Migrant children and education: challenges and opportunities for EU education systems
With its Green Paper "Migration & Mobility: challenges and opportunities for EU education systems", adopted on 3 July 2008, the Commission wants to open the debate on how education policies may better address the challenges posed by immigration and internal EU mobility flows.
It raises issues such as how to prevent the creation of segregated school settings, so as to improve equity in education; how to accommodate the increased diversity of mother tongues and cultural perspectives and build intercultural skills in the EU; and how to adapt teaching skills and build bridges with migrant families and communities.The Green Paper forms part of the Renewed Social Agenda, the Commission's package of measures, adopted on 2 July 2008, to reinforce Access, Opportunities and Solidarity among all EU citizens.
With this Green Paper, the Commission launches a public consultation on the issues at stake. Interested parties are invited to make their views known about the policy challenge, policy responses, and the possible role of the European Union in supporting Member States, before 31 December 2008. The European Commission will analyse the results of this consultation and publish its conclusions in early 2009.
To know more :
- Press release
- Memo – Questions and answers
- Green Paper "Migration and Mobility"
- Commission staff working document accompanying the Green Paper - SEC(2008) 2173
- More information on the public consultation
- Green Paper "Migration and Mobility" - Citizen's Summary
- Background report by the European Forum on Migration Studies of the University of Bamberg: Education and Migration. Strategies for integrating migrant children in European schools and societies
