European Website on Integration - April 2022

• The European Commission (EC) continues to support EU countries in welcoming and meeting the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This month, it launched a new migration management webpage giving an overview of action by DG HOME, the Commission’s department in charge of migration and home affairs.

• In order to strengthen the humanitarian assistance being provided to the millions of people that have been displaced from Ukraine, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) launched the Info-Support Hub for Regions and Cities.

• The European Website on Integration (EWSI) is still tracking the measures and initiatives EU institutions, national governments, civil society and other stakeholders have taken to address the early integration needs of those fleeing Ukraine.

The Newcomer Entrepreneurship Support (NES) project published an online handbook and toolkit sharing guidelines, practical recommendations, infographics and examples of good practices for migrant entrepreneurship incubators and support organisations.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in partnership with the Migration Policy Group (MPG), released a new toolkit entitled 'Effective inclusion of refugees: Participatory approaches for practitioners at the local level'.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic launched a new app to make it easier for migrants to access important information relating to their arrival and integration in the Czech Republic.

One of the priorities of Portugal's recently-elected government is "regulated and integrated immigration", with focus on promoting legal entry for migrants seeking employment.

Comparing the support offered to new arrivals from Ukraine with the support offered to other refugee groups in Denmark.

Im Seminar, das im Rahmen des Projekts „Vielfalt Plus“ vom Diakonischen Werk ausgerichtet wird, sollen Anregungen für eine differenzorientierte, egalitäre Bildungsarbeit gegeben werden, die auf die Reflexion von migrationsgesellschaftlichen Dominanzverhältnissen und die Analyse von Identitätskonstruktionen in Schulbüchern abzielen.

Der Fachtag “Vielfalt im Bildungskontext“ widmet sich den Bildungsinstitutionen der post-migrantischen deutschen Gesellschaft. Was bedeutet es, in Deutschland mehrsprachig aufzuwachsen und wie hat sich das Feld der Sprachförderung durch Migration verändert? Welche Folgen hatte die vergangene Integrationspolitik der Bundesregierung für den Bildungsbereich?

Azima (an Arabic word meaning 'resilience' or 'inner strength'), is a project that works to strengthen the inner resources and coping strategies of young people with a refugee or migrant background living in Austria, through the provision of psychological and psychosocial services.

Potenti'elles est un programme d'inclusion sociale et d'amélioration du bien-être physique et mental à destination de femmes exilées (peu importe le statut) et locales, en région parisienne.

Mama lernt Deutsch - F.U.T.U.R.E. Train ist ein Basisbildungsprojekt für Migrantinnen und Flüchtlinge mit Kinderbetreuungspflichten. In diesem Projekt werden Migrantinnen durch deutschsprachige Förderung auf unterschiedlichem Sprachniveau und die Vermittlung von digitalen Kompetenzen unterstützt. Um den Frauen die Teilnahme zu ermöglichen, bietet das Integrationshaus durchgehend Kinderbetreuung an. 

The Caleidoscópio project runs community services to combat social exclusion and enhance the integration of the migrant population in Portugal.

This new report analyses criminal charges, outcomes and arrests for men in relation to ethnicity in Denmark. It shows that the risk of being falsely accused of a crime by the police is 27% higher for first generation migrants and 45% higher for second generation migrants than for Danish natives.

The ISMU Foundation published its 27th Report on Migration (2021), focusing on demographics, legislation, labour, health-care access, and education, as well as migration processes after the Afghan crisis of 2021 and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mobilities and migration.

In this document the Czech government outlines its plan for the implementation of the country's 2022 integration policy. 

This publication describes the Danish experience with refugee immigration over the last four decades, reviews different post-arrival refugee policies, and evaluates the effect of these policies on the labour market performance of refugees.