1. Homelessness among mobile EU citizens
Mauro Striano, FEANTSA

2. homelessness among mobile eu citizens
Existing data
Reasons of vulnerability
Policy measures
PRODEC

3. London

4. Brussels

5. Berlin 2,000 homeless people from Poland according to Polish Embassy
50% of 6,000 rough sleepers are from CEE countries

6. Mobile EU citizens 11. 7% of the homeless population, i. e
Mobile EU citizens 11.7% of the homeless population, i.e. >9,000 (French Institute for Statistics, )
French members reported that around 40% of Paris’ rough sleepers are young people from CEE countries
11.5% of homeless services users are from Romania, i.e >5,000 (Italian Institute for Statistics, 2011)
Almost all people sleeping rough in Copenhagen are mobile EU citizens or TCNs with a residence permit from another Member State (Source: Projekt Udenfor)
Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Stockholm, Goteborg, Hamburg, Muenster, Vienna, Dublin, Helsinki…
…and Other EU cities

7. Homelessness and free movement
Free movement is successful but homeless services need support
Homelessness is not a EU competence but free movement is

8. Reasons of vulnerability to homelessness
Lack of preparation before departure
Administrative obstacles
Fake promises of jobs
Trafficking of human beings
Obstacles in registering as self-employed
Precarious working conditions
Reasons of vulnerability to homelessness

9. EU Advice service – Crossroads model
Information about how Swedish society works
Legal and administrative support
Language training
Housing support
Contacts with government, healthcare, embassies, trade unions
Support for job search
Health services (in cooperation with Doctors of the World)
Laundry, showers, breakfast
Women section
EU Advice service – Crossroads model

10. Unlawful expulsions
Most flagrant case: UK considering rough sleeping as misuse of treaty rights
But other examples:
Roma expelled because they were living in shanty towns in France
Slovakian woman arrested for begging and expelled from Denmark
Police authorities giving letters to rough sleepers in Hamburg

11. Protecting the Rights of Destitute mobile EU citizens (PRODEC)
Funded by EPIM
Duration: 2 years
Countries of implementation: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom
Project Partners: Eurodiaconia, Belgian Salvation Army, GEBEWO, St Mungo’s

12. Protecting the Rights of Destitute mobile EU citizens (PRODEC)
Info sessions
Steering group
Creating consensus
Legal fitness checks (BE, DE, UK)
Development of litigation strategies
Guides for beneficiaries
Training modules
Training events in Berlin, Brussels and London

13. What could the EU do? Increase funding for EU legal advice services
Better define criteria to assess an unreasonable burden as well as genuine chance to find a job
A system of compensation between Member States/ or the establishment of a new EU fund for destitute mobile EU citizens
EU legal framework that provides basic standard obligations to all mobile EU citizens
What could the EU do?

14. Protecting the Rights of Destitute mobile EU citizens (PRODEC)
Info sessions
Steering group
Creating consensus
Legal fitness checks (BE, DE, UK)
Development of litigation strategies
Guides for beneficiaries
Training modules
Training events in Berlin, Brussels and London

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