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On the occasion of the international migrants day, this conference will inter alia focus on how to integrate and support refugees and on which role Flemish authorities can play in the current crisis.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: employment, international migrants day, migration crisis
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In the context of the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants, the COMECE wishes to look behind the immediate horizon of the crisis and consider how best to integrate migrants into the host society.
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Main theme: Integration
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As from 9 November 2015, an asylum seeker can obtain a C work permit four months after applying for asylum. The 6 month period was cut to 4 months by a Royal Decree which entered into force today.
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration
Keywords: employment, waiting period
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The declaration presenting some of the key principles of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Belgian Constitution will be submitted to foreigners arriving in the country.
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration
Keywords: Constitution, declaration of commitment, European Convention on Human Rights
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"Inburgering" and Integration are being quantitatively and qualitatively brought to light and examined in several specific fields: education, living conditions, labour market, entrepreneurship and rights.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: education, entrepreneurship, fundamental right, living condition
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The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège will hold a scientific thematic workshop on “Religion and the political participation and mobilization of immigrant groups: a transatlantic perspective”
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
Keywords: call for paper, political participation, role of religion
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Under the Italian Presidency of the European Union a two days conference on European Migration Policy and Integration is organized in Rome on 17-18 December 2014.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Integration
Keywords: local actor, Integration path, Italian Presidency
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The first meeting of the European Migration Forum will take place on 26-27 January 2015 in Brussels. Through a participatory approach and the involvement of civil society organizations, the European Migration Forum will provide a platform for exchanges on migration, asylum and integration issues.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, Integration
Keywords: civil society participation, European Migration Forum
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Since 13 November 2014 and until May 2015, Belgium is chairing the Committee of Ministers, the political decision making organ of the Council of Europe. Under the Belgian Presidency, migration and asylum will be part of the issues tackled.
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Main theme: Asylum, Integration, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: asylum and the European Convention on Human Rights, Belgian Presidency, Council of Europe
Better Work for Immigrants: Tackling Joblessness and Stunted Progression in the European Union (MPI)
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This meeting will discuss the dynamics by which migrants get stuck in low-skilled work, and the role of training and employment services in helping them progress in their occupations.
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Main theme: Economic migration, Integration
Keywords: low-skilled work, unemployment
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The IOM Country Office for Belgium and Luxembourg organize an event to illustrate the positive contribution of migrants, in various domains and to highlight some concrete examples of their contributions to the host societies at the international, European, and Belgian levels.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: contribution of migrants
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The Centre for the History of Migrants (CGM) organizes an international workshop to analyze how policies and practices travel, especially between the Netherlands and Belgium as neighbouring countries with more or less similar immigration histories.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
Keywords: cross border policy, groupism, immigration history
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This International Symposium aims to discuss the current challenges of migration and integration in Europe, and to reignite the debate about an EU-wide strategy to improve integration policies across Member States.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
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The summit took stock of progress made on Roma inclusion in the EU. It focused on three major themes: making policies inclusive for all Roma at the local level; making EU funding reach the local and regional authorities; making Roma integration a local reality.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: Roma, Roma community, Roma integration strategy
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TRICUD Final International Conference aims at presenting the main findings of the multidisciplinary research programme TRICUD (2010-2014) on post-migratory cities and transnational flows, the dynamics of identities and the process of cultural diversification.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: cultural diversity, identity, transnationalism
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Helga de Valk, Professor aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is willing to show that applying the sociological life course approach to migration and integration research may advance our understanding of immigrant settlement patterns and further develop the life course perspective.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: life-course approach
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On 26 November 2013 the first edition of the Flemish Migration and Integration Monitor has been presented. The report joins and interprets administrative and statistical data on migratory and integration processes in Flanders.
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Main theme: Data & Statistics
Keywords: integration monitor
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The King Baudouin Foundation calls on young researchers, students or graduates to deliver a useful contribution to policy making in the area of migration and integration. Four persons will be rewarded for the work presented!
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Main theme: Integration, Migration
Keywords: Charles Ullens
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From 9 to 13 September 2013, the conference will provide a forum for discussing and developing research, policy and practice on migration and integration.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration
Keywords: metropolis, growth, mobility, security, social justice
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At the occasion of the week of microcredit organized by Microstart, the European Microfinance Network organizes a debate to share information and views on microfinance activities and services for migrants in Belgium and the wider European perspective.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: inclusion, microfinance
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During this study day, KADOC and Amsab-ISG propose a prospecting round to discover various migrants 'associations and their heritage in Flanders and Brussels.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: migrant civil society, migrant heritage
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Today is the deadline for submitting photographs in the contest that is part of the ILO project ‘Promoting Integration for Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe’.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: domestic worker, public perception
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Today is the deadline for submitting photographs in the contest that is part of the ILO project ‘Promoting Integration for Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe’.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: domestic worker, public perception
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MPI Europe hosts Dr. Crul as he presents his most recent book, co-edited with John Mollenkopf, "The Changing Face of World Cities: Young Adult Children of Immigrants in Europe and the United States".
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: education, employment, second-generation
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The SCI conference debate aims at identifying fears involved in migration, both those of migrants and those of inhabitants in countries of destination. The aim is also to have a critical look at discourses on this topic.