The primary objective has been the social integration of young migrants through an innovative peer-to-peer program with local youth and the results of this have been more than positive in all six countries of the partnership. The specific objectives have been: 1.To carry out some studies and research on the situation of migrants in the partner countries and in the rest of Europe in order to know more closely the situation that is currently being experienced. 2.To carry out a training program aimed at young migrants. The professionalism of the partners and the active and professional participation of the non-formal partners allowed us to achieve a very positive impact. 3.To carry out a training program for local youth, focused on training in dialogue and appreciation methodologies, dealing with difficult issues, critical thinking, etc. This program was successfully carried out too. 4.The objective of gathering and bringing together migrants and local youth in an accessible space so that they could meet, communicate and learn from each other was more than achieved. All these activities have allowed us to really contribute and improve the social integration of migrants in the countries involved and hopefully in many other countries.
The YOU4Mi project is a multilateral partnership between 6 European countries (Spain, Italy, Germany, Malta, Sweden and Greece). The idea of the project was born to improve the integration of young migrants in Europe, following with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Due to the crises that many young people live in their countries of origin (economic crises, wars, political conflicts, etc), many of them are looking for a way out to start a better life. That is why for many years there have been these migratory movements in several countries around the world. Our project aimed at facilitating the way to all these young people who arrive in a country without knowing anything, so that they could be helped by the local citizenship, thus sustaining a methodology between equals. We also tried to overcome these imbalances by bringing together youth workers, social workers and professionals who worked on a daily basis with the most difficult cases of migrants and refugees. The project has established a context for learning to listen to and better understand the individual needs of local youth and refugees, creating a better match between organizational responses and those needs through the training sessions provided and the R4.