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404 EU-RROR: SOLIDARITY WITH MIGRANTS NOT FOUND – SOLIDAR Statement for International Migrants Day 2021

Ahead of 18th December 2021, International Migrants’ Day, SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation look back on the past year’s migration developments. This statement is an opportunity to denounce current policies and reiterate our commitment to a solidarity- and rights-based approach to migration, in Europe and worldwide. It is disappointing to conclude that – migration policy, debates and developments in Europe – do not have much positive to offer. Over a year after its presentation, the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum presents a rather bleak…

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‘Routes’: SIRIUS project’s filmed theatre play and final event

The SIRIUS project (Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum applicants in European Labour Markets) had its final event on 06th July 2021. Titled ‘Stories of migrant workers in the EU: individuals’ capacity for change’, it took the form of an online première. SOLIDAR worked in close collaboration with Catalan theatre company Hand Made…

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SAF Study Visit: Inclusion of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe

The first Study Visit of the Social Affairs Forum for 2021 took place virtually on 6-7 July 2021. The title of the event was: “Inclusion of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Europe – State of the Art and Exchange of Good Practices during the Pandemic and Beyond”. Participants form our member organisations and their…

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SIRIUS project: latest research on the impact of Covid-19 on the participation of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in European Labour markets

The SIRIUS project (Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets) is a Horizon 2020- funded research project. It aims to develop an evidence-based way to deal with migration and asylum, building on a framework looking to identify enablers and barriers to migrants’, refugees’ and asylum seekers’ (MRAs) integration via the…

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SOLIDAR members and partners advocating for Economic and Social Rights in partner countries

In the framework of the EU funded programme Organising International Solidarity (OIS), SOLIDAR supports its members and partners working and located in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China/Hong Kong, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and Zimbabwe. One of the…

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Integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the European labour market: a Video Journal of SIRIUS project

The SIRIUS (Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets) project is launching a video journal of its findings. Each week, the project will reveal the experiences in one of the countries studied over the course of three years, focusing on a specific practice that enhances migrants’ integration on the labour market, while also considering some other…

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Inequalities in the European Semester – Policy Study

October 7, 2020 Since its inception, the European Semester has attracted interest in its effects on the EU’s social outcomes. Nevertheless, the Semester lacks a framework to monitor socio-economic inequalities within member states. Together with FEPS, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation (FI), Fondazione Pietro Nenni (IT) and Progresiva (SI), we present the Policy Study “Inequalities in the European Semester” : “As the European Semester will play a…

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SIRIUS project: Finding work is easier with new technology to help migrants enter the job market

Press Release from SIRIUS Project To mark World Refugee Day on June 20, 2020, a new application called WORKEEN launches to help migrants, asylum seekers and refugees gain access to the job market. WORKEEN is a serious game application, created by a team of political scientists, sociologists, economists and software engineers based in seven European countries…

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Interview with Creative Communities Group UK, Silver Rose awardees 2020

Our Silver Rose Award winners 2020, the Creative Communities Group from the United Kingdom, tell us about their endeavours in a candid reportage. Nominated by Professor Romesh Gupta OBE, the group has been awarded in the category “Building Learning Societies”, for its outstanding efforts in advancing education and lifelong learning. The impossibility to hold the Silver Rose ceremony due to the coronavirus crisis, and deliver a merited award to CCG, does not mean their work is on hold….