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ELEM Migratory Unión Project

2022-3-ES02-KA152-YOU-0000996212022Mobility of young peopleongoing
Countries: ES|LB|MA · Grant: €55,323
Reception and integration of refugees and migrantsQuality and innovation of youth workPromotion of alternative forms of participation

Objectives

The "ELEM Migratory Union" project arises from a need detected in the population, especially among young people, which is increasingly latent. It is about the lack of knowledge and perception of the reality and social situation of refugees and migrants in three countries with similar migratory situations: Spain, Lebanon and Morocco. And although at first glance they appear to be different realities, we find broad similarities that allow us to carry out a standardised social intervention and at the same time learn the differences and singularities of each group and/or country. Working on the comparison from different points, such as countries of origin of migrants and/or refugees, transit countries and receiving countries. The last years have seen significant migratory movements and episodes of displacement, causing great difficulties, trauma and loss of life. The most serious were the internal or cross-border displacement of millions of people as a result of conflicts (such as those in Syria, Ukraine, etc.) or situations of severe economic and political instability (such as that affecting millions of Venezuelans and Afghans). In 2020 and 2021, there were also climate- or meteorological-related disasters that caused large-scale displacement. Long-term data on international migration have taught us that migration is not uniform across the world, but responds to economic, geographic, demographic and other factors. Spain has gone from being a society that generates emigration to one that receives migratory flows, making possible enriching multicultural contexts, but also complex integration relations. In the past, Spain has been the origin of circular labour migrants or of repeated temporary stays in other European countries: as for data related to the arrival of refugees and/or asylum seekers, according to the annual publication on Asylum in Figures, 88,762 applications were formalised in 2020. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, 200,000 Ukrainians have applied for temporary international protection by the end of July 22 in Spain. Lebanon has experienced a remarkable increase in the number of Lebanese migrants by 21,858 persons, or 2.66%. Since the explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020, daily departures from Lebanon increased by 36%. Emigrants from Lebanon travel mainly to Saudi Arabia (17.79%) the United States (15.08%) and Australia (11.81%). Regarding the reception of refugees and migrants in Lebanon, the Syrian conflict raised the number of refugees from Syria to some 1.5 million. Lebanon hosts, as published by the UN, 1,863,873 migrants, which represents 33 per cent of Lebanon's population. Morocco has, over the past four decades, transformed into one of the world's leading emigration countries. Moroccans form not only one of the largest migrant communities, but also one of the most dispersed in Western Europe. One of the important factors influencing the migration of people from Morocco is the geographical proximity to the European continent (specifically Spain), via land borders. The presence in Morocco of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa - to leave for Europe, but increasingly to stay in Morocco - has increased since the 1990s. General Objective: To provide young people with knowledge about the reality experienced by migrants and/or refugees, as well as the barriers and difficulties in their process of inclusion in the host country. Specific Objectives: S.O.1: Facilitate access to information on the specific causes of the mobility of migrants and refugees. S.O.2: Provide tailored information on reception processes for refugees and/or migrants and migration policies. S.O.3: Eliminate stereotypes and prejudices generated about migrants and/or refugees. The three countries have experienced throughout their history both sides of the migration phenomenon - sending-receiving migrants, displaced persons, refugees and/or asylum seekers, they have a multicultural character (people of different religions, traditions and cultures live together) and the young people in the three countries lack basic information and training on migration.

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