Young refugees in Nordic countries

Welcome to the conference Young refugees in Nordic countries
– health, education and employment in an equity perspective.

The conference is based on the NordForsk financed project CAGE (Coming of Age in Exile). You will learn about the newest evidence on refugee integration and bring back inspiration for improvement of national, regional, and local initiatives on health, education and labour market that may give young refugees better life chances in exile.

PROGRAMME
- Welcome and introduction to the Nordic co-operation on integration, Welcoming words by the moderator Paula Wolters and Senior Adviser Kristin Marklund, Nordic Welfare Centre

- Swedish experiences from working with newly arrived immigrant children in the school system Erik Nilsson, State Secretary to the Minister for Education, Anna Ekström

- Introduction to the CAGE project, Professor Allan Krasnik, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

- Integration of refugees: the interactive dynamics of health, education and employment
Associate Professor Signe Smith Jervelund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

- Educational outcomes and education trajectories among young refugees in the Nordic region: quantitative, qualitative and policy perspectives, Postdoc Andrea Dunlavy, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Research Professor Lutine de Wal Pastoor, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Professor Ketil Eide, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

- Comments by: Project Leader Lucie Cerna, OECD, France, Project Manager Edda Ólafsdóttir, City of Reykjavik, Iceland

- Labour market outcomes and employers and young refugees’ experiences, Postdoc Karl Gauffin, Stockholm University, Sweden, Research Director Elli Heikkilä, Migration Institute of Finland, Finland

- Comment on employment experiences: Practical Nurse Student Nasteha Mahamud Mahamed, City of Turku, Finland

- Health and health reception of young refugees, Professor Anders Hjern, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Comment by: Head of Development Ann-Jolin Grüne, Luckan – the Finland-Swedish Information and Cultural Centre

- Cross-cutting perspectives – Introduction: Professor Ravi Kohli, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Panel discussion:
Integration Officer Karolis Žibas, UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries, - Associate Professor Signe Smith Jervelund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Professor Anders Hjern, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Professor Ravi Kohli, University of Bedfordshire, UK