Through this project we wanted to: - Provide an adequate training to the staff of the consortium in their work with migrants - Helping migrants overcome main barriers with the help of well trained practitioners - Help and motivate adult migrants dealing with the difficulties they go through while settling in - Understanding the link between migration, social and spacial exclusion and possible solutions - Developing new educational skills and methodologies in adult education to help participants to approach migrants they work with with a broader and better understanding of the difficulties and needs of adult migrants - internationalization of the consortium members and the creation of a network of organisations sharing common professional values - Give participants the right tools/skills to cope with the pressure and the psychological distress they often face when supporting traumatized migrants -Develop a different narrative around migration in Europe, and especially in the UK - one that does not perceive of migrants as a burden or threat - and make this narrative part of the academic, professional and public debate, and better respond to the needs of irregular migrants and refugees with whom they are in contact on a daily basis
In the context of big socio-economic changes taking place in Europe over the past few year due to the forced migration of millions of people fleeing their countries in search of better life conditions, this project wanted to train staff from the 8 national consortium organisations to be better prepared to deal with these changes. All partners in the consortium work at different levels on migration related issues such as research on policies, education and training, inclusion and employability, and mental health issues. The project, as also reported in the participants organizations, helped all the participants gain a greater understanding of issues that affect non-EU migrants and people from disadvantaged backgrounds when integrating within European cities. The project also wanted to understand the effects of migration management practices on people on the move. During the training, facilitators, practitioners, academics and most of all migrants gathered together to analyses how do these practices affect displaced people’s trajectories to and across Europe, and what are the mental health issues that many of these people face.