ENARO secretariat
Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers
Postbus 3002
2280 ME RIJSWIJK
The Netherlands
www.enaro.eu
‘THE HUB’ – online resources on asylum reception in Europe
RECEPTION STANDARDS IN THE EU
‘European Network ICF: Overcoming Borders Together’
The Information and Cooperation Forum (ICF), coordinated by ProAsyl, Germany
Covers: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/index.html
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/laenderberichte/index.html
- Includes links to country reports on asylum reception conditions in 2006
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/cooperation/index.html
- Introduces their most recent project on specific areas of asylum reception
European Migration Network (2005), ‘Reception Systems, their Capacities and the Social Situation of Asylum Applicants within the Reception System in the EU Member States’
http://www.european-migration-network.org/, ‘Small-scale study 1’
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom (country reports)
European Council on Refugees And Exiles (2005), ‘The EC Directive on the Reception of Asylum Seekers: Are asylum seekers in Europe receiving material support and access to employment in accordance with European legislation?’
Covers: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the UK
http://www.ecre.org/files/Reception Report_FINAL_Feb06.doc
‘Minimum standards and beyond - the contribution of Equal to a dignified standard of living for asylum seekers in Europe’
- Background paper for the European Policy Forum on asylum, 22-24 May 2007 – Malmö (Sweden)
- Presents examples of reception practice in various EU countries
http://www.ec.europa.eu/employment_social/equal/data/document/0705-malmo-paper.pdf
‘Good Practice In The Reception And Integration Of Refugees: Networking Across Europe’ (ECRE project website)
Covers: Various EU Member States
http://www.ecre.org/erfproject/goodpractice.shtml
World University Service (2002) ‘The Quest for Quality: Educational Guidance for Refugees’
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
http://www.ecre.org/publications/educ%20GPG.doc
Monaldi, G and Strummiello, E. (1999) ‘Good practice guide on the integration of refugees in the European Union: health’
http://www.ecre.org/erfproject/good_practice/health_guide.pdf
Lukkaroinen, R. (2005) ‘”Change is a permanent state” – Services provided at the reception of asylum seekers and the costs incurred’
- Study on asylum reception in Finland, in Finnish with English summary
http://www.mol.fi/mol/fi/99_pdf/fi/06_tyoministerio/06_julkaisut/06_tutkimus/tpt292.pdf
Bank, R. (2000) ‘Reception Conditions for Asylum Seekers in Europe: An Analysis of Provisions in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom’, Nordic Journal of International Law, Volume 69, Number 3
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y0wu1yr0axwpel0u/
UNHCR (2000) ‘Reception Standards for Asylum Seekers in the European Union’
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/43662ddb2.pdf
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom
VULNERABLE GROUPS
1. Traumatised refugees
Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforshung (2006), ‘Traumatised Refugees in the EU – Analysis of Institutional Developments, Identification of Protection Systems, Best Practices and Recommendations (TraRef)’
Covers: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj53_pdf/country_reports.pdf
Brand-Wilhelmy, B., Irmler, D. Adam, H. and Möller, B. (2002) ‘Child Refugees in Europe: Guidelines on the Psychosocial Context, Assessment and Interventions for Traumatised Children and Adolescents’
http://www.ecre.org/files/ch%20gpg.pdf
2. Female refugees
‘Refugee Women: Reception, Integration and Voluntary Return Regimes in Europe’ (ongoing project)
Covers: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CRER/research/RefWom.html
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj42_1E.htm
Tsovili, T. and Voutira, E. (2004) ‘Asylum seeking single women, women head of families and separated children: Reception practices in Greece’
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/4235556c2.pdf
Ascoly, N., Van Halsema, I. and Keysers, L. (2001) ‘Refugee Women, Pregnancy, and Reproductive Health Care in the Netherlands’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 2001 14(4): 371-393
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/4/371
3. Elderly refugees
Asyylkoordination Österreich (2002) ‘Older refugees in Europe: Survey results and key approaches’
http://www.ecre.org/publications/old%20gpg.pdf
Covers: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
4. Minor Refugees
‘MinOrs/ The Risk Group of Unaccompanied Minors: Protection measures in an enlarged European Union’ (ongoing project; country reports available in June)
Covers: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj58_1E.htm
‘MinMig (3)- Risk Group of Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Youth’
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj39_countryreports/summary.htm#assessment
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj39_1E.htm
- Links to country reports
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Bhabha, J., and Finch, N. (2006) ‘Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in the U.K.’ The Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/conference/SAA_UK.pdf
References to studies on unaccompanied minors in Germany, Italy and Finland:
http://www.emz-berlin.de/parabolis_e/ed04.htm
Derluyn, I. And Broekaert, E. (2007) ‘Different perspectives on emotional and behavioural problems in unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents’. In Ethnicity and Health, 12(2):141-62
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a772413672~db=all
Derluyn, I. And Broekaert, E. (2005) ‘On the Way to a Better Future: Belgium as Transit Country for Trafficking and Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors’ in International Migration 43 (4), 31–56
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00332.x
JOURNALISM
‘Refugee Stories Project: Reception and Integration’ (ECRE website)
http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/theme/reception_and_integration
‘In Lawless Zones’ (Online article on Italy)
http://www.proasyl.de/en/online-signature/the-italian-system-of-asylum/index.html#c2871
Ameen, J. (2007) ‘Malta needs to adopt EU policies to protect immigrants’
http://www.jrseurope.org/news_releases/IndependentMalta%20integration.htm
RECEPTION STANDARDS IN THE EU
‘European Network ICF: Overcoming Borders Together’
The Information and Cooperation Forum (ICF), coordinated by ProAsyl, Germany
Covers: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/index.html
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/laenderberichte/index.html
- Includes links to country reports on asylum reception conditions in 2006
http://www.proasyl.de/en/information/europ-network-icf/cooperation/index.html
- Introduces their most recent project on specific areas of asylum reception
European Migration Network (2005), ‘Reception Systems, their Capacities and the Social Situation of Asylum Applicants within the Reception System in the EU Member States’
http://www.european-migration-network.org/, ‘Small-scale study 1’
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom (country reports)
European Council on Refugees And Exiles (2005), ‘The EC Directive on the Reception of Asylum Seekers: Are asylum seekers in Europe receiving material support and access to employment in accordance with European legislation?’
