SMILE – Social Meaning Impact through Lifelong Learning universities in Europe
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SMILE – Social Meaning Impact through Lifelong Learning universities in Europe

This project is closed and ran between 2020 and 2023. WHAT IS THE PROJECT ABOUT? The project SMILE – Social Meaning Impact through Lifelong Learning universities in Europe – aims to achieve inclusive higher education by providing higher education institutions with the tools to deal with diversity and social inclusion. WHY? The first principle of…

Briefing Paper 97: the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, and the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027
Publications

Briefing Paper 97: the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, and the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027

After briefly defining the policy framework, this paper describes the latest developments in the field of migration and inclusion at the EU level: the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, and the Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027. Subsequently, it lays out SOLIDAR’s position with respect to these developments and introduces some recommendations directed…

SOLIDAR’s take on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
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SOLIDAR’s take on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum

SOLIDAR, and our member organisations, call for a Pact based on the principles of Human dignity, equality, and solidarity! The long-awaited proposal for a New Pact on Migration and Asylum was launched on Wednesday September 23rd by the UE Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, with the hope of reaching its approval before the end of the…

Briefing Paper 95 – Protecting the most vulnerable in society: Migration and COVID-19
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Briefing Paper 95 – Protecting the most vulnerable in society: Migration and COVID-19

April 7, 2020 In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers (MRAs) lack access to health institutions and, if living in refugee camps and in reception centres, they live in close, confined spaces where social distancing is not possible. How can they be asked to perform this act of social responsibility…

“Protect our laws and humanity!” Open Letter by +120 Organisations on EU-Turkey border
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“Protect our laws and humanity!” Open Letter by +120 Organisations on EU-Turkey border

To:  Athens, 6 March 2020 – The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border and the Aegean islands where people are stranded at the borders of Europe, instrumentalized for political purposes, and subject to violations of their rights. We are also deeply concerned about the way the authorities of Greece and…