RAISD D9.9 Policy Brief
Creators: name: Bueno-Doral, Tamara
name: Fuentes-Fernández, Rubén
name: Castillo, Noelia García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Policy Recommendations
Forced Displacement
Refugees
interethnic relations
migration

description: <strong>Policy brief summarizing the main results and findings of the project for stakeholders.</strong> The aim of this deliverable is “summarising the main results and findings of the project for stakeholders”. With this objective, the different partners of the consortium, Action Research Unit (ARU) members and other experts representing the quintuple helix of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) -policymakers, researchers, educators, businesses, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Forcibly Displaced People (FDP) themselves- have collected policy recommendations related to the attention and inclusion of Vulnerable Groups (VGs) among the FDP throughout the several phases of the project. This is a valuable contribution, as it tackles this issue from all the main important perspectives involved, something innovative in the research about this topic that allows us to acquire a deeper understanding. Considering all the work of RAISD project since its beginning in February 2019 -the state of the art, the results of all ARU meetings, the comments of Advisory Board (AB) members, interviews with experts and Highly VGs (HVGs) among the FDP, and other focus groups- numerous experts have reflected on the current situation of each country of RAISD consortium related to vulnerabilities in the different socio-ecological levels, issues of diversity, and good practices for the attention and inclusion of FDP, in order to develop this Policy Brief. In this Policy brief, vulnerability refers to a situation determined by both contextual conditions and individual features and capabilities. Vulnerability not only indicates one’s exposure to potential harms but refers to the reduced capacity to cope with the harms as well. Even though vulnerability is a universal human condition, the level of vulnerability tends to change according to contextual and situational factors. In this way, the concept of vulnerability should be redefined in the legislation as well as in the public discourse. The notion of vulnerability needs to be seen as contextual and situational. The same person can be resilient in one context/situation and vulnerable in some other. For a practical implementation of the concept of vulnerability context, interested stakeholders can consult our “Guidelines for the identification of vulnerable contexts” (D4.2). The analysis of micro, meso and macro levels of socio-ecological levels shows a big picture about the inclusion of VGs. It allows analysing the political will, successes and failures of European governments and institutions regarding these issues. On the negative side, the lack of knowledge about vulnerability contexts does not allow them to protect those who suffer these conditions properly. Moreover, even when the groups are sufficiently defined and there is a formal commitment to safeguard their fundamental rights, in practice, the time and resources allocated to the inclusion of VGs among the FDP are not sufficient, because, in the end, these people cannot get out of their vulnerability most of the time. Thus, we are facing three relevant factors that determine social exclusion of VGs among the FDP: ignorance due to how vulnerability is defined, the absence of decisive political will, and the lack of resources. On the positive side, by analysing those levels with VGs among FDP and the other stakeholders involved, we have detected key aspects that could be improved by implementing tailored actions considering each vulnerability context. Although some of these actions could require a change in policies, others are specific modifications on strategies and practices that are easier to implement. The report also includes a section on “Issues of diversity”. It reflects on this intersectional perspective and how the vulnerabilities intersect and add up in human beings. This knowledge will enable stakeholders and representatives of the institutions to apply more complete and tailored solutions to this complex and multi-dimensional reality. It also calls for budgets to be increased, so that social care can be tailored to the profile of asylum seekers and their specific needs. When defining the different VGs that apply for international protection, it is necessary to adopt an intersectional approach due to the different forms of oppression suffered, including the gender perspective. Finally, the section about “Successful practices” gathers information about currently implemented actions with a distinctive positive impact on VGs among the FDP and their host communities. One interesting general finding here is that the actions of civil society and NGOs are often efficiently supplying what administrations do not achieve. Thus, the catalogue of policy recommendations derived from best practices and included in this policy brief, could be useful for stakeholders working in specific aspects of social inclusion as educational, labour, or housing factors in each vulnerability context. It could also inspire potential policy modifications.
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