Welcoming and looking after refugees

Sánchez-Aragón, A., Belzunegui-Eraso, A. y Prieto-Flores, Ó. (2021) “Revisión sistemática de la evaluación de la mentoría social dirigida a jóvenes vulnerables”. OBETS. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 16(2): 481-506.

A systematic review analysing 35 assessments of social mentoring programmes aimed at vulnerable young people.

Alarcón, Xavier; Prieto-Flores, Òscar. Transnational family ties and networks of support for unaccompanied immigrant youths in Spain: The role of youth mentoring in Barcelona, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 128: 2021.

A qualitative study examining the transnational family support received by unaccompanied young persons, as well as the support provided by their legal mentors.

Sánchez-Aragón, Anna; Belzunegui-Eraso, Angel; Prieto-Flores, Òscar. 2021. “Results of Mentoring in the Psychosocial Well-Being of Young Immigrants and Refugees in Spain” Healthcare 9, no. 1: 13.

A study analysing changes associated with a community-based mentoring programme whose goal was to foster the inclusion of young migrants.

Aguaded-Ramírez, E., Bartolomei-Torres, P., & Angelidou, G. (2018). Análisis de la intervención llevada a cabo con los menores refugiados no acompañados (MERNAs). Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 7(2), 124-133.

Article analysing socio-educational interventions with unaccompanied minor refugees in Spain.

García, M. d.,Pilar Quicios, González, A. A. H., & Ocejo, P. G. (2020). Estrategias educativas para generar seguridad a los desplazados en españa. Revista Española De Educación Comparada, (35), 92-110.

Article exploring education and socio-community strategies that may contribute to reducing levels of uncertainty and increasing security in displaced persons.

A review of academic literature on social mentoring and its effects on young persons at risk of social exclusion and other groups.

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's welcome programme for refugees and asylum seekers. 

A collection of resources from MigrEmpower, a project fighting discrimination against migrants and refugees.

Study on good practices for migrants' and refugees' social and labour integration in European countries.

Manual aimed at professionals needing to make assessments of competencies and needs within the context of receiving migrants or refugees.

Guidelines on how to create networks aimed at increasing the efficiency of the labour insertion processes and methods of setting up business start-ups for migrants or refugees.

Support tools for Catalan non-specialist professionals in the field of international protection in the detection of evidence of requirements for specialized care.

Publication dealing with refugee processes involving women and the importance of the right to asylum from a gender perspective.

Taken from: http://www.ccar.cat/publicacions/

Publication seeking to highlight the persecution due to sexual orientation and gender identity suffered by LGBT+ refugees.

A guide bringing together the main migrant reception and assistance services in Barcelona.

Thematic dossier of resources for newcomers to Catalonia, as well as social services professionals looking after and advising them.

Produced by: DIXIT Social Services Documentation Centre

Employment guide aimed at employers seeking to improve the job situation of migrants in Spain.

A report analysing a range of training programmes for adult immigrants and offering recommendations for improving acceptance levels in lifelong training.

A guide aimed at potential Catalan speakers, setting out the reasons and arguments in favour of using Catalan in everyday life.

A folder of resources for professionals carrying out mentoring for young people of immigrant origin.

Notes on the social and work integration of vulnerable groups, including immigrants and refugees.

A social intervention programme encouraging citizens to volunteer to help support and mentor newly arrived refugees, in order to boost their socio-economic and personal autonomy. This mentoring programme is run by the Directorate General for Migration, Refugees and Anti-Racism, which is a part of the Government of Catalonia's Ministry of Equality and Feminism.

A service created in January 2010 by the Government of Catalonia, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Obra Social "la Caixa" and the Atlàntida Association. It provides personalized information and support to people in the process of getting their foreign university qualifications recognized in Spain.

An organization working to improve the living conditions of people in vulnerable situations. It defends equal rights, duties and opportunities for all.

An organization working on several lines of action, part of whose efforts go to welcoming refugees and migrants arriving in Spain and helping them to integrate in every area of life.

An organization working to defend and promote human rights, as well as the development of refugees, stateless persons and migrants at risk of exclusion.

A non-profit association that guides and supports migrants in getting their prior studies recognized in Spain and rounding them off with new higher education so that they can eventually access qualified jobs.

An association set up in 2001 to support the work carried out by UNHCR in Catalonia. It organizes awareness-raising and development education activities. In addition, it raises public and private funds to help finance the projects that UNHCR carries out around the world to support refugees.

An association that organizes cultural and social activities run by migrants and refugees from around the world. The aim is to break down stereotypes and prejudice and to learn to share across borders.

An interactive map of Spain where you can see the refugee-oriented actions carried out at its universities. The initiative was launched by the University of A Coruña (UDC) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) as a tool for systematizing the Spanish universities' refugee actions.

A reception and assistance network for immigrants in Barcelona, created in 2007 with the mission of working towards equality of opportunity, peaceful coexistence and social cohesion in the city.

Interactive map of social services and entities from Barcelona City Council's Department of Social Rights.

A directory of Catalan entities with work integration programmes for those with special difficulties in finding work.

A collection of information on asylum in Spain, accompanied by a listing of NGOs offering legal advice and other kinds of services.

A section of the UN's website dedicated to refugees, with information and resources on the subject.

The website of the Asylum Office of Spain's Ministry of the Interior, with information and access to procedures of interest for relevant groups.

Immigration portal of Spain's Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. It includes statistical information, publications and access to procedures and subsidies for this group.

Portal of the Migration Policy Institute, an independent group of experts dedicated to the study of the migratory movements of persons around the world. 

An intergovernmental organization in the field of migration. It promotes international law on migration, political debate and guidance, the protection of migrants' rights and their health.