Support LGBTI Migrants! training course has gathered 32 participants from Croatia, Serbia, Lebanon, Italy, Malta, Ireland, Belgium, Lithuania and the UK. The training course lasted for seven days, while the project started on 4 January 2018 and lasted for six months.
Trening Support LGBTI Migrants! okupio je 32 sudionika iz Hrvatske, Srbije, Libanona, Italije, Malte, Irske, Belgije, Litve i Ujedinjene Kraljevine. Trening je trajao sedam dana, a projekt je počeo 4. siječnja 2018. i trajao šest mjeseci.
The training course took place in Zagreb, in Chillout Hostel. Integration of refugees and migrants into European society is a difficult process. However, this process is even more difficult for LGBTI refugees and migrants. This group not only finds itself with difficulties adopting to the European cultures but at the same time they are ostracised by their migrant communities. As a result, many LGBTI refugees are too scared to come out even in LGBTI-friendly countries like the UK or Ireland. In a way, they are unable to get accepted by the European society and are rejected by their migrant societies. Homosexuality is illegal in 78 countries and many LGBTI people face persecution in their countries. However, even when they reach Europe they do not feel safe. This sense of fear contributes to them being isolated which leads to poverty and homelessness. This in turn makes them even less employable and isolated and the vicious circle continues. This is why we will examine these issues as a part of one problem.
In this training course we worked to develop quality improvements in youth work with LGBTI refugees, migrants and asylum seekers and to create a more inclusive society.
Trening se održao u Zagrebu, u Chillout Hostelu. Integracija izbjeglica i migranata u europsko društvo težak je proces. No taj je proces još teži za LGBTI izbjeglice i migrante. Ta se skupina ne samo teško prilagođava europskim kulturama, nego je istodobno izopćuju i njihove migrantske zajednice. Zbog toga se mnoge LGBTI izbjeglice previše boje autati čak i u zemljama naklonjenima LGBTI osobama, poput Ujedinjene Kraljevine ili Irske. Na neki način, europsko ih društvo ne uspijeva prihvatiti, a njihove ih migrantske zajednice odbacuju. Homoseksualnost je nezakonita u 78 zemalja i mnoge LGBTI osobe u svojim su zemljama izložene progonu. No čak i kad stignu u Europu, ne osjećaju se sigurno. Taj osjećaj straha pridonosi njihovoj izoliranosti, što vodi u siromaštvo i beskućništvo. Zbog toga se još teže zapošljavaju i još su izoliraniji, pa se začarani krug nastavlja. Zato ćemo ta pitanja razmatrati kao dio jednog problema.
Na ovom smo treningu radili na tome da poboljšamo kvalitetu rada s mladima s LGBTI izbjeglicama, migrantima i tražiteljima azila te da stvorimo uključivije društvo.
We focused on the following topics:
1. Obtaining asylum
2. Employability
3. Housing
4. Integration into LGBTI and migrant communities.
Usredotočili smo se na sljedeće teme:
1. Dobivanje azila
2. Zapošljivost
3. Stanovanje
4. Integracija u LGBTI i migrantske zajednice.
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