Post on 14-Sep-2018
Support for Economic Integration of Refugees
• WAPES/Interregional Workshop
• OSLO 15-16 November 2017
Noureddine BenkhalilDeputy Director General of
ANAPECMOROCCO
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PRESENTATION PLAN
Regulatory Framework Governing Refugees in Morocco
Data regarding the Refugees in Morocco
Support for Economic Integration of Refugees
* Economic Integration Support Ecosystem
* Measures taken for the benefit of the Immigrants/Refugees
* ANAPEC Service Offer for the Refugees/Immigrants
* Economic Integration Support Programmes
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Regulatory Framework GoverningRefugees in Morocco
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29 August 1957 Royal Decree No. 2-57-1256
Decree establishing the terms of application of the convention relating to the
status of refugees signed in Geneva on 28 July 1951
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-Commission de Recours (Board of
Appeal): * the Minister for Justice or his/her representative, president;* the Minister for Foreign Affairs or
his/her representative;* the representative of the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
to the Moroccan Government.
Bureau des Réfugiés et Apatrides (Office for
Refugees and Stateless Persons – BRA) *legal
and administrative protection of persons
mentioned in the Geneva Convention
* recognition of refugee status, provision of
documents necessary for civilian life and
authentication of the documents
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11 November 2003 Law No. 02-03
Law governing the entry and residence of foreigners in the Kingdom of Morocco, emigration and illegal immigration
* Reinforcing the protection of refugees (prohibiting the expulsion of persons in danger, pregnant women and children, etc.)
* Automatic granting of a residence permit to the refugee’s spouse and children
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September 2013 SNIA (National Immigration and Asylum Strategy)
SNSNDecision made by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to implement a renewed national immigration and asylum policy
* Launch of a national immigration and asylum strategy (SNIA)
* Organisation of two operations to regularise immigrants (2014 and 2017)
* Drawing up of a draft law on asylum (No. 26-14): - general principles in line with international standards- conversion of the BRA into the Office Marocain Chargé des Affaires des
Réfugiés [Moroccan Office for Refugee Affairs]
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General Principles of the Draft Asylum Law
• Enshrining of the principle of non-discrimination vis-à-vis those personscovered by the protection
• Principle of non-refoulement and non-expulsion if the life of the refugeeis in danger
• Enshrining of a series of legal guarantees and rights granted to refugeesin accordance with the guarantees provided under the 1951 InternationalConvention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
• Adoption of the principle of temporary and subsidiary protection forpotential asylum seekers who do not meet the criteria established in the1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
• Enjoyment by the beneficiaries of the temporary and subsidiaryprotection of the same basic rights and services granted to refugees foras long as the situation that led to the granting of those rights andservices exists
• Provision of appropriate means of redress with regard to rejectiondecisions
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Data regarding Refugees in Morocco
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Regularised immigrants
2014 Operation: around 25,000
regularised immigrants out of a total of
28,000 people seeking regularisation
with around 100 different nationalities
2017 Operation: 25,500 requests
with more than 110 nationalities
(file processing ongoing)
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0,00 10,00 20,00 30,00
11,38
1,10
1,28
2,35
3,54
4,10
4,17
4,82
6,13
7,87
7,98
19,74
25,55
Regularised by nationality
SYRIAN
SENEGALESE
IVORIAN
NIGERIAN
CONGOLESE
CONGOLESE (DRC)
PHILIPPINE
CAMEROONIAN
GUINEAN
MALIAN
MAURITANIAN
LIBYAN
OTHER NATIONALITIES
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Regularised immigrants
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Men 45.43%
Women 54.57%
Regularised by gender
Under 102.1% 10 to 14
0.9%
15 to 193.0%
20 to 249.2%
25 to 2936.4%
30 to 3931.1%
40 to 4912.2%
50 to 593.5%
60 +1.4%
Regularised by age group
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Refugees
Number according to UNHCR: more than 6000
with around 30 different nationalities
Some characteristics of the Syrians interviewed
Number with “Refugee Status”: 744Number “interviewed”: 1089 SyriansNumber regularised as immigrants:
Around 2500
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Child
Female
Male
ArabicKurdishTurkmen
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Refugees Regularised by Nationality
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Ivory Coast
Guinea
Cameroon
Libya
Sudan
Senegal
Congo
Liberia
Niger
DRC
Iraq
CAR
Palestine
Other
MaliMenWomenMinors
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Support for Economic Integration
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Support Ecosystem
Refugee
UNHCR
MCMREM
International Cooperation
ANAPECEntraide
Nationale
OFPPT
Associations
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Measures taken for the benefit of the Immigrants/Refugees
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Exemption from activity certification issued by ANAPEC to foreigners
(national preference)
Opening up the benefits of employment incentive programmes:
Exempt contacts: IDMAJ
Assisted contracts: CIP
Contracts for the benefit of new companies: TAHFIZ
Training resulting in qualification and recruitment:
TAEHIL
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ANAPEC service offer for Refugees/Immigrants- Approach to drawing up the architecture of the
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Diagnostics of the current situation, in particular the various
initiatives of the international organisations and associations
Collecting information on expectations via Focus Groups consisting
of:
Migrants in several towns
Directors and Employment Advisers at ANAPEC agencies
that are receiving migrants
Identification of needs in terms of adapting or enhancing the
ANAPEC services in conjunction with the associations
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ANAPEC service offer for Refugees/Immigrants
- General Guidelines for the Offer aimed at Immigrants/Refugees -
To adapt and enhance the services offered in Arabic and French, specifically the job search
workshops (educational support, taking into consideration multicultural aspects, etc.);
To create a webpage dedicated to immigrants on the ANAPEC portal;
To develop a mobile app adapted to the specific characteristics of migrants;
To map the associations that are active in supporting immigrants;
To establish an operational partnership with these associations by implementing clear
procedures on the provision of services and sharing of information;
To strengthen the skills of the employment advisers and resource personnel within the
associations in terms of communication, listening, empathy, intercultural aspects and the
migrant admission interview.
