20 Programme for Integration and Migration)99 while outcome, and can refer to a variety of solutions, PICUM leads the network’s advocacy at the EU-level. such as a visa, regularisation scheme, re-migration The EATDN currently includes eight organisations in or voluntary return. The case manager facilitates seven different countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, contact between the individuals and relevant stake- Greece, Italy, Poland and the UK).100 The members holders (e.g., health professionals, legal advisors and of EATDN implement pilot projects based on the authorities), while monitoring the development of provision of case management. the case as well as the individual’s well-being.101 An evaluation of three of the pilot projects (in Bulgaria, Case management refers to a structured social work Poland and Cyprus) conducted by EPIM102 demon- approach, which implies personal support throughout strated the positive impact of case management a person’s immigration procedure, to work towards on people’s ability to work towards case resolution. case resolution. In this model, the case manager It also showed that for pilot projects to be able to develops a one-to-one working relationship with successfully achieve high rates of case resolution, individuals, supporting and empowering them to they need to be accompanied by changes in the engage fully with immigration procedures to work overall system. towards the resolution of their case. A resolution can imply any temporary or permanent migration 99 For more information, see: https://epim.info/. 100 The organisations part of the network are: Jesuit Refugee Service Belgium; Centre for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria; Cyprus Refugee Council; Human Rights360 (Greece); Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights - CILD and Progetto Diritti (Italy); Association for Legal Intervention (Poland); Detention Action and Action Foundation (UK). 101 EATDN and PICUM, 2020, Implementing case management-based alternatives to detention in Europe. 102 EPIM, 2020, Alternatives to detention: building a culture of cooperation. Evaluation of two years engagement-based alternative to immigration detention pilot projects in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Poland.

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