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AMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentIRELAND IS among the least prepared states to help new immigrants enter the school system and do well in their studies, an international study has claimed.The Migration Policy Index, which compares integration policies in 31 countries, concludes that “boom time funding…

To learn more about the current projects funded by EPIM, visit the EPIM website or download the 2012-2015 project descriptions booklet. European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) is an Atlantic grantee through the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation.

This online case study, commissioned by Atlantic, presents snapshots of projects demonstrating how The
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In this video Ms. Juliet Prager gives an overview of EPIM, the European Programme for Integration and Migration, which was initiated in 2005 by a group of foundations from different European countries. It aims to strengthen the role played by NGOs active on migration and integration…

Original Source The University of the Witwatersrand’s Forced Migration Studies Programme is an Atlantic grantee. WILSON JOHWA, Political Correspondent SA is to drop the visa requirement for Zimbabwean passport holders while also granting them special residency permits allowing them to work in the country. Home Affairs Minister…

by CHRISTINA TAYLOR SOUTH AFRICA can gain from offering more resources and legitimacy to immigrants, academics suggest, but the country's citizens meanwhile suffer from restrictions on the rights of foreign nationals. According to a draft submission by the Forced Migration Studies Programme at Wits University to the…

FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…

Original Source Interview with Joanna Vearey, Forced Migration Project, Univ. of Witswatersrand JOHANNESBURG, Jul 15 (IPS) - South Africa has become a destination for people from across the continent and beyond. But in spite of migrants having a legal right to free antiretroviral treatment (ART)…

The Forced Migration Studies Programme at the University of Witswatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by COURTNEY BROOKS JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Godfrey Smith left his native Malawi last year to hunt for a job in Johannesburg, certain that the Soccer World Cup would bring a…

Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is an Atlantic grantee. Interest in European elections is traditionally low, but not in Ireland, where political and economic crises have animated voters. Meanwhile, in local elections, also on 5 June, the immigrant community has become a vibrant new…