European Web Site on Integration - April 2020

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…

On 9 April 2020, the Dutch Council of Ministers approved a bill to end the implementation of a law that requires the government to pay a penalty for each week that an asylum decision is postponed beyond the legal time limit. The Dutch government is expected to pay 70 million euros this year to asylum seekers who have been waiting too long for their asylum decision. The turnaround time for asylum …

The Croatian Ministry of Interior’s Directorate for European Affairs, International Relations and European Union Funds made a decision on the allocation of funds for the implementation of a project for reception and early integration of persons under international protection who arrive from Turkey through resettlement schemes. The Directorate is the Responsible Body in the management of the …

Die Sicherheitsbehörden haben für das Jahr 2019 insgesamt 1.620 Übergriffe auf Flüchtlinge außerhalb von Flüchtlingsunterkünften in Deutschland verzeichnet. Dies geht aus der Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Anfrage der Linksfraktion im Bundestag hervor. Dabei kam es zu mehr als 250 Körperverletzungen. Bei 260 Angriffen auf Asylbewerber wurden Sprengs&…

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has announced a call for tender for a contract to prepare and implement the EU Survey on Immigrants and Descendants of Immigrants in 15 EU Member States. The objectives of the survey are to collect comparable data in 15 EU Member States to support Member States and EU institutions in protecting the fundamental rights of persons with immigrant…

L’intégration des bénéficiaires de la protection internationale reste un enjeu majeur en 2020 et se traduit par le souhait de la direction de l’asile de poursuivre le développement de nouveaux dispositifs d’accompagnement de ce public. L’intégration professionnelle des réfugiés est soutenue dans le cadre de l’appel &ag…

Prague City Hall has announced an open call for grant applications within the framework of the ESF's operational programme 'Prague – Growth Pole of the Czech Republic'. The aim of the call is to support social infrastructure in Prague to foster integration, community services and prevention of social exclusion. Supported activities include the establishment of new community centres, develop…

The Secretary General of the Portuguese Ministry of Internal Administration is now accepting funding applications for projects that support the relocation of 15 particularly vulnerable people, namely unaccompanied minors, per year. This funding opportunity is made available through the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). The total amount available for this call is € 64,…

The Empty Houses for the Homeless project helps refugees in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain find their homes by establishing strong trust between them and the owners of empty properties through the use of collaborative law and 'conscious contracts'.

Student Refugees is a student-driven project assisting people with refugee status with accessing higher education programmes in Denmark and supporting them after they have been accepted. The project is based on the idea that education should be inclusive of all. Therefore, the project’s web platform seeks to provide all the relevant information about how to fulfil requirements and apply for…

This report published by the European University Institute examines the development of birthright citizenship across the EU Member States during the 2013-2020 period. The study finds that most changes during this period made citizenship more inclusive, but with limited potential impact. The authors look at birthright citizenship in its two forms: through descent from a citizen or through birth in…

This report published by The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) describes the nature and extent of perceived discrimination in the Netherlands. The findings make clear that the perception of discrimination is, by itself, sufficient to have an impact on people’s behaviour and emotions. According to the report, one quarter of inhabitants of the Netherlands experienced one or more…

A series of reports by the Finnish Cultural Foundation and e2 Research explore the identities, values and attitudes of different language groups in Finland. The research was conducted in two parts, with the first part looking at Finns and Swedish-speaking Finns, and the second part focusing on identities, values and attitudes among the largest ethnolinguistic groups in the Helsinki region: Russian…