<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Congress of the Council of Europe advocates support for migrant integration through entrepreneurship and access to employment</font>
Congress of the Council of Europe advocates support for migrant integration through entrepreneurship and access to employment
[30/10/2013]
While EU micro-businesses and SMEs are creating 4 million jobs per year, migrants meet major obstacles specific to their situation in creating enterprises. Moreover, in 2011 over 33 million foreigners were living in the European Union alone, more than 20 million of them being third country nationals and most of employable age. These data feature in two reports adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on 30 October 2013 in Strasbourg, France, advocating support for migrants’ entrepreneurship and access to the labour market. This question is crucial for preserving and enhancing social cohesion through more effective policies for the integration of migrants, and it is a major priority for the 47 Council of Europe member states, particularly at this time of economic crisis.
Le Congrès du Conseil de l’Europe appelle à soutenir l’intégration des migrants par l’entrepreneuriat et l’accès au travail
[30/10/2013]
Alors que les micro-entreprises et les PME de l’UE créent 4 millions d’emplois par an, les migrants rencontrent, lors de la création d’entreprise, des obstacles importants spécifiques à leur situation. Par ailleurs, en 2011, plus de 33 millions d'étrangers vivaient dans la seule Union européenne, dont plus de 20 millions étaient des ressortissants de pays hors UE, la plupart en âge de travailler. Ces données figurent dans deux rapports adoptés par le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Conseil de ‘l’Europe, le 30 octobre 2013, à Strasbourg, France, appelant à soutenir l’entrepreneuriat et l’accès des migrants au marché du travail. Cette question est essentielle pour la préservation de la cohésion sociale au moyen d’une intégration plus efficace des migrants et constitue une priorité majeure pour les 47 Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe, en particulier en ces temps de crise économique.
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While EU micro-businesses and SMEs are creating 4 million jobs per year, migrants meet major obstacles specific to their situation in creating enterprises. Moreover, in 2011 over 33 million foreigners were living in the European Union alone, more than 20 million of them being third country nationals and most of employable age. These data feature in two reports adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on 30 October 2013 in Strasbourg, France, advocating support for migrants’ entrepreneurship and access to the labour market. This question is crucial for preserving and enhancing social cohesion through more effective policies for the integration of migrants, and it is a major priority for the 47 Council of Europe member states, particularly at this time of economic crisis.