"As stated in the Declaration of Zaragoza, integration policies aim to ensure equal rights, obligations and opportunities for all, and all European Countries agreed to view cultural diversity as an opportunity for social and economic development in Europe and as a tool for fighting discriminations. However, the surge in intolerance, stereotyping and discrimination against ethnic minorities still represents one of the most glaring realities influencing political and civil society debate, particularly in those European countries in which there is the presence of large ethnic groups as part of the national population.Integration of young refugees in the EU: good practices and challenges (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2019) “The vulnerability of migrants and refugees to becoming victims of crime are receiving increased attention at the EU and global levels. International political commitments incorporate measures to combat crimes including racism, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance into crime prevention strategies. The United Nations General Assembly strongly condemned the continuing incidence of criminal acts against migrants, migrant workers and their families in all regions of the world, including criminal acts of violence motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. At the same time, a dominant discourse in the EU has been to characterise migrants and refugees as potential criminals, which has included linking them with the threat of terrorism”. Furthermore, as regards the integration of young people with a migrant background, the report highlights the crucial role of employment and education “Lack of access to employment and education opportunities also emerged as a significant factor increasing the risk of becoming a victim of crime. Such lack of opportunities may result from various factors, such as restrictions on accessing the labour market based on the person’s legal status, discriminatory employers, insufficient qualifications and more general lack of education and vocational training opportunities”Young people are, indeed, one of the most vulnerable targets to racist and discriminatory propaganda and messages against ethnic minorities. If we consider that nowadays Social Media are unfortunately becoming a powerful tool of hate speech and that youngsters constitute a high percentage of Social Media users, is undeniable that the latter are the most easily influenceable target group.""Route 2020 - Highway to Inclusion"" (Route 2020) is a KA2 Strategic Partnerships supporting the exchange of good practices in the Youth field among Lithuania, Italy and Germany, lasting 24 months. Route 2020 aims at contrasting discrimination against ethnic minorities by raising awareness among young people and educate them in order to foster respectful and inclusive behaviors.Focusing on contrasting discrimination against ethnic minorities among the youth, Route 2020 project main objectives are promoting intercultural dialogue; knowledge about acceptanceof diversity and tolerance in society.In order to achieve its goals, Route 2020 project will implement 3 Blended Mobilities of Young People per country.Every BMYP will involve 15 young people aged 18-26 (2 Autochthonous, the ethnic majority of participant country, and 3 ethnic minority youths per partner organization) plus 3 accompanying persons.During all the mobilities participants will be paired in national couples composed by one ""native"" and one ethnic minority group; the two members of the couple will be the emotional support and point of reference for each other.In the interim, the mobilities partners will develop the knowledge, skills and competences of selected participants by employing different methodologies of Non-Formal Education in a joint learning process. Using selected methodologies, such as Forum Theatre, Education Through Sport and Digital Storytelling, which possess specific features to approach the delicate topic and issues addressed by the present project.The main tangible results of the project will be the Toolkit “Ethnic Unity”, containing all the results of the research phase as well as the workshops employed and tested during the BMYP and the Social Awareness Campaign created and managed by the BMYP participants as Ethnic Harmony Ambassadors. Participants will create content that will be shared during the campaign.The project is expected to have a significant impact on participants in emotional, relational and educational terms. Participants will:raise awareness of mutually respectful cooperation, exchange of views, visions and values; overcome their sense of marginalization and self-exclusion, leave their safety zone and feel part of a community united by common values and goals.Expected long term impact is to engage a stable cooperation with schools to initiate a yearly program in which students will be involved in specific raising awareness activities that will exp"