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The contribution of EQUAL to a dignified standard of living for asylum seekers - European Policy Forum - 22-24 May - Sweden

May 2007

Since the article presenting early March, on this website, the purpose and outline of the event, a lot of interesting speakers have been confirmed and the content of the event has been further elaborated. The most exciting new features are:

"Temaasyl", the website for the event

• new developments for the integration of asylum seekers and in the policy areas related to the Common European Asylum System will be announced at the conference;
• the event will see the participation of two Directors of the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs and DG Justice, Freedom and Security);
• the Minister of Migration from Sweden will take part in the event;
• practitioners, beneficiaries, policy and decision makers will jointly present EQUAL good practices to show the benefits from various perspectives;
• more than 20 Member States have signed up to have a stand at the Showcasing Exhibition;
• DG Employment and Social Affairs, the European Refugee Fund (ERF) represented by DG Justice, Freedom and Security and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) will all have a stand at the exhibition too.

The detailed and updated programme, which may still be subject to changes, is available:

The background paper for the event can be downloaded:

Website for the event: Temaasyl.

The Policy Forum is organised by the Swedish ESF Council, the Swedish Thematic Network on Asylum and the city of Malmö, with the support of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. A Working Group, established to assist in the organisation of the event, comprised representatives of the Managing Authorities and/or National Support Structures from Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy and Poland, DG Justice, Freedom and Security and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles.
 

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