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Fedasil COMMUNITY INTEGRATION BELGIUM Mieke Candaele
Fedasil COMMUNITY INTEGRATION BELGIUM Mieke Candaele
Fedasil grants material aid to asylum seekers and to other categories of foreigners. Together with its partners, the agency organizes quality reception and support services and also provides monitoring and guidance for unaccompanied foreign minors.
Fedasil coordinates the voluntary return programme.
Fedasil is responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of the reception policy.
Fedasil - MISSION
Fedasil – RECEPTION NETWORK
centres in Belgium
reception places
COMMUNITY INTEGRATION PROGRAMME
To create public support for reception centres and to give the public an accurate, realistic picture of asylum seekers.
Integration.
Integration.
Institutionalisation.
Integration.
Institutionalisation.
Partnerships.
Integration.
Institutionalisation.
Partnerships.
Dialogue.
Integration.
Institutionalisation.
Partnerships.
Dialogue.
Information.
Integration.
Institutionalisation.
Partnerships.
Dialogue.
Information.
Raising awareness.
Integration
Open days, volunteers, workshops for both asylum
seekers and local population,...
Inst
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Structural cooperation with local authorities
Partnerships
Build a local partner network (sociocultural or sports clubs,...), participate in local partners’ activities (clean streets)
Dialogue
Local contact points for complaints and questions from neighbours, prevent nuisance (wifi in the centres,...), community integration workers.
Information
Press, newsletters, website,…
Raising awareness
Educational program for schools and visitors, national Campaigns on World Refugee Day, …
Fedasil – SOME FIGURES (2014)
1.800.000 € budget for community integration activities
About 1000 community integration activities were organised
More than 95.000 households get 3
newsletters a year in their mailbox from one
of the reception centres More than 700
volunteers who help on a regular basis in a
reception centre
An average of 70 schools a month visit one of the reception centres
http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/programmas/Karrewiet/1.2431585
