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Improving Stakeholder Coordination in Refugee Resettlement: A path to more effective, inclusive programmes
A new coordination framework for refugee resettlement calls for stronger ties among local, national, and international actors to fix gaps that undermine programme outcomes.
Displaced Ukrainians in European Labour Markets: Leveraging innovations for more inclusive integration
Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine displaced millions of Ukrainians into Europe; innovations in credential recognition and flexible training can help them reach their potential.
Prolonged Ukrainian Displacement: An uneasy marriage of reception, integration, and return policies
One year into the vast Ukrainian displacement crisis sparked by Russia's invasion, European policymakers are having to confront the likelihood of prolonged stay for millions of Ukrainians and the prospect of new displacement. How can they juggle longer-term integration, first-reception services for new arrivals, and prepare Ukrainians for eventual return to rebuild their country? They will have to focus on multipronged policies and services, this commentary suggests.
Toolkit for Evidence-Informed Policymaking in Migrant Integration
An EU-funded toolkit equips policymakers with practical tools to find, evaluate, fund, and disseminate evidence across every stage of the integration policy cycle.
Promoting Evidence-Informed Immigrant Integration Policymaking
Migrant integration lags other fields in use of evidence to inform policymaking and programming. Five strategies can help EU and national policymakers build a stronger, more data-driven integration culture.
Why the European Labor Market Integration of Displaced Ukrainians Is Defying Expectations
People displaced from Ukraine are finding work more rapidly in European countries than prior refugee cohorts. But uncertainty over how long they will stay, combined with hurdles such as language barriers, has meant many are prioritizing any job over the right job. This commentary examines how policymakers could address this waste of skills as they seek to fill pressing labor needs and facilitate deeper integration of the new arrivals.
Embedding Reintegration Assistance for Returning Migrants in the Local Context: The role of referrals
Effective reintegration of returning migrants depends on coordinated referral systems that link predeparture assistance with local services in countries of origin.
The COVID-19 Catalyst: Learning from pandemic-driven innovations in immigrant integration policy
COVID-19 forced a rapid digital shift in immigrant integration services across Europe, revealing lessons on online access, collaboration, and system resilience.
Leveraging Predeparture Counselling to Support Returning Migrants’ Sustainable Reintegration
Poor information-sharing limits predeparture counseling in European return programmes; data standards, virtual provider links, and digital tools can improve reintegration.
The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum
The United Kingdom’s controversial deal with Rwanda to relocate certain asylum seekers there—not for offshore processing for possible settlement in the United Kingdom but as a permanent destination—will have far-reaching implications, possibly destabilizing the norms and architecture of the post-World War II protection system, this commentary argues.
