VILNIUS, LITHUANIA // Second National Coalition Meeting in Lithuania
The second National Coalition Meeting was organised with the purpose of presenting NIEM and to discuss recent legislative and institutional developments in the area of asylum and refugee integration policies within Lithuania and to initiate a long-term advocacy strategy for better refugee integration policies in Lithuania under NIEM’s umbrella. more »
BUKAREST, ROMANIA // Second National Coalition Meeting in Romania
A second meeting was called for February 17. This type, the participants have actively working on drafting the protocol of the new coalition and on defining it’s short and medium term advocacy goals. The participants identified several topics that can be addressed by the Coalition on the short term more »
MALMÖ, SWEDEN // Kickoff of Malmö University’s post doc program in refugee research
Welcoming and presenting the post docs to fellow colleagues and migration researchers, the kickoff was also a celebration of the university’s commitment to refugee research. Post docs are part of the Refugee research initiative Malmö University initiates more »
BUKAREST, ROMANIA // Joint efforts of Romanian civil society organizations defending the right of migrants
In the first two months of 2017, Romanian civil society organizations active in the sector of migrant integration have initiated the dialogue for a collective effort towards the common advocacy goals. The establishment of the Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees is the first important step more »
WARSAW, POLAND // Launch of the biggest research project in the EU dedicated to answering the question on how to better integrate refugees.
The NIEM project initiated in 2016 aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of the integration process of refugees in fifteen European states. For the next six years, analysts will create a complex evaluation of the current refugee and asylum seeker integration policy. more »