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TITLE OF PRODUCT:

Centre for the equality of chances and the fight against racism : internet site, actions and publications
(Centre pour l’égalité des chances et la lutte contre le racisme)

NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Centre for the equality of chances

PLACE AND DATE OG PUBBLICATION:

2006 – 2009, Brussels (Belgium)

TYPE OF PRODUCT:

Other

LANGUAGE/S OF PRODUCT:

French

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

To complete the missions that it was given in the field of migration (see below), the Centre for the equality of chances has developed three axes of action.

- Public awareness campaigns and actions :
 in schools with the organization of competitions ;
 for the general public. The Centre notably takes part on December 18th to the International Day for Migrants instituted by the General Assembly of the UNO. The last campaign organized in this field had as theme : « we are all migrants’ children ».

- Debates and seminaries. In the recent organizations, we can find the debate devoted to the economic migration policy for Belgium, a topic that is on the agenda in numerous European countries. Also note the seminary about the place of first newcomers on the labour market in Belgium.

- Publications: studies, reports, files talking about the different aspects of the migration problematic. We find in them of course statistical data but also historical and sociological analyses and contributions about the evolution of the Belgian and European policies and laws in the field of immigration.
 Rapports annuels « Migration » 2007 and 2008
 Suis-je un migrant ? (2009 - pedagogical file, see the particular sheet of this publication).
 Migrations et populations issues de l’immigration en Belgique. Rapport statistique et démographique 2007.
 Migrations internationales et populations issues de l’immigration en Belgique : un aperçu statistique (2007).
 Evolution du nombre d’étrangers en Belgique (2006.)
 Les motifs de séjour et les regroupements familiaux (2006).
 Flux migratoires en provenance des nouveaux états membres de l’Union Européenne vers la Belgique (2006)

The documents published according to these three axes can be consulted and downloaded on the site of the Centre.

COMMENTS ON THIS DOCUMENT:

The Centre for the equality of chances and the fight against racism is a federal organism that was created in 1993.
“The Centre’s mission is to promote the equality of chances and to fight against all forms of distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on: a supposed race, colour, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, civil status, birth, fortune, age, religious or philosophical belief, present or future health, handicap or physical feature. (…)
The Centre’s second mission is to attend to the respect of the fundamental rights of foreigners, to enlighten the public powers about the nature and the extent of the migration fluxes and to develop the dialogue with all public and private actors concerned with the reception and integration policies for immigrants. The Centre is moreover in charge of the stimulation of the fight against the trade and traffic of human beings” (extracts of the law instituting the centre of February 15th, 1993).

The Centre’s productions constitute an extremely rich documentation source (statistical data, laws, historical background, sociological dimension, lead policies, social and economical impact, etc.) to build course sequences devoted to the diverse aspects of immigration (historical and quantitative evolution of the phenomenon, origins and characteristics of the migrants, economical immigration, refugees and right of asylum, control and integration policies, etc.).

WEBSITE OF THE PRODUCT:

http://www.diversite.be/

NAME OF COMPILER:

Philippe Plumet

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

INFOREF

ROLE:

External expert. Project leader – Educational coordination unit « Democracy or barbarism », Ministery of French-speaking community in Belgium.



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