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Migration and refugee crisis from the students´ point of view

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2017-1-SK01-KA219-035407
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only Funder Contribution: 133,430 EUR

Migration and refugee crisis from the students´ point of view

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People have always been migrating and trying to find better conditions for life. Each human being has the right to live in peace and happiness. Migration is just as old as humankind itself. It has always been here. However, nowadays it means a big challenge for Europe. As many countries face different social, economical and political problems that have resulted in unrest, violence and in some cases even wars, people are forced to leave their homes to survive. In some cases they are motivated by the vision of something better that they don´t have in their home countries. The number of migrants reaching Europe has been increasing recently. On the one hand there is EU policy and rules related to migrants, but on the other hand EU citizens are not well prepared to accept this big challenge of migration. Many people have negative attitudes to the migrants and they are afraid that their presence will have negative consequences on their lives. In general we can say that people are afraid of something that they are not familiar with and that they don´t know. They have prejudices because they are not informed well enough or they don´t select the information critically. Whether people accept or don´t accept migrants in their communities, the truth is that we cannot stop this situation about migration to Europe. We can only learn how to react on it and we have to find the ways how to live in peace and mutual understanding. This project idea was the reflection of present situation in the world. However we wanted to depict this issue from different point of view. Every day we learn from mass media about the number of migrants, about the negative consequences and reactions. We wanted to see the migrants as human beings – with their fears, worries and dreams, not as numbers or statistics. We organised interviews with them to find out about their lives and then wrote their stories to share. Within this project each partner organised 6 meetings with the migrants and made interviews with them. Each partner wrote write 6 life stories of the migrants in native tongue as well as in English and shared them with each other. OBJECTIVES- to become more tolerant and understanding towards the people of different nationalities- to analyze and learn about the situation in the home countries of the people seeking for asylum in Europe and to understand the reasons why the people are migrating- to fight prejudices and xenophobia- to increase awareness towards social, economical and political problems around the world- to improve participants linguistic skills, social and communication skills- to encourage the participants to adopt the methods of critical thinking and creative writing- to organize 6 meetings with the migrants and make interviews with them (each partner)- to write 6 life stories of the chosen migrants (each partner)- - focus on the consequences of migration and reflecting on the practice of migrant integration and inclusion in European countries;- to analyse today’s multicultural society in different countriesMAIN METHODSDiscussions, Interviews, Cooperative learning, Problem based learning, Case study, Simulation, role play, Creative writingThe target group of our project were the students from 15 to 19 years who were involved in the project directly and actively contributed to the project activities and outcomes. Beside, the other groups of people were involved indirectly – hosting families, families of migrants, participants in the workshops and lectures, general public – in dissemination activities. Directly, there were about 300 people involved in the learning activities. Indirectly, about 6000 people were involved altogether in lectures, workshops and dissemination activities.The project had a positive impact on the participants, our schools and general public. First of all, our students improved their key competencies with the emphasis on foreign languages and working in a multicultural environment. Our schools became more attractive for future students. And what is the most important, we pointed out the topic of migration from the perspective of our students and analysed the situation as it really is. MAIN ACTIVITIESWe organised three transnational meetings and six learning activities. Each school delivered trainings - lectures and workshops on the topic of migration. What is more, selected migrants were invited to our schools to be interviewed by our students. Later, our students wrote about their life stories. Due to the topic of our project we established the cooperation with NGOs and associations active in the field of migration and refugees´ issues. OUTCOMESWebsite/FB page, Logo, Videos, Presentations, Book New knowledge, skills, key competencies

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