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Migrants, Rights and Integration Project: Practice to Policy (MRIP)
The project builds on grassroots contributions by national ENAR members active in migrant support to develop a practical operative framework of best practices in the field of migrant integration, strengthening and making more visible migrants’ voices at the national and EU levels.
| Project Update March 2011 Migrants Rights and Integration Project (MRIP) The project concluded a series of peer review evaluations of integration initiatives in the six partner countries during the course of this reporting period. These attempted to look at the actual impacts of integration initiatives across a range of policy headings – such as employment, children of migrant families, media discourses, vulnerable workers and community cohesion. The critical issue examined was the extent to which various stakeholders had been drawn into these processes, had changed their perceptions on what integration means, and had developed new commitments to seeing the work carried through to completion. The completion of the peer reviews has been followed by the organisation of roundtable discussions in each partner countries to aid in the identification of lessons and experiences, and good practice issues which have the potential to be transported between projects and countries. |
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ENAR NEWS
ENAR assesses integration projects in six EU countries
Partners of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) are conducting a series of roundtable discussions about migrant integration policies which follow the EU’s ‘Common Basic Principles’. Looking at examples of projects in Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Sweden and the UK, the Migrant Rights and Integration Project (MRIP) examines whether migrants consider the process of integration as empowering for their communities, and highlights that host societies are also changing to accommodate new multicultural realities. The EPIM-funded project will conclude later this year with the publication of a toolkit intended to aid migrant community groups get better outcomes in terms of rights and empowerment from integration programmes.
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-Jan 2011
Publications
Report of ENAR Seminar Promoting integration (2007)
The purpose of the ENAR policy seminar was to explore the intersections between the anti-discrimination, social inclusion and integration agendas from the perspective of migration, recognising that these concepts are intrinsically linked. The aim was to highlight practices and lessons learnt from civil society, local and national government, and the European Union, with regard to the integration of migrants. The seminar also sought to put forward proposals for a more cohesive approach to European and national integration policy and practice, and to empower civil society and policy-makers to promote progressive change.
