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Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers

Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers. World Refugee Day 2007. Where have we come from?. The impact of “2002” UMAS at Conservatorio Vincenzo Bugeja – Dar is-Sliem Beginning of open accommodation centre network starting from Hal Far … from 20 places to 1800 places

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Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers

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  1. Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers World Refugee Day 2007

  2. Where have we come from? • The impact of “2002” • UMAS at Conservatorio Vincenzo Bugeja – Dar is-Sliem • Beginning of open accommodation centre network starting from Hal Far … from 20 places to 1800 places • Refugee Services Area at Agenzija Appogg • Age Assessment Team • Accessing of EU funds • NGO Forum • Managing the issue from within the Minister’s Secretariat • OIWAS

  3. Where are we? • OIWAS started functioning in February 2007 • Intensive process of recruiting staff • Building an institutional identity, procedures, networking • Coordinating the open centre network, standardizing procedures, service agreements, identification of new centres • Data collection and trends • Customer care • Professional teams to cater for vulnerable groups of immigrants • Project in closed centres • Intensive networking with UNHCR, IOM, and NGOs • Contribution to the policy-making functions of MFSS • Membership of ENARO, and other international contacts such as close cooperation with COA

  4. Where are we going? • Training of staff to ensure high quality professional delivery of services • Strong administrative base for complex operations • Strengthening of identity and presence: primarily assisting Government to elaborate policy • Focus of best practice in the field of integration • Customer care (integration): being in a position to direct all queries to an answer • Regular and in-depth evaluation of operations • Fullest possible use of EU funds + making OIWAS sustainable • Addressing long-term residence in Malta: integration and welfare implications

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