45% of refugees in Europe are women, yet little is known on their integration outcomes and the specific challenges they face. This report summarises prior research on the integration of refugee women, both compared with refugee men and other immigrant women. It also provides new comparative...

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...

This paper examines whether immigration can operate as a counter-process of depopulation and economic recession. Based on the comparative analysis of four case studies in Belluno (Italy), Klagenfurt-Villach (Austria), Dalarna (Sweden), and Haßberge (Germany), it analyses the key socio-economic...

This policy brief assesses the potential of entrepreneurship to be used as a tool for the integration of refugees into the labour market. It discusses the challenges faced in business creation by these potential entrepreneurs, as well as the opportunities created by their situation. It also...

Die Zahl der Flüchtlinge weltweit ist durch die Zunahme von Krieg, Bürgerkrieg und politischer Verfolgung bis zum Jahresende 2014 auf 59,5 Millionen Menschen gestiegen. Rund ein Drittel der Flüchtlinge leben außerhalb ihrer Herkunftsländer. Die globalen Konfliktherde haben sich zudem...