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Promoting Integration for Immigrants in Roquetas de Mar

This presentation provides an overview of the immigrant population in Roquetas de Mar and the various programs and interventions aimed at promoting their integration. It also highlights the areas of intervention and the main actions taken in terms of information, advising services, and work-related issues.

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Promoting Integration for Immigrants in Roquetas de Mar

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  1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum Healthy and Wealthy Together1st Steering Group Meeting Brussels 4-5 February 2010

  2. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum • Focus of the presentation • Brief introduction to Roquetas de Mar • Immigrant population in Roquetas • Programmes linked to immigrants • Areas of intervention overview of main actions

  3. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum INTRODUCTION TO ROQUETAS • Roquetas de Mar is a medium-sized town • (82.665 inhabitants in 2009) • Region of Andalusia, province of Almeria • Area of 60 km2 • Population in summer 200.000 people

  4. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum • Roquetas de Mar has themostimportanttourisminfrastructureof thewholeprovince, thecityreceives 2/3 of tourism in Almeria. • Economicactivity has alwaysbeenrealtedtothe sea in Roquetas (fishing ) • IntensiveAgriculturebecame in the 1950s one of themainpillars of the local economy

  5. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum • Construction sector has animportant role in theeconomy of Roquetas, followingthepattern of manycities in Andalusiaregion • High proportion of young people living there: In 2006, more than 33% (33.07%) of the population is younger than 25 years old, and almost 50% (49,48%) were between 30 and 50 years old

  6. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum IMMIGRATION IN ROQUETAS DE MAR • High number of immigrants, from Africa (especially Morocco), America (especially south-America) and East-Europe (especially Romania) • Numbers = 27.000 (32% of total population) • 50% of immigrants are Third Country Nationals • Municipal Immigration Office

  7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum • Municipal Immigration Office • Attached to Social Services Department • Funded in 1997 and created to respond to a growing demand of specific interventions in relation to migrant populations increasing in the city • 30% of the actions delivered by social services, the target group has been migrants. • 60% of interventions of the team working on family support • 15% of the municpal office for women policy • 32% municipal office for employment

  8. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum PROGRAMMES LINKED TO IMMIGRANTS 1. In cooperation with regional government In colaboration with the regional government social affairs department: programmes for the promotion and social integration of migrant women. 2. Local initiatives within the Municipality * Psico-social and educational intervention with children, teenagers and migrant families. * Intercultural mediation * Programme for information, orientation regarding the improve access to housing and registration (“empadronamiento”) in the municipal services

  9. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum 3. In cooperation with regional government (other departments) * FAIREA (Funds for the hosting and integration of newcomer immigrants) * Programme for the development of capacities to access the labour market * Programme for awareness-raising through community and citizen participation (“Foro de la participación y la inmigración”) 4. In colaboration with national ministry for employment and migration * Programme to promote participation of migrant population in social-economic life of Roquetas de Mar

  10. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum AREAS OF INTERVENTION- Overview of main actions - Information and advising services in terms of migrants' rights, residence permits, working permits, family gathering, visa, renewing documents... - Information and supporting actions in work-related issues, focus on the fight against irregular employment and against discrimination of migrants in the workplace.

  11. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum - Development of vocational training programmes to allow a better access to employment, specially migrant women. - Development of educational and cultural programmes for adults, women specially. - Coordination with the Local Forum for immigration and citizenship in order to enhance participation of migrants through enhancing associanism, awareness-raising campaigns...etc. - Intercultural mediation targeted to all municipal services areas, specially social welfare and women departments.

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