CLIP network focuses on ethnic entrepreneurship, its role in the local economy and the policy created to facilitate setting up and developing small and medium sized businesses. “Following the ‘mixed embeddedness’ logic, as has been explained in the Concept Paper (IV module of CLIP research) by Jan Rath, it is posited that various components of u… |
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The new edition of VRIND [= Vlaamse Regionale Indicatoren] describes the demographic, macro-economic and social context in which the Flemish government operates. An overview is given of the developments on issues for which the Flemish government is competent.The 2012 edition reports data on integration, diversity and "inburgering" [i.e. civic integration]. Download the document... |
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Der Integrations- und Diversitätsmonitor ist für die Stadt Wien eine Art Kompass, der zeigt, wo Wien steht und welche Veränderungen in den letzten Jahren stattgefunden haben. Er lenkt den Blick darauf, welchen Herausforderungen sich die Stadt im Hinblick auf ihre Integrations- und Diversitätspolitik künftig stellen muss. Das Besondere am Wiener Monitoring besteht darin, de… |
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There has been an enormous amount of academic and policy work on the integration of minority cultural communities, especially certain Muslim communities, into ‘mainstream’ society in the last decade. Our task in this briefing is to outline a potential new approach, one that we call 'everyday integration'. |
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The Commission published today its report on the 2012 and early 2013 developments in the area of immigration and asylum. Much has been achieved recently – not least in the area of asylum, but the years to come will bring new challenges that will need to be addressed through a coherent EU response. Europe should welcome diversity and make migration a dynamic force for growth and progress… |
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This publication provides an analysis of recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and two analytical chapters, covering the fiscal impact of immigration in OECD countries and the discrimination against immigrants. Download the document |
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The project ‘Access to Citizenship and its Impact on Immigrant Integration (ACIT)’ funded by the European Fund for the Integration of Non-EU Immigrants provides a new evidence base for comparing different elements of citizenship in Europe. The five consortium partners (the European University Institute, the Migration Policy Group, University College Dublin, University of Edinburg… |
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A new publication has been released by the European Network of Legal Experts in the field of non-discrimination, entitled ‘La discrimination dans le logement’. The authors Julie Ringelheim and Nicolas Bernard address complex issues related to discrimination in the field of housing, aiming at providing a comprehensive analysis of the trends and patterns of discrimination occurring i… |
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This Study analyses some key trans-border situations in which citizens may find difficulties in exercising their electoral rights – both to vote in elections, and to stand as candidates. It focuses on the electoral rights of EU citizens when resident outside the state where they are citizens, and on the electoral rights of third country citizens resident in the EU Member States. It also cove… |
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The Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration is jointly produced by the European Court of Human Rights and the FRA. It examines the relevant law in the field of asylum, borders and immigration stemming from both European systems: the European Union and the Council of Europe. It provides an accessible guide to the various European standards relevant to asylum, borders an… |
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Segregation is no longer marginal in German schools - it is especially extensive in urban regions. One of the negative consequences: It harms the educational chances of pupils with immigrant background. But desegregation cannot be introduced by force. Actions which increase the learning possibilities in segregated schools are promising. The scientific department of the Experts Council for Integrat… |
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This training course handbook “Intercultural Communication” focuses on preconditions for culturally-sensitive professional activity, intercultural communication and culture dialogue context, culture competence and diversity training, as well as professional development perspectives. The publication was produced by the Society Integration Foundation, within a framework of a project fun… |
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La mission d’information sur la situation des immigrés âgés, créée le 20 novembre 2012 par la Conférence des présidents de l’Assemblée nationale, a remis son rapport à Claude Bartolone, président de l’Assemblée nationale, mercredi 3 juillet 2013. La mission d’information, présidée par… |
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The Social Cohesion Radar, by the Bertelsmann Stiftung offers an empirical, international comparison of social cohesion over the past 25 years. The radar is based on a broad set of indicators drawn from comparative international surveys and other scientific data. The three most important socio-economic factors associated with social cohesion are national wealth as measured by gross domestic produc… |
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In a great many European countries anti-discrimination legislation has been adopted and reviewed over recent years. This major and unprecedented operation was originally set in motion with the adoption of two pieces of European legislation in 2000: the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43) and the Employment Equality Directive (2000/78). The transposition of these Directives into the na… |
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