Policy initiatives on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, data protection and social assistance beneficiaries

Six new short reports have recently been produced providing information on recent policy initiatives in Luxembourg, FYR Macedonia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Turkey. The reports were prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) which is made up of country teams of independent experts on social policies. Its main purpose is to provide the European Commission with independent information, analysis and expertise on social policies. You can download the following reports here http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=89&langId=en&newsId=2591&moreDocuments=yes&tableName=news

Luxembourg - Job integration of refugees and third country nationals in Luxembourg: the “InSitu Jobs” project (July) (2016)

Macedonia - Providing adequate social services for refugees: a challenge in FYR Macedonia (July) (2016)

The Netherlands - Dutch municipalities struggle with the handling of their citizens’ personal social data (July) (2016)

Norway - New legislation to reduce the inflow of asylum seekers in Norway (July) (2016)

Spain - Undocumented migrants in Spain to regain access to healthcare? (July) (2016)

Turkey - New legislation in Turkey to strengthen the link between social assistance and the labour market (July) (2016)