Does the low wage sector serve as a stepping stone towards integration into better-paid jobs or at least towards integration of jobless people into employment? There is evidence for a 'low-wage trap' and for a high risk of low-wage earners to get unemployed, but this may also be due to sorting...

This note gives a summary of standards set by EU Directives for labour market integration of different categories of refugees. It has been prepared by Policy Department A for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

In the medium term, the European Social Fund (ESF - DG EMPL, EUR 86.4 bn 2014-2020) will gain increasing importance for the integration of refugees. For the initial phase of reception the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF - DG HOME, EUR 3.1 bn) and the Fund for European Aid to the...

In the medium term, the European Social Fund (ESF - DG EMPL, EUR 86.4 bn 2014-2020) will gain increasing importance for the integration of refugees. For the initial phase of reception the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF - DG HOME, EUR 3.1 bn) and the Fund for European Aid to the...

Apart from the Council of Refugees and Exiles (ecre) focusing on human rights, there exists a variety of European networks (and platforms) in the broader field of migration and integrating migrants, consisting of government representatives, NGOs and cities, focusing on migration in general or...

Apart from the Council of Refugees and Exiles (ecre) focusing on human rights, there exists a variety of European networks (and platforms) in the broader field of migration and integrating migrants, consisting of government representatives, NGOs and cities, focusing on migration in general or...

This note gives a summary of standards set by EU Directives for labour market integration of different categories of refugees. It has been prepared by Policy Department A for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Does the low wage sector serve as a stepping stone towards integration into better-paid jobs or at least towards integration of jobless people into employment? There is evidence for a "low-wage trap" and for a high risk of low-wage earners to get unemployed, but this may also be due to sorting...