Migration

Project Partners

The Netherlands

Humanitas

SOLIDAR member organisation Humanitas is a national member-based institution for social services and community development. Its membership of 15,500 and over 8,000 volunteers is organised in about 90 local and regional branches with a professional framework to support their activities, to develop new projects and to facilitate the National and District Boards. Humanitas’ guiding principles are respect for the unique personality of every human being and for the right of individuals to self-determination. Its services are available to everyone who requires them, irrespective of sex, age, ethnic origin, life-style or sexual orientation. Read more about Humanitas

SAMAH (Foundation of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Humanitas)

Set up in 1999, SAMAH is an independent foundation, run under the auspices of the national Humanitas association. SAMAH aims to improve the position and participation of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (AMAs in Dutch) and young adult unaccompanied asylum seekers up to age 21 (ex-AMAs) in order to enable them to develop into balanced adults. SAMAH is the only organisation in the Netherlands that exclusively directs its attention to the situation and the problematic issue of the AMAs. Read more about SAMAH

Italy

Istituto Sindacale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (ISCOS)

ISCOS is the NGO of the Italian Trade Union Confederation CISL, which has more than 4 million affiliates, working in the field of international development cooperation and human rights protection. ISCOS benefits from a strong network structure, composed by National Headquarters and Regional Committees in the Italian territory, the Liaison Office in Brussels, and Field Offices in developing countries. ISCOS promotes solidarity among European workers and workers in developing countries in order to achieve peace, democracy and the respect of human rights, and fights for social and economic justice at international level. In particular, ISCOS aims to promote the implementation of international labour standards and defend working conditions in the international context. Read more about ISCOS

Associazione Nazionale Oltre Le Frontiere (ANOLF)

ANOLF is a voluntary association. Its main objective is to promote solidarity and fraternity between people. It is a non-profit organisation supported by Italian trade union Confederazione Italiana Sindicati Lavoratori (CISL). Established in December 1989, ANOLF has 47,800 members of whom 47,349 are immigrants from diverse ethnic groups and 451 are Italians. The association has offices on all over Italy comprising 20 regional offices, 100 provincial and 9 local branches. ANOLF was established with the aim of contributing to creating a society which is increasingly open towards diversity in a multiethnic and multicultural world, respectful of ethnic, cultural and religious differences. ANOLF fights racism and xenophobia through promoting the interaction between different social groups, mutual understanding, respect and equal opportunities for all. Read more about ANOLF

Spain

Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme e la Libertad (MPDL)

SOLIDAR member organisation MPDL is a non-profit organisation created in 1983. With 1,280 members, 180 employees and 590 volunteers, MPDL is present in 32 countries developing international cooperation and humanitarian aid programmes. MPDL has 5 departments working in social affairs with a total of 15 general programmes and initiatives from the regional desks of the MPDL, providing legal advice and socio-professional orientation to immigrants. The international action department of the MPDL consists of a team of 6 professionals who cover the following different geographic areas: Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, Middle East and Magreb, Balkans, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Read more about MPDL


Asociación Socio-Cultural IBN BATUTA (ASCIB)

Based in Barcelona, ASCIB provides social and cultural support to immigrants in Catalonia and the rest of Spain, especially those from the Magreb countries and second generation immigrants. Read more about ASCIB

France

La Ligue de l’Enseignement

SOLIDAR member organisation La Ligue was established at the end of the 19^th century. It is a non-formal education movement of 200 associations acting on the whole territory of France with 102 local federations, gathered in 22 regional unions and 2 million individual members. This wide network organises actions in the field of international solidarity, sports, the fight against racism and discrimination, the organisation of leisure time and summer camps, training and every kind of educational activity. The Ligue participates in the development and reinforcement of a democratic, humanist and social society. La Ligue acts collectively against all inequalities in order to discuss and build an interdependent and fairer society with humanism as a principle of collective life. Read more about La Ligue de l’Enseignement

Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins de France (ATMF)

ATMF is a network of migrants’ associations with local representations in 14 cities. It is also represented on a national level in Paris. ATMF supports immigrant workers from the Maghreb in France through social and educational work as well as through the organisation of different activities and by providing both general and legal assistance. Read more about ATMF

Austria

Volkshilfe

SOLIDAR member organisation Volkshilfe Osterreich is a non-profit organisation which develops and implements many kinds of social services in Austria and internationally. One of the largest social service providers and human rights organisations in Austria with a main focus on the migrants and refugees issues, with currently more than 30,000 members, 5,000 employees and 1,500 volunteers. Read more about Volkshilfe

St. Pölten Alevi Kültür Birligi

A regional migrant organisation with over 500 members and one of the largest migrant organisations in Lower Austria. Alevite Union St. Pölten supports immigrants and especially Alevis (who adhere to a particular branch of Islam) immigrants through promoting equal opportunities in the labour market and among domestic workers. Read more about St. Pölten Alevi Kültür Birligi