LINKING THE COHESION FUNDS INTO THE INTEGRATION OF YOUTH IMMIGRANTS IN THE EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 49 - 84, 27.12.2018

Gönül Oğuz

Abstract

This study focuses
on the importance of allocating of a much higher share of the European Social Fund
(ESF) as a part of cohesion funds, in order to help youth immigrants’ access to
the European labour markets. Its main goal is to highlight the responsibility
of the European Union (EU) that should use all available means to remedy the
situation, such as unemployment, educational attainment, low skills and other
additional barriers, although tackling unemployment is mainly the
responsibility of the member states. The funding sistem is a key instrument
through which the EU can shape the integration policy developments in the
member states, a particular attention is given to an analysis of labour market
trends, problems and issues that foreign youth may face. The combined findings
gathered from the sources (i.e. the European Commission, as well as other
individual studies) are formulated into practical recommendations to assist the
EU decision-makers and the national governments in their support of immigrant
youth integration process.

Keywords

European Social Funds, European Labour Markets, Youth Immigrants

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