The 4th meeting of the European Migration Forum took place on 6-7 March 2018.
« The event brought together over 200 representatives of NGOs, local and regional authorities, national governments, the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
Debates and keynotes focused on the challenges and opportunities of integrating migrants into national labour markets in the European Union, whose unemployment rate in the EU remains high, standing at 18%, which is double the EU average.
Background document: Word document in English
Discussions held during workshops also resulted in several recommendations, including: matching migrants’ skills with labour market realities; providing support both for migrants as job seekers and also for employers; taking a bottom-up approach which acknowledges different contexts; close cooperation with civil society; fighting against exploitation of and discrimination against migrants in the workplace by implementing EU laws effectively at national level and battling prejudice; establishing a multi-stakeholder approach that could allow the issues to be tackled from a number of different angles; promoting enterprises that serve as role models for successful integration, and many others. »
- Key questions sparking my interest
- « How can we address #discrimination and promote diversity at the workplace?«
- « How to integrate migrants into the labour market successfully?«
2. Hashtag #EMF4
- From Equinet @equineteurope
« Equinet presented its work on combating discrimination on race & ethnic origin & on integration of migrants at today’s #EMF4″
Compendium of good practices
Compendium
Compendium of good practices – Equality bodies and inclusion of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, 2017 update
- From EESC PRESS – @EESC_PRESS:
« Successful inclusion of #migrants in the #EU’s #job markets requires more funds, more support and a change in attitudes #EMF4 @EurMigrForum
Effective integration of legal migrants and refugees will benefit Europe’s labour markets, plagued by skills and labour shortages. If tackled properly, the migration challenge could be turned into a real opportunity not only for our economies but also for our society as a whole, participants in the European Migration Forum (EMF) concluded.
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- From Catia Fernandes @catia__sofia:
- From M van Riemsdijk @micheline_geog
- From BITC Ireland @BITCIreland
- From EU Migration Forum #EMF4 @EurMigrForum
- From Noemí Alarcón @nralarcon
- From EU Migration Forum #EMF4 @EurMigrForum
African proverb
Talent has no race!
Grégory
@Talhnr
Background information
Born in Congo, I am committed to Equity & Inclusion work. Why do I blog? It is not about me. My passion is to enable others to achieve their potential and to advance equity in the workplace in corporate Brussels.
The ten years old daughter of a friend had the best grades in the classroom. The mother of the kid who always ended up as the second, one day told her something like: « no matter how well you do in school, you will end up like all these black women who clean up toilets, rooms, kitchens in our restaurants, hotels, etc. »
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