Rede europeia sobre a educação das crianças e dos jovens oriundos da imigração

CONVITE À APRESENTAÇÃO DE CANDIDATURAS — EAC/01/11

Prazo: até 14.10.2011

O presente convite à apresentação de candidaturas tem por finalidade reforçar a colaboração à escala europeia entre os decisores ao mais alto nível, os académicos e os profissionais em matéria educativa, com vista a aumentar o nível de instrução das crianças e dos jovens oriundos da imigração. Para esse efeito, o convite pretende apoiar o estabelecimento de uma rede europeia destinada a analisar, desenvolver e a partilhar políticas e práticas neste domínio.

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Integration and transnationalism: how are the two connected?

IMISCOE  Eighth Annual Conference
Warsaw, Poland, 9 September 2011

We invite papers for a session at th Eighth Annual IMISCOE Conference, ‘Dynamics of European Migration Space: Economy, Politics and Development’, entitled Integration and transnationalism:how are the two connected? Session organizers are Jørgen Carling and Marta Bivand Erdal, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The deadline for abstracts is 15 June 2011.

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Index de Políticas de Integração de Migrantes

O MIPEX ou Migrant Integration Policy Index é um guia de referência e uma ferramenta interactiva para avaliar, comparar e melhorar as políticas de integração e que abrange 31 países . Este importante estudo, liderado pelo British Council e pelo Migrant Policy Group em parceria com 38 think tanks, ONGs, fundações, universidades, institutos de investigação e organismos para a igualdade de direitos nos 31 países envolvidos, será lançado em Bruxelas numa conferência de imprensa internacional, no dia 28 de Fevereiro.

A terceira edição do MIPEX será publicada em livro e estará disponível como ferramenta interactiva num sítio da internet que permitirá aos implementadores de políticas, aos académicos, aos jornalistas e ao público em geral, pesquisar mais aprofundadamente os dados do que anteriormente e produzir relatórios que irão ajudar na análise das migrações e debates sobre os direitos dos imigrantes. 

Países abrangidos: Áustria, Bélgica, Bulgária, Canadá, Chipre, República Checa, Dinamarca, Estónia, Finlândia, França, Alemanha, Grécia, Hungria, Irlanda, Itália, Letónia, Lituânia, Luxemburgo, Malta, Holanda, Noruega, Polónia, Portugal, Roménia, Eslováquia, Eslovénia, Espanha, Suécia, Suíça, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos da América.

Poverty and Social Exclusion of Migrants in the European Union

Authors: Orsolya Lelkes and Eszter Zolyomi

Vienna, 2011
Policy Brief March 2011

18 pages

The Policy Brief analyses the occurrence of risk-of-poverty and social exclusion among the migrant population, and the trends in poverty rates between 2004 and 2007 based on the EU-SILC survey. The results include various tests of reliability, including the estimation of confidence intervals for the poverty estimates, and the use of alternative definitions of migrants (...)
http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1298540538_34816.pdf

Left Behind ‐ The impact of economic migration on children left behind and their families

A stakeholder and expert conference: 2 March 2011, European Parliament, Brussels
Organized by EUROCHILD

This phenomenon is still underestimated and often unknown even if it concerns approximately half million children in the EU. The event will gather experts from across Europe to analyse the situation of transnational families in different European countries. It will address the causes and consequences of the migration, in particular the effects on children and their families both in the country of origin where the children are left behind, and in the parents’ country of destination. The expert inputs will have a multi‐dimension approach and combine policy analysis with relevant psychological and sociological research.

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Transnational family making: children, young people and migration

Whilst children and young people are often at the core of the migration flows toward EU countries (‘on the move’, ‘left behind’ or as main ‘rationale’ for migration), they do not always receive the proper academic interest. This workshop aims to explore the migratory experiences of families (including children and young people) and to examine how policy-makers and service-providers assist children and families in this process. The workshop aims to bridge the gap between otherwise separated scholarships on immigration and emigration, by exploring the understanding of migration from home and host societies.
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The workshop welcomes presentations that explore children, young people and parents own experiences of migration, but also papers that critically examine the policy provisions and social interventions aimed at children, young people and parents in the origin and arrival countries.

Deadline for online submission: 15 July 2010
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EUROPE: European Commission steps up protection for unaccompanied minors

06.05.2010 / News release
The European Commission has adopted an Action Plan to improve the protection of unaccompanied minors entering the EU. The plan stipulates common standards for guardianship and legal representation. (...)
The exact number of unaccompanied minors coming into Europe remains unknown. However, data from Eurostat indicate that in 2009, 10,960 unaccompanied minors filed applications for asylum in 22 Member States (excluding Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Poland and Romania), which represents an increase of 13 per cent compared to 2008 when there were 9,695 asylum applications.
The Action Plan is based on the following ten principles: read more here!

Children in immigrant families in eight affluent countries: their family, national and international context

During recent decades most affluent countries have experienced large increases in the number and diversity of immigrants, and accordingly it is anticipated that children in immigrant families will play an increasing role in these societies. However, while their social, economic and civic integration is of critical policy relevance, there is little statistical evidence available on this segment of the population. The study helps to fill the knowledge gap by presenting internationally comparable statistics on children in immigrant families in eight affluent countries – Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis examines family composition, educational background, language, educational and employment status of parents, housing conditions, school and labour market participation and poverty status, among other dimensions, identifying disparities between the situation of these children and that of native-born children. The report calls for policies that facilitate integration and social inclusion of children in immigrant families, focusing particularly on those from low- and middle-income countries who often face greater challenges in assimilation.
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