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ARCHITECTURE OF THE SERVICE OFFER
Interviews
Placement interview
Writing your CV The labour market and me
Preparing for a job interview
Job search services
Getting information on the JO
Welcome and information
Employmentspace
Advice and information
Learning Partnership-based training resulting in qualification
Training resulting in qualification
Mobile appConsultation of job offers and submission of applications
Organising the job search
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TESTING THE SERVICE OFFER
Appointing 5 pilot agencies (Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Tangiers, Oujda) on
the basis of:
• The number of regularised migrants per town/city
• The existence of relays with associations
Training of employment advisers at the pilot agencies on:
• The service offer
• Techniques for communicating with immigrants/refugees and
• Interculturalism
Adaptation of the ANAPEC information system and opening up of
registration via the portal
Launch of the service offer test phase and evaluation
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SCOPE OF THE SERVICE OFFER
Appointing of five new agencies: Marrakesh, Agadir, Rabat (2),
Casablanca (2), Dakhla
Organisation of several training activities for around 60 ANAPEC advisers: communication techniques, interculturalism, migrant admission interview
Integration of modules on immigrant support into the basic training of new advisers
Organisation of information and awareness-raising workshops by associations working in the towns/cities where the services for immigrants are provided
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A FEW OF THE SERVICES DEVELOPED OR ADAPTED
FOR THE IMMIGRANTS
Mobile app: Welcome Anapec
Question forums
Webpages
“Organising the job search” workshop
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MOBILE APP
LAUNCHED ON 2 SEPTEMBER 2017
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Question forum
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“INFORMATION FOR MIGRANTS” WEBPAGE
http://www.anapec.org/conseils/informer_10.html
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ADAPTING THE
“ORGANISING THE JOB SEARCH” WORKSHOP
Creation of an adapted version of the “Organising the Job Search” workshop
together with the testing phase in the pilot agencies, with:
* drawing up of training guides,
* preparation of the “organising the job search” workshop participant
booklet and
* training of eight resource personnel.
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NEW VERSION OF THE “ ORGANISING THE JOB SEARCH”
WORKSHOP
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ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
National Employment Incentive Programmes
Training resulting in qualification in the Entraide Nationale centres
Training resulting in qualification in the OFPPT centres
Support for creating IGAs using UNHCR funding
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ECONOMIC INTEGRATION BALANCE SHEET
BETWEEN JANUARY 2015 AND SEPTEMBER 2017
Programmes and services Achievements Observations
Registration in the ANAPEC
database+1100
Attending a placement interview =300
Attending job search workshops +600
Training resulting in qualification +1200Outside of
entrepreneurship training
Integration via permanent/fixed-
term contracts110
Integration via assisted contracts 20
Income-generating activities
created with Ecosystem supportMore than 300
The majority are refugees
(UNHCR support)
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IMMIGRANTS INTEGRATED VIA PERMANENT/FIXED-TERM
CONTRACTS BY NATIONALITY AND ACTIVITY SECTOR
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American
Malian
Central African
Philippine
Nigerian
GuineanCameroonian
Congolese
Beninese
Togolese
Eritrean
Indonesian
Ivorian
Industry
Public works
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IMMIGRANTS INTEGRATED VIA PERMANENT/FIXED-TERM
CONTRACTS BY TOWN/CITY
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SUB-SAHARAN SITUATION:
UNIVERSITÉ INTERNATIONALE DE RABAT SURVEY
Target: Illegal or legal migrants,
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Independant, 41%
Declared employee, 17%
Undeclared employee, 33%
Employer, 3.45%
Family aid, 2.62% Other, 2.52%
Working population
Employed57%
Seeking employment
21%
Pupils/Students
10%
Beggars4%
Others8%
Situation/Activity
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OUTLOOK
Launch of regional incentive measures:
• Training resulting in qualification
• Assisted contracts
• Self-employment
Launch of programmes funded by international cooperation
• Belgian cooperation (200 assisted contracts, 200 grants for VSBs)
• European Union: UNHCR (200 VSBs) etc.
Strengthening regional employment measures
Identifying solutions to aid problems during training and when using the job
search services or IGA-creation support
Strengthening the partnership with civil society
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION