The integration of persons admitted in their host society is important for a successful admission procedure. Persons admitted should have the same access to integration measures as beneficiaries of international protection in accordance with of the European Parliament and of the Council (8). Member States should be able to require participation in such integration measures only if those integration measures are easily accessible, available and free of charge. Member States should also offer, where considered to be feasible, a pre-departure orientation programme to third-country nationals or stateless persons. Such a programme could include information about their rights and obligations, language classes, and information about the social, cultural and political situation in the Member State. Such information could also be provided after entry to the territory of the Member State concerned or be included in integration measures, taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of the person admitted. Member States should also be able to arrange post-arrival orientation programmes tailored to the needs of persons admitted in order to provide those persons with guidance concerning, in particular, the learning of the language of the host Member State, education and access to the labour market, taking account of their specific vulnerabilities. In arrangements to be set by Member States the bodies and persons concerned, such as local authorities and persons who have already been admitted, should, as far as possible, be involved in implementing such programmes.
8. Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted, amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC and repealing Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/1347, 22.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1347/oj). ↩︎