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IOM Budapest is proud to announce the publication of the "Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers: Overview of Protection, Assistance and Promising Practices" report, which surveys and compares national systems for the protection of and assistance to UAMAS and fUAMAS in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, and the UK, with the aim of contributing to the development of a coordinated approach towards addressing the needs of these vulnerable groups. It is based on desk reviews and 313 semi-structured interviews with 192 UAMAS and fUAMAS, as well as with 121 adults who served or were serving in the roles of guardians, care workers, attorneys and other experts in charge of implementation of child protection and immigration policies.The report presents key findings related to multiple dimensions and it reveals, among others, widespread agreement among UAMAS, fUAMAS and experts that despite efforts to inform minors about the asylum procedure and related aspects, they are still not fully apprised of essential information and are consequently unable to make informed decisions on matters affecting them.
This report was prepared within the project ‘Best Practices for a Coordinated Approach to Assist Unaccompanied Minor Asylum-Seekers (UAMAS) and Former UAMAS (fUAMAS) in EU Member States’. The project was implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with funding by the European Union and co-funding by UNHCR in the UK and IOM The Hague, between July 2010 and December 2011.
For further information, and to download the report, please visit the Featured Publications section of our website. Alternatively, download the Project Information Sheet.
As part of the Migration for Development in the Western Balkans (MIDWEB) project, on the 19th to 20th of October 2011, IOM will host a conference in Budapest on the issues of diaspora engagement and the return of human capital. The conference will bring together representatives of institutions in the Western Balkans and the EU Member States to:
- Discuss challenges and obstacles to the permanent or temporary return of skills and skilled migrants to the region
- Identify strategies to engage diaspora communities and their human and social capital in the socio-economic development of the region, including the concept of temporary or virtual return
- To provide a forum for best practices in partnerships between employing institutions in countries of origin and destination
- Identify strategies to minimize the brain drain and brain waste
- Discuss circular migration and how it can contribute to prevention of permanent brain drain from the region
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Promoting Migrant Integration through Media and Intercultural Dialogue - Conference report available
The proceedings of the Migrant Integration through Media and Intercultural Dialogue conference, organized in Budapest, 16-18 May 2011, under the auspices of the Hungarian EU Presidency jointly by the Hungarian Ministry of Interior and the International Organization for Migration, are now available. It includes, among others, the workshops reports and download links for the presentations and notes delivered during the conference.To download it click here.
