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Shaping Migration

2020-1-DE04-KA105-0195082020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: DE|UA|AZ|AM|GE|NL|TR|EL · Grant: €18,202
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Migrants' issuesIntegration of refugees

Objectives

Migration is a highly challenging policy area in most countries. There is widespread public opposition to immigration that reaches significant numbers. Many people fear, usually with little justification that immigrants will 'take our jobs'. Having defined migrants as not 'part of us', some people also worry about the provision of certain public services: instead of seeing the issue simply in terms of numbers, many natives identify immigrants as the source of any difficulties they experience in gaining access to health care, education, public housing, etc. International migration is the movement of people to another country, leading to temporary or permanent resettlement; in the aggregate, it commonly raises questions about national identities and social membership. If we take a look at the data from international Migration 2015 by UN Population Division in the top migrant destinations Germany takes second place by the absolute number of migrants with 12 million migrants in the country. Also with the number of migrants as a percentage of the total population in the Netherlands by the 2015 year increased to 11.7 and in France to 12.1. Today more than 65 million people are officially displaced by conflict, violence, and persecution. In 2017 more than 170 000 migrants, including refugees, arrived in Europe by sea which lead us to the Refugee and Migrant crisis in Europe. Migration is one of the most critical topics for the EU today and its influence and effects are also kindled in EaP countries. According to Geostat data for the (2014-2016) years, the flow of emigrants from Georgia is increasing. In 2016 the number of emigrants reached 98, 288 persons. The objectives of the Erasmus+ youth workers mobility program Shaping Migration were the following: - To raise awareness and develop an understanding of existing challenges in the field of migration - To raise the professional capacities of youth workers by giving them specific methods and tools to carry out their projects in their local communities - To broaden the knowledge of youth workers about legal issues concerning the migration topic such as; restrictions and selectivity in different cultures - To make youth workers reflect upon their own ideological and cultural background regarding the migration topic - To explore the potential of youth work in preventing discriminatory, violent, and radical behaviors among young people - To establish a network of like-minded organizations and individuals who are interested in further exchange on the topic of promoting the integration process - To develop a concrete plan for follow-up projects and local activities focusing on promoting migrant and refugee integration - To raise awareness about migration among different stakeholders by developing and disseminating blog posts, publications, and policy recommendations. All the objectives were linked with the objectives of the Erasmus + Program in the field of Youth. The project was strongly promoting social inclusion by including participants with fewer opportunities. By exploring the potential of non-formal education, the training course improved key skills of youth workers, which shall help them raise the quality of projects they develop. As the project addressed organizations from both Programme Countries and Eastern Partnership, it enhanced the international cooperation and high quality of international projects, linking it to another objective of the Erasmus + Programme: participation. After this training course, "Shaping Migration" youth workers were able to carry out their projects with the tools and information they were given during the training. In this case, they can spread information, raise awareness about migration and increase the participation of young people as well as specific target groups like; refugees and asylum seekers in rural areas, etc.

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