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DEVAS Project Website launched
At the beginning
of 2009 JRS-Europe and its project partners will begin a new
project that will research the conditions of detention
for vulnerable
asylum
seekers
in the EU, known as the "DEVAS Project." It is partly funded by
the EU Commission and will be implemented in 23 EU Member
States.
To accompany the DEVAS Project, JRS Europe have launched a new
website for both members of the public and the project partners.
The website will be both an informational resource for project
partners, as well as detailing aspects of the project for public
consumption.
What DEVAS proposes to do
The DEVAS Project aims to research and identify the detention
conditions and practices of 23 Member States towards vulnerable
asylum seekers. Instead of pre-identifying categories of
vulnerability, the research will determine which vulnerable
groups exist in detention. This will be achieved by focusing
strongly on the voices and experiences of detainees. Project
partners will use the same methodology to research illegally
staying third-country nationals detained in their respective
country.
The project will be lead by a steering committee whose task will
be to guide the research, to ensure its implementation and
analysis, and to see the project through to its completion at
the end of 2009. Each project partner will write a national
report, which will be published into a final regional report.
The report and its accompanying advocacy strategy will be
released to EU policy makers and other interested parties at a
conference workshop in Brussels.
To visit the DEVAS website follow the link:
http://www.jrseurope.org/DEVAS/intro.htm
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