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 1 September 2010 / Issue 16
 
WELCOME! This is the sixteenth issue of the European Web Site on Integration's monthly newsletter. Every first Wednesday of the month, the editorial team of the European Web Site on Integration sends you a selection of content recently published on the Site.

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 Upcoming Events
 02/09/10 - 27/09/10
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Exhibition "My home" of foreign artists living in Prague.

 13/09/10 - 14/09/10
(Liège, Belgium)
IMISCOE 7th Annual Conference: New migration in industrial cities and regions of europe.

 13/09/10 - 14/09/10
(Budapest, Hungary)
EUKN 2010 Conference: Effects of demographic change on urban structures.

 15/09/10 - 16/09/10
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Seminar: Access of foreign nationals to welfare and social services.

24/09/10
(Berlin, Germany)
From multicultural class room to multicultural teachers' staff room. Potentials and limitations of intercultural development in schools.

26/08/2010 : Germany: Anonymised job applications: Five large businesses as well as the Federal Ministry for Family will participate in a pilot project by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS) on anonymised procedures for job applications.

25/08/2010 : Discrimination Monitor 2010, Non-Western migrants on the Dutch labour market: Why do some Dutch employers prefer to take on Mark as an employee rather than Mohammed? For this study 106 recruitment officers were interviewed about their selection behaviour.

20/08/2010 : Public consultation on integration policy in Latvia: Latvian Ministry of Justice has started a public consultation on integration policy for the 2011-2017 period, inviting stakeholders and any interested parties to comment the draft policy document.

10/08/2010 : Italy: Overturning negative perceptions of migrants in the media: An African-born doctor photographed by the press while saving the life of an Italian man with the slogan: “The typical migrant in the news.” is the subject of a sensitisation campaign run by IOM in Italy and targeting public and media alike.

30/07/2010 : France: Security policy at the heart of French political debate: French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposes the denaturalisation of foreigners who commit crimes against persons representing public authority (members of the police, members of fire brigades...).


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Ny rapport om återvändande och reintegration i EU

Recently we finalized the results of our research which lead to the report ‘European cooperation on the sustainable return and reintegration of asylum seekers’. You can find a PDF version of the complete study including the summary at our website:

http://hitfoundation.eu/docs/EU_Cooperation_Return_final_report.pdf

We hope that you share the findings of the report and encourage you to distribute it among relevant actors in your country. Should you have any questions about the project, please do not hesitate to contact us.

On behalf of the research team,

Frans Bastiaens
Director HIT Foundation
E: frans.bastiaens@hitfoundation.eu
T: 0031-629097009

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Frågan om religionernas roll i det moderna - sekulära - samhället har fått en ökad aktualitet. Under en tredagarskonferens vid Agders universitet i Norge behandlas dessa frågor från ett religionssociologiskt perspektiv under medverkan från ett stort antal ledande internationella forskare.

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Internationellt symposium om asylpolitik och CEAS

An International Symposium, entitled The Common European Asylum Policy: Towards a Balanced, Flexible and Comprehensive System, will take place on Thursday 29th April 2010 at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels.

As we approach the EU's 2010 target for the creation of a common European asylum system, this special International Symposium provides a timely opportunity for stakeholders to examine the challenges that Europe is facing to increase the practical cooperation between different member states and to develop a balanced and flexible strategy towards better burden sharing between member states.

The Centre for Parliamentary Studies welcomes the participation of all key partners, responsible authorities and stakeholders. The Symposium will support the exchange of ideas and encourage delegates to engage in thought-provoking topical debate.

For further details, please see the attached programme or visit our website. Do feel free to circulate this information to relevant colleagues within your organisation.

UNHCR lanserar nytt nätbaserat instrument för att mäta integration

UNHCR och MPG (Migration Policy Group) lanserar i samarbete med ungerska regeringen ett nytt instrument för att mäta integration av flyktingar i det nya värdlandet. Instrumentet omfattar en rad aspekter av flyktingens tillvaro i det nya landet: allt från tillvaratagande av tidigare utbildning/yrkeskunskap, skolframgång för flyktingbarn till värdlandets budget för orienteringskurser. Mer än 200 kvantitativa och kvalitativa indikatorer används och syftet är att både bedöma individens integration och att ge underlag för en analys av styrkor och svagheter i policies/system.

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First ever EU-wide survey of minorities: Mapping Discrimination across Europe

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has released in Stockholm the results of its survey of over 23,000 individuals from ethnic minority and immigrant groups about their experiences of discrimination, racist crime, and policing in the EU. The results reveal shocking evidence about the discrimination faced by minorities in everyday life; in the classroom, when looking for work, at the doctor’s, or in shops. On the eve of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, the FRA calls for targeted policies to combat the marginalisation of these groups.

1 in 4 (24%) of all respondents was a victim of crime at least once in the last 12 months.  Members of minority groups, often stereotyped as criminals themselves, can clearly also be victims of crime in need of assistance, protection, and support.

The survey exposes the serious lack of awareness of anti discrimination legislation amongst ethnic minority and immigrant groups. Almost half
(46%) of respondents were unaware that legislation exists forbidding discrimination against people on the basis of their ethnicity in relation to shops, restaurants, bars or clubs.

82% of those who were discriminated against in the past 12 months did not report their most recent experience of discrimination either at the place where it occurred or to a competent authority.  The most common reason for non-reporting was the belief that ‘nothing would happen’.

FRA Director Morten Kjaerum: “The results of the EU-MIDIS survey reveal the serious difficulties faced by significant numbers of those from ethnic minority and immigrant groups in accessing the most basic of services.
Discrimination in education is particularly damaging as it can have a negative impact on young people’s opportunities in the labour market. Actors at all levels, from governments to service providers, must use this evidence, collected on the ground through in-depth interviews, to develop targeted policies to prevent the exclusion of these groups from European societies.”

For more information please see:

http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/press/mr-091209_en.htm

http://www.diaspora.fi/