Undocumented migrants – including illegal”, overstayers, rejected applicants for asylum, non-registered EU-migrants, or formerly “regular” migrants – are typically marginal to the rights and service provision of receiving societies, although with strong variations across and within them. Their claims and needs are often addressed, if at all, by grassroots civil society initiative and through their… Read more »
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TRAYCE – Training of Trainers for Youth in the Council of Europe
Participation fee: 60 EurosThroughout this training course, 25 participants will: -gain a good understanding of the Council of Europe’s institutional framework, values, principles and practices underlying non-formal education with young people in the Council of Europe and in developing coherence and consistent non-formal education training activities; -develop competences to design, run and evaluate non-formal education… Read more »
Marxism Festival
Participation fee: weekend 20€, saturday 15€, sunday 10€The Marxism Festival is the annual meeting place for activists and leftwing politicians in the Netherlands. A weekend full of criticism of the system, political theory and discussions about the most relevant issues of the moment. The discussions this year include the fight over the University of Amsterdam,… Read more »
Unwelcome: Homeless EU Migrants, the Law, Rights and Challenges
On 23 April The AIRE Centre will bring together lawyers, academics and voluntary organisations at a conference to share experiences and brainstorm ideas on the topic of homeless EU migrants in London.The event will focus on the legality of removing homeless EU nationals to their home countries and creating innovative European law-based solutions to counteract… Read more »
Interculturalism in Historical Education
Target group: researchers, practitioners, museum professionals, NGOs, educatorsIn the frame of: The Jewish Cultural Heritage” project supported by EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway We will address the question of how to use knowledge and reflection about the past to build attitudes of openness in today’s globalising world and harness the potential of diversity… Read more »
Exploring Access to Mental Health Care Services for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Patients
The rising prevalence of mental illness is a growing concern for European societies and access to mental health care one of the top public health priorities. In addition, as more and more people migrate and settle or take refuge in countries (including Scotland) with a dominant language other than their own, the need for interpreting/cultural… Read more »
16th Migration and Human Rights: Perception versus Reality
Target group: studentsThis Conference aims to challenge society’s perception of migration and consider the realities attached to it; from the root causes to the limitations of achieving ‘global’ freedom of movement. What action needs to be taken at national, regional and international levels to combat discrimination and encourage the integration of migrants? What measures can… Read more »
