Sponsorship Programmes in Europe: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Future Development Petra Hueck, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC Europe) & the SHARE Network Humanitarian Corridors for European Solidarity Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome, 1 July 2019 The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Overview Overview • Introduction to ICMC & the SHARE Network • Sponsorship in Europe, facts & figures • Italian Humanitarian Corridors in the context of sponsorship in Europe • Recommendations for sustainable sponsorship programmes in the future The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
The SHARE Project The SHARE Project overview overview 9 partners in 8 EU countries Pre-departure cultural orientation: new tools Peer-to-peer exchange and mutual learning focusing on: • Building new partnerships for welcome and integration in medium-smaller municipalities (<200,000 inhabitants) • Mainstreaming of special needs of refugees Working Group on Private Sponsorship (including Caritas organisations in Belgium, France, Italy, UK) PUBLICATION: Fostering Community Sponsosrships across Europe The SHARE Project was first launched in March 2012 (led by ICMC Europe) and it started its 3 rd phase in February 2018 The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
The SHARE Network and Legal Pathways to Europe: multi level governance cooperation The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
The SHARE Network and EU Resettlement The SHARE Network and EU Resettlement The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Working definition of Private/Community-based Working definition of Private/Community-based Sponsorship Sponsorship A public-private partnership between governments who facilitate legal admission for refugees and private actors who provide financial, social and/or emotional support to receive and settle refugees into the community. The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Benefits of Community-based Benefits of Community-based Sponsorship Programmes Sponsorship Programmes • Expands number of admission places available for people in need of protection. • Facilitates legal admissions for groups which otherwise do not have access to it. • Increased engagement/networks can create better integration outcomes • Maintain public and political support for refugees and other newcomers Courtesy of Consorzio Communitas (2015) • Creates support structures in smaller communities - that still lack integration support structure. • Offers different ways to mobilise finance and in-kind resources The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Sponsorship in Europe: Facts & Figures Sponsorship in Europe: Facts & Figures Type of sponsorship Countries Dates Approximate number of programme persons sponsored to date Family-reunification Germany, 2013-present 30,000+ based sponsorship France, Ireland Resettlement-based UK, Germany, 2016-present 215 community Ireland, sponsorship Basque Countries Humanitarian Italy, France, 2016-present 2,500 Corridors Belgium The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Private Sponsorship Private Sponsorship Pilot Programmes in Europe Pilot Programmes in Europe Humanitarian Corridors Full Extended family Community Pilots members Sponsorship reunification ° United Kingdom • Italy (EU Visa Code) • - undefined quota Germany 2015: 1 st protocol (1,000 from Lebanon) - Until 2019 within 2017: 2 nd protocol (500 from Ethiopia) Regional Admission resettlement 2017: 3 rd protocol (1,000 from Lebanon Morocco) Programme commitment (20,000) 2019 4 th protocol (600 from Ethiopia, Niger and Jordan (Since July 2013: 23,000) - - as of 2020 additional • Ireland (ad hoc) • France (Asylum Visa) • Germany 14 th March 2017 (500 from Lebanon) SHAP (119 Syrians in 2014) 2019: 500 (from Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan an • Belgium (Humanitarian Visa) Lebanon) 22 November 2017 (150 from Turkey and Lebanon) • Ireland 2019: 50 from Lebanon • Spain (Basque Country) The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality. 2019: 30 from Jordan
Main characteristics Main characteristics Humanitarian Corridor Resettlement-based community • Humanitarian Visas sponsorship • Framework: MoU with faith Procedure like resettlement based organisations Refugees identified by UNHCR , selected • The individual by government sponsor/sponsoring Private actors assume responsibility for organisation can identifyi and financial, social and emotional support choose the person they would for a specific time-period like to support (so-called ‘ naming ’). Detailed requirements for sponsors Flexibility in terms of duration and tasks of sponsors The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Key features of Private Sponsorship Programmes Key features of Private Sponsorship Programmes Private sponsorship programme (PSP): • expand legal access possibilities • are additional to government resettlement quotas and, • as is the case with resettlement, provide refugees with a secure status The individual sponsor/sponsoring organisation has the option of identifying and choosing the person they would like to support (so-called ‘ naming ’). ; Blended models exist in which roles and responsibilities between public and private actors and UNHCR are defined differently. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach. It highly depends on the national contexts and on negotiations between private actors and the governments The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Who sponsors in Europe? Who sponsors in Europe? ‘’Open’’ system ‘’Closed’’ system with with accredited sponsors sponsors pre-selected by the government Example: UK Examples: Italy and France Criteria : objective criteria for prospective sponsors: Criteria : experience in the refugee protection and - Lead sponsor has to be a registered charity; integration field - Application submitted to the government; - Resources (minimum threshold); Base : Memorandum of Understanding Base : Regulation Introducing national coordination frameworks to ensure quality sponsorships To support (new) sponsors and provide training and networking opportunities Lead sponsors- community groups of volunteers Structuring sponsorship at the community level Ensure links with service providers, schools, churches, mosques, universities (in close cooperation with local government- approval???) The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
Sharing responsibilities between Sharing responsibilities between public and private actors public and private actors Private actors: Government: Variable • • Pre-departure costs Status (open to negotiation): (CO, travel, medical (refugee, temporary, checks, cost for visa) humanitarian status) • Duration • Housing ! • • Other settlement Access to rights • Access to social benefits support - Education (including housing (Welcome, language - Healthcare benefits) during limited learning, accessing - Employment medical and social period services, support towards Asylum Aquis (EU) employment, etc) • Safety net Rights beneficiaries of international protection Numbers of different “financial engineering” opportunities The International Catholic Migration Commission serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, race ethnicity or nationality.
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