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The Role of Non-state Actors in the Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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  • Giulia Galera

    (EURICSE)

  • Leila Giannetto

    (EURICSE)

  • Antonella Noya

    (OECD)

Abstract

Significant variation across and within OECD countries reflects the diverse roles that non-state actors can play in the reception and integration of asylum seekers. This variation can be explained by the differences in the organisation of welfare service delivery, the various national schemes supporting employment and the specific legal frameworks allowing for the labour market access of asylum seekers, along with the inclination of local inhabitants to self-organise to face new challenges. Within the wide spectrum of non-state actors that provide assistance to refugees and asylum seekers, this paper focuses specifically on third sector organisations. Through a survey, it assesses the contribution of these organisations during the refugee crisis in Europe, from 2014 to 2016, in delivering reception and integration policies for refugees, protection holders and asylum seekers and in experimenting with innovative approaches. The paper concludes with a number of policy recommendations on the ways governments leverage the innovative capacity of third sector organisations in providing meaningful and effective initiatives to integrate refugees in the society, labour market and economy of host communities.

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  • Giulia Galera & Leila Giannetto & Antonella Noya, 2018. "The Role of Non-state Actors in the Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers 2018/02, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:cfeaaa:2018/02-en
    DOI: 10.1787/434c3303-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Hichem Derradji, 2022. "Managing Migration and Asylum Issues in the European Space: among Multi-level Governance and the Securitization Options," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 35(1), pages 516-524, September.
    2. Emmaleena Käkelä & Helen Baillot & Leyla Kerlaff & Marcia Vera-Espinoza, 2023. "From Acts of Care to Practice-Based Resistance: Refugee-Sector Service Provision and Its Impact(s) on Integration," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, January.
    3. Rosella Bianco & Mónica Ortiz Cobo, 2019. "The Linguistic Integration of Refugees in Italy," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-15, October.

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    Keywords

    asylum seekers; integration; non-profit organisations; non-state actors; refugees; social enterprises;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • L31 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Nonprofit Institutions; NGOs; Social Entrepreneurship
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy

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