Covers: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the UK
http://www.ecre.org/files/Reception Report_FINAL_Feb06.doc
‘Minimum standards and beyond - the contribution of Equal to a dignified standard of living for asylum seekers in Europe’
- Background paper for the European Policy Forum on asylum, 22-24 May 2007 – Malmö (Sweden)
- Presents examples of reception practice in various EU countries
http://www.ec.europa.eu/employment_social/equal/data/document/0705-malmo-paper.pdf
‘Good Practice In The Reception And Integration Of Refugees: Networking Across Europe’ (ECRE project website)
Covers: Various EU Member States
http://www.ecre.org/erfproject/goodpractice.shtml
World University Service (2002) ‘The Quest for Quality: Educational Guidance for Refugees’
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
http://www.ecre.org/publications/educ%20GPG.doc
Monaldi, G and Strummiello, E. (1999) ‘Good practice guide on the integration of refugees in the European Union: health’
http://www.ecre.org/erfproject/good_practice/health_guide.pdf
Lukkaroinen, R. (2005) ‘”Change is a permanent state” – Services provided at the reception of asylum seekers and the costs incurred’
- Study on asylum reception in Finland, in Finnish with English summary
http://www.mol.fi/mol/fi/99_pdf/fi/06_tyoministerio/06_julkaisut/06_tutkimus/tpt292.pdf
Bank, R. (2000) ‘Reception Conditions for Asylum Seekers in Europe: An Analysis of Provisions in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom’, Nordic Journal of International Law, Volume 69, Number 3
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y0wu1yr0axwpel0u/
UNHCR (2000) ‘Reception Standards for Asylum Seekers in the European Union’
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/43662ddb2.pdf
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom
VULNERABLE GROUPS
1. Traumatised refugees
Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforshung (2006), ‘Traumatised Refugees in the EU – Analysis of Institutional Developments, Identification of Protection Systems, Best Practices and Recommendations (TraRef)’
Covers: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj53_pdf/country_reports.pdf
Brand-Wilhelmy, B., Irmler, D. Adam, H. and Möller, B. (2002) ‘Child Refugees in Europe: Guidelines on the Psychosocial Context, Assessment and Interventions for Traumatised Children and Adolescents’
http://www.ecre.org/files/ch%20gpg.pdf
2. Female refugees
‘Refugee Women: Reception, Integration and Voluntary Return Regimes in Europe’ (ongoing project)
Covers: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CRER/research/RefWom.html
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj42_1E.htm
Tsovili, T. and Voutira, E. (2004) ‘Asylum seeking single women, women head of families and separated children: Reception practices in Greece’
http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/4235556c2.pdf
Ascoly, N., Van Halsema, I. and Keysers, L. (2001) ‘Refugee Women, Pregnancy, and Reproductive Health Care in the Netherlands’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 2001 14(4): 371-393
http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/4/371
3. Elderly refugees
Asyylkoordination Österreich (2002) ‘Older refugees in Europe: Survey results and key approaches’
http://www.ecre.org/publications/old%20gpg.pdf
Covers: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
4. Minor Refugees
‘MinOrs/ The Risk Group of Unaccompanied Minors: Protection measures in an enlarged European Union’ (ongoing project; country reports available in June)
Covers: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj58_1E.htm
‘MinMig (3)- Risk Group of Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Youth’
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj39_countryreports/summary.htm#assessment
http://www.emz-berlin.de/projekte_e/pj39_1E.htm
- Links to country reports
Covers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Bhabha, J., and Finch, N. (2006) ‘Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in the U.K.’ The Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/conference/SAA_UK.pdf
References to studies on unaccompanied minors in Germany, Italy and Finland:
http://www.emz-berlin.de/parabolis_e/ed04.htm
Derluyn, I. And Broekaert, E. (2007) ‘Different perspectives on emotional and behavioural problems in unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents’. In Ethnicity and Health, 12(2):141-62
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a772413672~db=all
Derluyn, I. And Broekaert, E. (2005) ‘On the Way to a Better Future: Belgium as Transit Country for Trafficking and Smuggling of Unaccompanied Minors’ in International Migration 43 (4), 31–56
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00332.x
JOURNALISM
‘Refugee Stories Project: Reception and Integration’ (ECRE website)
http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/theme/reception_and_integration
‘In Lawless Zones’ (Online article on Italy)
http://www.proasyl.de/en/online-signature/the-italian-system-of-asylum/index.html#c2871
Ameen, J. (2007) ‘Malta needs to adopt EU policies to protect immigrants’
http://www.jrseurope.org/news_releases/IndependentMalta%20integration.htm