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

offer -

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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

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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