Integrating refugees into the labour market: How can the EU better support employers? EPC Discussion Paper, 21 February 2019

Dhéret, Claire and Diez, Olivia Sundberg (2019) Integrating refugees into the labour market: How can the EU better support employers? EPC Discussion Paper, 21 February 2019. [Discussion Paper]

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Abstract

Despite the enormous benefits refugees can bring to European economies and societies, their integration remains a long and arduous process that requires improvement. Refugee integration has become even more challenging with the increased number of arrivals in the past few years. It has, in certain countries, put national services dealing with the reception and integration of refugees under strain and contributed to the rise of anti-migration forces in European societies. While integration policies do not fall under the core competences of the European Union (EU), the importance of the issue and its possible collateral effects on EU migration policies, the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), and, in general, the future of Europe, leaves the EU with no choice but to act.

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