Presentation given by Cristina Avonto, Progetto Tenda (IT) at the 2013 FEANTSA conference, "Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation: policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness"
http://feantsa.org/spip.php?article1596&lang=en
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Accompanying minors seeking asylum on the path towards social inclusion and autonomy
1. YARABA, AMAKA, AL ROSHD
Progetto Tenda
Social Cooperative - Turin- Italy
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
2. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Art. 10 Italian Constitution
Bossi –Fini Law (2002) – Maroni Law (2009)
Geneva Convention (1951)
Dublin Convention (1990) / Dublin II Regulation (2003)
Laws protecting minors….
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
3. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
In 2012 around 30.000 minors sought asylum in Europe
They came from Pakistan, Somalia, Kurdistan Turkey, Afghanistan, Bangladesh….
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
4. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
What happens when they become “grown- ups”?
Social exclusion
Fragility
Homelessness
Criminal Organisations
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
5. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Our reception accomodation
Strong points
A home
Educators and much more….
Multidisciplinary team (anthropologist, social animator, psychologist)
…and multicultural team (Italians, Palestinians, Nigerians…)
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
6. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Peer educator – a promising method…. but so demanding!
Ethnic-psychological support
Leaving the shelter: independent housing as an innovative solution, a pathway to be explored
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
7. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Which theories:
Foster their independence
Support them in creating a social network – territorial activities
Work on adapting their skills to our society
Turning their adult status into a strong point … without forgetting the stages of their adolescence
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
8. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Weak points
Adulthood is the arrival point …. and not the starting point
Standardisation of the legislative framework – lack of flexibility for individual cases
Lack of a structured ongoing support process: what can we invent today?
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic
9. YARABA – AMAKA - AL ROSHD
Thank you for your kind attention!
www.progettotenda.net
progettotenda@euro-pec.it
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic