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ENSURING BETTER INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES AND OTHER VULNERABLE MIGRANTS Meeting of the OECD Global Parliamentary Network 10-10-2018 Jonathan Chaloff International Migration Division, OECD Context: declining flows in most OECD countries means

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ENSURING BETTER INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES AND OTHER VULNERABLE MIGRANTS

Meeting of the OECD Global Parliamentary Network 10-10-2018 Jonathan Chaloff International Migration Division, OECD

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Context: declining flows in most OECD countries means that the priority is now integration

Evolution of the number of new asylum seekers in OECD countries and the EU, 1980-2017

Source: UNHCR, Eurostat, OECD calculations.

Much larger inflows in countries neighbouring Syria (>3m Syrian refugees in Turkey, 1m in Lebanon, 650k in Jordan) The Asia and Pacific region is home to close to 8 million people of concern to UNHCR, including 3.5 million refugees.

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Labour market integration of refugees took a long time in the past

Source : EU-OECD (2016), How are refugees faring on the labour m arket in Europe? A first evaluation based

n the 2014 EU labour force survey ad hoc m odule, DG EMPL Working Paper 1/ 2016.

Employment rate by immigrant categories and duration of stay European OECD countries, 2014

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Lessons learned

Improve co-

rdination of initial

and long-term response

Establish a

crisis response plan in advance

Identify

actors

Keep capacity

during “scale- down” Rapid transition to employment

Provide

services as soon as possible

Facilitate

labour market access for asylum seekers with high prospects of being allowed to stay

Adapt education, health systems, housing

Better co-
rdination

between health-care providers, improve triage

Factor

employment and educational

pportunities

into dispersal policies Address specific factors

f vulnerability
Tailor for:
Unaccompani

ed minors

low-educated

refugees

Refugee

mothers with young children

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National, sub-national, local level of government. Reception

and dispersal requires co-ordination am ong levels of governm ent. Involve different levels of government

Employers, civil society, social partners, etc. Collaboration in a

clear fram ew ork is at least as im portant for sustainability than funding Involving different actors

Co-operate with countries of origin and first asylum. Managing

m ovem ents, sharing inform ation, sustaining integration. Across different countries

Managing integration: Whole of Society Approach

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http://www.unhcr.org/5adde9904

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Managing the flow of humanitarian migrants

First Permits granted by OECD countries (29) to Syrians, Eritreans, Iraqis, Afghans and Somalis by permit type, 2010 and 2016

2 000 4 000 6 000 8 000 10 000 12 000 20 000 40 000 60 000 80 000 100 000 120 000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Family permits (left axis) Labour permits (right axis) Student permits (right axis)

Improve channels for complementary pathways for people seeking protection

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www.oecd.org/migration

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