• EPC Project

    Refugee integration into the labour market: The role of employers

  • Questionnaire

    on obstacles to refugee employment and scope for EU support

  • This questionnaire seeks to gather information about the challenges that employers in the private and public sectors face when attempting to employ refugees. It is an important part of a wider EPC project looking at the role of employers in the integration of refugees into the labour market. The project seeks to improve national and EU institutions' understanding of employers' needs and identify ways in which to improve EU efforts to increase refugee employment. The information collected through this questionnaire and discussions with stakeholders will feed into a publication that will be presented at a public event in Brussels.

    Please note that for this questionnaire, refugees are defined as third-country nationals who have been granted a residence permit for the purpose of international protection in the host country. This includes both full refugee status as well as subsidiary protection status. It does not include asylum-seekers who have not yet been granted status, nor unsuccessful asylum-seekers who do not qualify for a residence permit for the purpose of international protection. It also excludes third-country nationals with other types of residence permits, such as for work, study or family reunification.

     

    Target recipients: public and private sector employers and employment agencies

  • Section 1

    Your experience with refugee inclusion

  • 1. Please indicate what type of stakeholder you are:

  • 2. Please select your commercial sector:

  • 3. Does your organisation currently employ, train or provide internships for refugees?
  • 4. Have attempts been made to develop internship and/or apprenticeship programmes for refugees specifically?
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  • 8. Has your organisation approached other institutions (public, private or non-profit) for assistance in recruiting refugees?

  • Section 2

    Policy reform needs

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  • 2. To your knowledge, have serious attempt been made to reform problematic policies in your member state?
  • 3. Which area(s) of legislation pose a significant challenge to the recruitment of refugees? The list below only includes possible obstacles to employment that neither employers, nor refugees can remove on their own.

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  • 6. In which areas would you like to see more EU policy proposals?

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  • Section 3

    Non-policy support needs

  • 1. Does your organisation receive sufficient support (provided by state services and/or NGOs) to facilitate the employment of refugees?
  • If yes, please select the type of support:

  • 2. Are projects you are familiar with in this area generally sufficently funded?
  • 3. Is your organisation aware of European Commission initiatives such as the "Employers together for integration" initiative, aimed at giving visibility to what employers are doing to support the integration of refugees and other migrants into the labour market?
  • Do you think such initiatives are useful?
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  • Should be Empty: