Emoke Takcs social worker Hungary

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Emoke Takácssocial workerHungary

• Immigration and integrationcooperation between
  regional and local governments and civil society
  organisations

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Migrants by main countries ()
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Access to

• social services
• employment
• housing
• education
• language teaching
• healthcare

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Social services

• Provided by the Local Government, Family
  Assistance Service, Child Welfare Service
• - recognised refugees, settled person
• Provided by the Refugee Welfare and Integration
  Division of the OIN.
• - recognised refugee, authorised to stay
  person

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Employment

• Without a work permit
• recognised refugee
• settled person
• person with Hungarian spouse
• Work permit with lighten procedure
• - authorised to stay person
• With work permit
• - all other immigrants

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Employment

• The institution can only deal with those who does
  not need the work permit
• Labour Centre
• Family Assistance Service
• Social Department of the Local Government

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Housing

• Reception centres
• for asylum seekers,
• for recognised refugees up to 6 months it can be
  renewed for another 6 months
• for authorised to stay person up to 18 months

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Housing-Benefits 1

• Housing benefit
• provided by the Refugee Welfare and Integration
  Division of the OIN after the decision of the
  Social Department of the Local Government
• for authorised to stay person and recognised
  refugees
• after signing the contract ( paying 1 month rent
  2 months caution!)
• up to six months and is twice renewable
• max. 60 of the rent

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Housing-Benefits 2

• Home-creation assistance
• provided by the Refugee Welfare and Integration
  Division of the OIN
• recognised refugees
• for buying a flat or family house (max. 80 of
  the price)
• repayable, interest-free loan
• the amount is changing with the number of the
  family members
• within five years of being recognised as a refugee

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Housing-Benefits 3

• Socialpolicy support
• provided by the local government (permanent
  address)
• recognised refugees, settled person
• for families with children
• Other
• provided by the local government (permanent
  address)
• recognised refugees, settled person
• various, for example home-creation assistance
  (for married couples, under the year of 35)

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Education

• Immigrant children who has a legal status in
  Hungary has a free access
• if the time of the residence is less than 1 year
  than only hen the parent applies for it
• school age up to 18 ( higher education is free
  only for recognized refugee, settled person)

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Education

• Recognition of the foreigner degrees
• according to the conventions
• recognized refugees even without the previous
  school leaving certificate

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Education

• Financial support for the school (2004)
• appr. 40.000 Ft / person ( 170 EUR)
• 50 sustaining institution, 50 school
• only if the school provide intercultural
  programme
• Research in 2005 only 10-15 school
• lack of information
• small amount

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Language teaching

• Ethnic Hungarians do speak the language
• Free language course
• provided by the Refugee Welfare and Integration
  Division of the OIN
• recognized refugees
• 360 hours, within one year
• if available at the reception centers or in
  Budapest (1 language school!)

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Healthcare

• Health insurance card
• - employed
• - dependent (spouse, child) (holder of family
  reunification visa after the first year)
• - paying the insurance fee
• Local government can take the paying of the fee
  upon in some cases
• recognized refugee, settled person
• max. 1 year, it can renewed

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Healthcare

• Right to urgent and basic services
• Asylum seekers
• authorized to stay person,
• with humanitarian residence permit have right to

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• Act LV of 1993 On Hungarian Citizenship
• Act CXXXIX of 1997 On Asylum
• Act XXXIX of 2001 On Entry And Stay of Foreigners
• Government Decree No. 25/1998 (II 18) On Support
  and Benefits for those who Under the effect of
  the Act CXXXIX of 1997
• Act LXXIX of 1993 On Public Education
• Act III of 1993. On the Social Administration and
  Social Provisions
• Act XXXI of 1997. on the Protection of Children
  and Guardian Administration
• Act LXXXIV of 1998 on Supporting Families

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• www.bm-bah.hu
• www.migrans.edu.hu
• www.magyarorszag.hu
• www.menedek.hu
• www.refugee.hu

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• Thank you for your attention!