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Towards the Recognition of
Non-discrimination Principles at School
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Case Studies
60 case studies identified through Europe focusing on intercultural issues, integration, non-discrimination values and human rights at school
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Best Practices
12 best practices have been identified throughout Europe on intercultural competences and human rights at school
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Reports
6 reports presenting the main findings related to the survey on human rights and intercultural issues carried out in the partners' countries
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Factual Background
Guidelines on the challenges encountered by secondary school teachers in managing multicultural classes
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Teachers in a Multicultural Environment
Guidelines on improving teachers’ skills in dealing with multicultural environments
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Teachers for an Inclusive School
Guidelines on the acquisition of intercultural competences based on understanding human rights and non-discrimination values
Global Citizenship Education Multiculturalism and Social Inclusion in Europe
The publication focuses on the Integration of Immigrant Students at School.Events
The I Have Rights project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
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Conferences
The I Have Rights project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
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Training Activity
The training activity 'Expert in Multicultural School Environment' was organised in Siena (IT)
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Press Review
The I Have Rights project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of education
Partnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the I Have Rights project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the I Have Rights Project in the 6 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the I Have Rights portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Factual Background
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Factual background related to the challenges encountered by secondary school teachers in managing multicultural classes.
Factual Background
Chapter 1: Understanding migration flows and their impact in education
1.1. Analysis of Major Trends in Migration Flows in Europe
In 2014, during the International Migrants Day, Eurostat (EU Office for statistics) indicated that fewer than 7% (about 35 million people) of people living in EU member states were foreign nationals; 60% of them were non-EU citizens.
According to Eurostat data, migration is influenced by a combination of economic, political and social factors in the migrant’s country of origin (causes of departure) or in the country of destination (attraction effects).
Historically, the relative economic prosperity and political stability of the European Union seem to have had a major effect of attraction on immigrants.
Indeed, since the years 50, Europe has been through several great migration flows: migrations for employment and the reconstruction of Europe just after the war, the economic crisis in the mid 70’s (following the hydrocarbon price increase in 1973), the increasing flows of refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities from the late 80’s (following regional conflicts such as the civil war in former Yugoslavia, the breaking up of the Soviet Union and the opening of borders) and finally the return of migrations for employment with a “preference” for skilled workers and temporary migrations from the 90’s.
The current refugee crisis, started in 2010, is the latest great migration flow. It intensified in 2015-2016 with a massive arrival of populations. In the last two years, over two million refugees and migrants arrived in the EU, most of them fleeing an endemic conflict (Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan).
This migration pressure is unprecedented. It is the largest population exodus since the second World War. Just in 2016, EU member states grated protection to over 700,000 asylum seekers (according to Eurostat).
A prospective analysis conducted by ACF International (Action Against Hunger) and IRIS (Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques) in June 2016, established four scenarios for the evolution of the migration crisis within the following two years: European disagreement (no integral and coordinated response, making the EU unpredictable and relatively inefficient), Fortress Europe (coordinated approach, but only through a protectionist agenda), Opening the floodgates (countries bordering crises and transit countries can no longer contain migration flows), A new agreement (solidary approach, durable solutions, collaboration in first asylum countries and better migrant management).
The same report specifies that, while the majority of migrants arriving in Europe flee a permanent conflict, the underlying causes of their movements are identical to those of other migrants to Europe: insecurity caused by an armed intervention of foreign agents, governments’ inability to provide minimal economic development, natural disasters intensified by lack of resilience, and political repression and authoritarianism.
According to Eurostat data, migration is influenced by a combination of economic, political and social factors in the migrant’s country of origin (causes of departure) or in the country of destination (attraction effects).
Historically, the relative economic prosperity and political stability of the European Union seem to have had a major effect of attraction on immigrants.
Indeed, since the years 50, Europe has been through several great migration flows: migrations for employment and the reconstruction of Europe just after the war, the economic crisis in the mid 70’s (following the hydrocarbon price increase in 1973), the increasing flows of refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities from the late 80’s (following regional conflicts such as the civil war in former Yugoslavia, the breaking up of the Soviet Union and the opening of borders) and finally the return of migrations for employment with a “preference” for skilled workers and temporary migrations from the 90’s.
The current refugee crisis, started in 2010, is the latest great migration flow. It intensified in 2015-2016 with a massive arrival of populations. In the last two years, over two million refugees and migrants arrived in the EU, most of them fleeing an endemic conflict (Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan).
This migration pressure is unprecedented. It is the largest population exodus since the second World War. Just in 2016, EU member states grated protection to over 700,000 asylum seekers (according to Eurostat).
A prospective analysis conducted by ACF International (Action Against Hunger) and IRIS (Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques) in June 2016, established four scenarios for the evolution of the migration crisis within the following two years: European disagreement (no integral and coordinated response, making the EU unpredictable and relatively inefficient), Fortress Europe (coordinated approach, but only through a protectionist agenda), Opening the floodgates (countries bordering crises and transit countries can no longer contain migration flows), A new agreement (solidary approach, durable solutions, collaboration in first asylum countries and better migrant management).
The same report specifies that, while the majority of migrants arriving in Europe flee a permanent conflict, the underlying causes of their movements are identical to those of other migrants to Europe: insecurity caused by an armed intervention of foreign agents, governments’ inability to provide minimal economic development, natural disasters intensified by lack of resilience, and political repression and authoritarianism.
Online Resources
- Eurostat newsreleaseForeign citizens living in EU members states in 2014
- Migration and migrant population statisticsEU statistics on international migration, population stocks of national and non-national citizens and data relating to the acquisition of citizenship – March 2017
- The economic and social aspects of migrationChanges and Challenges: Europe and migrations from 1950 to present – January 2003
- Eurostat newsreleaseAsylum decisions in the EU in 2016
- Responding to the Migrant Crisis: Europe at a JunctureThis report describes the main driving forces of the crisis and presents four possible scenarios of how the situation will involve by 2018
- DG Migration and Home AffairsThis Commission department is responsible for EU policy on migration and home affairs.
