We present to your attention the ninth issue of the Academic Bulletin “Refugees: Today and Tomorrow”, dedicated to the refugee children.

In 2020, 1125 children up to and including the age of 17 applied for international protection in Bulgaria, 46 received refugee status and 156 humanitarian one. Issue 4 of the academic bulletin for 2021 is especially devoted to children and forced migration, and consists of legal analyzes of young lawyers and policy analysts, short articles focusing on unaccompanied children, and a thematic block on the educational and social integration of refugee children. Legislation and practice of immigration detention of children and the challenges about assessing the best interests of the child in providing international protection are two of the legal themes of the issue. We learn about the educational and social integration of children from articles dedicated to the comparison of what it is like to be a pupil in Yemen and Bulgaria, what are the opportunities for integration of refugee children provided by the Lebanese school in the capital and a primary school in a village near Harmanli. An interesting and innovative initiative, which you can read about in the issue, is “Intercultural Gardens as Green Bridges”, that was organized by the Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies (CERMES) and CARITAS in schools in the town of Harmanli and the region. The issue also presents examples of the educational practices from neighboring Greece.

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We present to your attention the Information Bulletin “Integration of Refugees in Bulgaria: Opportunities for Development” for the period October – December 2021.

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Statistics on international protection granted in Bulgaria for the period January – November 2021*

The Global context for the refugee situation

National Forum ” Together writing the new stories of integration of refugees in Bulgaria”

DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATION POLICIES

▪The creation of a manifesto for the integration of refugees in Bulgaria

▪ EU Urban Partnership Programme to include migrants and refugees

▪ The European Action Plan for Integration and Inclusion – one year later

GOOD PRACTICES FOR COOPERATION FOR THE INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES INTO THE EU

PARTICIPATION OF REFUGEES IN DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES

▪Final of 2021 Age, Gender and Diversity Participatory Assessment (AGD PA)

▪ Refugee Advisory Board as an independent and independent non-governmental organisation

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATION CAPACITY OF REFUGEES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

▪Bureau for Information and Services for Third Country Nationals – Developments Tracking

▪2021 Awards for Responsible Employers of Refugees and Migrants

INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

▪Startup Incubator – refugees as successful entrepreneurs

BRIDGE BETWEEN CULTURES

▪A meeting between citizens and refugees:  The taste of the Middle East