Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees

The Partnership on Inclusion for Migrants and Refugees has been implementing a variety of Actions, one of which focuses on facilitating evidence-based integration policies in cities. As part of this Action, an external expert recently conducted an analysis that explored the effect of national immigration and integration policies on infra-national immigration.

The Urban Agenda Partnership on Inclusion of Migrant and Refugees has evaluated its work from 2016 to 2019 and proposed a work plan for the coming 2 years (2021-2022), with a set of new proposed Actions. Find out more here!

The 8th post in this series focuses on Action 1 of the Partnership on Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees, looking at what Member States and EU institutions can do to support cities in protecting the rights of children in migration. Follow the link to read more!

A call for proposals on integration has recently been published under AMIF, covering topics such as- Protection of children in migration, Support to victims of trafficking in human beings...

Pioneering in partnerships for urban challenges is what the Urban Agenda for the EU and the Dutch Urban Agenda celebrate this year. What lessons are learned? What triggers partners to participate and contribute? How do you celebrate success?

The Partnership on Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees has developed nine recommendations to ‘Facilitate evidence-based integration policies in cities’.

The 13th meeting of the Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees Partnership took place at the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) in Paris on 14 February. Several stakeholders presented the integration policies of the city of Paris, a study on ‘When Mayors make Migration Policy’ by the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, the SHARE project by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC Europe). Partnership members discussed the deliverables and roadmap for 2019 and the meeting concluded with a discussion on the next steps and meetings.

The Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on the Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees invited to a special event in December 2018 in Brussels. Together with the Committee of the Regions, the Partnership organised a conference to discuss the main achievements of around three years of joint work. More importantly, the event provided an opportunity to look ahead and discuss the implementation pathways for the Partnership’s proposed Actions.

The European Migrant Advisory Board (EMAB) is a self-led group of advisors with refugee and immigrant backgrounds. In December 2018, the EMAB carried out a consultation "with migrants and refugees by migrants and refugees". The report summarised the outcomes of the consultation, as well as focus group results.

There are many projects for the inclusion of migrants and refugees financed by EU funds. Cities nevertheless encounter various problems in accessing EU funds for integration. The Partnership on Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees has therefore developed recommendations on how to improve better access to funds for cities.

The Migration Conference 2017 will be hosted by Harokopio University Athens. This forum encourages scholars, experts, young researchers and students, practitioners and policy makers to exchange knowledge, share research and debate the issues that challenge existing modes and models of migration, discourses to understand human mobility, ponder about better policies and practices.

A well-known and often criticised issue in policy-making is that the targeted groups do not have sufficient opportunities to influence the design, formulation and implementation of policies affecting their daily lives. This criticism has often been applied to policies regarding immigration and the integration of newcomers to European societies.