{"id":51538,"date":"2013-12-20T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/in-action-4\/mobility-4\/immigration-and-xenophobia-fourth-meeting-for-face-to-success-in-erfurt\/"},"modified":"2013-12-20T16:28:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:28:52","slug":"immigration-and-xenophobia-fourth-meeting-for-face-to-success-in-erfurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/news\/immigration-and-xenophobia-fourth-meeting-for-face-to-success-in-erfurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration and xenophobia: fourth meeting for Face to Success in Erfurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Immigrazione<\/a>The fourth meeting of the LLP project \u201cFace to Success\u201d \u2013\u00a0 Grundtvig Learning Partnership, has been held between the 4th<\/sup> and the 8th<\/sup> of November, in Erfurt (Germany).<\/p>\n

During the fourth mobility of the project, the participants analyzed in detail the theme of migrants and Roma people\u2019s integration in East Germany, where alarming percentages of xenophobia among the population have been estimated, when the Soviet world closed itself off after the Cold War. This mobility in the most important city of Thuringia allowed also a visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp, in Weimar, a scene of deportations during the Nazi Germany. From 1938 to 1945, the camp was a place of an unthinkable violence and atrocities for a lot of migrants and Roma people, as well as hundreds of thousands of people entering there.<\/p>\n

This fourth meeting was relevant to deepen the phenomenon of xenophobia, and it showed concretely what human irrationality is able to arouse. Therefore, this occasion was useful for all the migrant participants living in European countries, to ponder on their condition and the integration process into the hosting societies. Furthermore, they could focus on their own personal path. As far as the partner organizations\u2019 staff is concerned, the meeting was a moment to share good practices with the local German organizations about the fight against xenophobia and the other forms of discrimination which too frequently impede the achievement of the equal rights.<\/p>\n

The participants were invited to introduce themselves through a non formal approach, by singing a song belonging to their own cultural background. Although they did not speak the same language, thanks to the music, they were able to share their stories and emotions, overcoming the linguistic barriers dividing them.<\/p>\n

Before this German mobility, a previous meeting took place in Bulgaria, from June 24-28, 2013. In that occasion, the partners examined the themes of education and integration of the different migrant communities. They learnt new easy-fitting teaching methods as an alternative for the local organizations which sometimes cannot fulfill education needs for young people having a non European background.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFace to Success\u201d project aims to:<\/p>\n