New EMN inform outlines how EMN Member and Observer Countries manage housing capacity in the context of international protection

This inform highlights the challenges encountered and best practices for responding to the emergency

Inform aims to gather information that can help policymakers better organise their reception systems in a flexible manner, whilst anticipating further changing inflows in the future. Most EMN Member and Observer Countries reported on pressures and challenges in housing applicants for international protection between 2017 and 2021.

To manage sudden changes in the demand for housing, EMN Member States and Observer Countries created additional capacity in existing reception centres or established new reception facilities. Related to this, EMN Member and Observer Countries also introduced a higher level of flexibility from a budgetary perspective, increasing the financial resources allocated to reception and housing when required, and some engaged in regional and local redistribution of international protection seekers on the territory.

You can download the inform here. 
 

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