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This report presents a comparative, indicator-based assessment of the
refugee integration frameworks in place in 14 EU countries. Analysis is
focused on legal indicators, policy indicators and indicators which measure
mainstreaming, policy coordination, as well as efforts aimed at participation
and involvement of the receiving society. Results are being presented in
relation to the concrete steps policymakers need to take in order to establish
a refugee integration framework that is in line with the standards required
by international and EU law, namely the building blocks “Setting the Legal
Framework”, “Building the Policy Framework” and “Implementation &
Collaboration”.
Important conclusions can be drawn from the cross-country comparison in
the dimensions of legal integration (residency, family unity and reunification,
access to citizenship), socio-economic integration (housing, employment,
vocational training, health and social security) and socio-cultural integration
(education, language learning/social orientation and building bridges).
Countries included in the NIEM baseline research are Czechia, France, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Results have been scored on a scale from 0 to 100,
ranging from least favourable to most favourable provisions. Analysed data
refer to recognized refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection (BSPs),
and to the legal and other provisions in place as of April 2017. Future evaluation
rounds of NIEM will strive to overcome data gaps, extend analysis to other
groups under international protection, monitor changes over recent years,
and by including integration outcome, financial and staff input indicators, will
move forward towards building a comprehensive index measuring refugee
integration.
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