52 Finally, Foster care has been a way of integration especially for youth arriving in a new country. But with the refugee crisis more families have been hosting other families in order to help them find their place within society.29
Key Questions Which methods of integration should be promoted by the EU? How can the EU battle xenophobia? Which institutions are responsible for the integration of refugees? Should there be different approaches for long-/short-term refugees?
Additional Links a. Official sources Background note: Support to asylum seekers under the European Social Fund and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived http://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=3&langId=en&pubType=522 “Asylum statistics”, Eurostat, 22-12-2016, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/ Asylum_statistics “EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)”, European Commission - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, 27-02-2017, http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1081 b. Media sources “The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained”, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 17-09-2015, https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w “Migrants Face Long Road To Integration In Europe’s Labour Market”, Klára Fóti, 30-01-2017, https://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/01/migrants-face-long-road-integration-europes-labour-market/ c. Academic sources “10 ways countries can help refugees integrate”, Victoria Crawford, 27-05-2016, https:// w w w.we fo r u m .o r g /a ge n d a /2 01 6/0 5 /1 0 - w ay s - co u n t r i e s - c a n - h e l p - re f u ge e s - i n te g ra te / “A road map for integrating Europe’s refugees”, Frank Mattern, Eckart Windhagen, Solveigh Hieronimus, George Tsopelas, Jonathan Woetzel, and Anu Madgavkar, 11-2016, http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/a-road-map-for-integrating-europes-refugees
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Redcross, 28-02-2017, “Friends pave the way”, https://redcross.eu/projects/friends-show-the-wa-y