ReROOT: Arrival infrastructures as sites of integration for recent newcomers

Inclusion
reroot

Funding

Horizon Europe

Geographic focus

Turkey, Greece, Hungary, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom

Dates

1 April 2021 –

31 July 2025

About

Learnings from past and recent transformations of arrival and integration processes. 

Project Outcomes

  • The study of arrival infrastructure in nine sites indicates that integration work often aims to address gaps in existing services. Various formal and informal actors, including older arrivals, civil servants, activists, social and NGO workers, support the arrival processes of newcomers, in addition to (and sometimes in the absence of) formal reception systems.
  • Challenges to service provision stem from a general lack of cultural sensitivity, insufficient funds or capacity, and restrictive policies restricting access to services for certain migrants.
  • Arrival-related integration work taking place outside or in addition to formal service provision benefits from actors who are already embedded in arrival networks or have lived experience of navigating arrival-related services.
  • Both formal and informal actors, including older arrivals, civil servants, activists, and NGO workers, channel newcomers through various arrival processes. Local actors, in particular, step in to fill gaps in childcare, healthcare, and housing.
  • These instances underscore the importance of place-based and needs-based approaches and the crucial role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in achieving effective integration policies. 

Highlighted Publications and Tools

  • Policy Brief – Learning from arrival infrastructure. Place-based recommendations from the first stage of the ReROOT project  
  • Podcast – the productive value of mapping in research 
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Coordinator

Karel Arnaut, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, KU Leuven

Partners

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Universiteit Utrecht
  • Coventry University
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Menedek-Migransokat Segito Egyesulet
  • Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs
  • Panepistimio Thessalias
  • Sabanci Universitesi
  • Malmo Universitet
  • Planerladen Ggmbh
  • Ils - Institut Fur Landes- Und Stadtentwicklungsforschung Ggmbh
  • Molengeek Ils Research Ggmbh

 

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