Abstract
This article investigates practices and integration strategies implemented by a European network of universities with regard to refugees[1] and international students, and in particular, integration practices at two levels: first, governance and policies, regarding the institutional initiatives used and their relative success; second, the experience of international students of such policies. Our study revealed an bottom-up type policy, with at times too scattered information with respect to refugee integration. In contrast, with regard to international students (namely the ERASMUS program), the system works fairly well due to a top-down policy promoted by the EU. We propose that the EU put in place a specific program for refugee integration focused on strengthening links with refugee families and schools with a high proportion of refugees.
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