Direct Participation pays off for everyone - so concludes SEO Amsterdam Economics in the social cost-benefit analysis for expanded work opportunities for asylum seekers.
" 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘻𝘰𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 2023 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘬𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘱 𝘖𝘦𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪̈𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯, 𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘬𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘧 𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 24- 𝘸𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯-𝘦𝘪𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘻𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘫𝘯𝘢 €2 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯 "
Benefits wider work opportunities asylum seekers
- On top of that 2 billion comes unquantified benefits.
- Because people who are allowed to work directly experience a stronger sense of self-worth and life happiness and feel at home in the Netherlands more quickly.
- An effect that was also evident in our action research with NewBees, in which we spent a year working with 75 Ukrainian households.
Lessons Ukrainian case study
With SEO's cost-benefit analysis of broader work opportunities for asylum seekers, it is clearer than ever that Direct Participation pays: for everyone. The lessons from the Ukrainian case provide guidance on how we can also organize Direct Participation for people who have to apply for asylum. In such a way that work also provides access to other parts of society.
The SEO research is a collaboration of Microsoft, Ben & Jerry's, IKEA, Refugee Talent Hub, Refugee Connect, Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland and Untapped Talents.
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