A Europe of rights
Getting schools and European institutions involved in providing new generations with opportunities to discuss and analyze issues such as acceptance, remembrance, migration and cultural integration.
Starting date
1 June 2023Duration
12 monthsRealized by:
Comitato tre ottobreObjectives
Raising awareness among students and teachers, increasing their knowledge and understanding of migration flows and European reception and integration policies.
Promoting the exchange of views and best practices between schools and European institutions and encouraging young people to take on a leading role in fighting for inclusion and against any form of discrimination.
Promoting and ensuring sustainability and continuity to training initiatives for young people, providing materials so that the activities can continue at school.
“A Europe of rights” started after one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean in recent years, the one that occurred on 3 October 2013 off the Italian island of Lampedusa, where 368 migrant people died.
“A Europe of rights” aims at designing, organizing and implementing the 2023 Remembrance and Acceptance Day, actively involving at least 40 schools, 200 students and 100 teachers.
Ten preparatory workshops and meetings will be organized involving at least 600 students.
Three exchange and advocacy events will be organized in three European cities, with the participation of 500 students; furthermore, 6 students will be trained as ambassadors of the campaign.
In the framework of the communication and awareness-raising campaign, 1 million people will be reached through the social media channels of Comitato 3 ottobre.
Migration as a phenomenon is constantly increasing. According to the World Migration Report 2022, the estimated total of international migrants in 2020 was 281 million people, more than three times the 1970 estimates. In Europe the population of non-European migrants was more than 40 million in 2020. The main destination country is Germany, with almost 16 million migrants in 2020 (19% of its population). Italy has 6.4 million people who were born abroad and represents the sixth most popular destination for migrants in Europe in 2020. This phenomenon has always existed but it is growing as inequality, discrimination, and humanitarian and environmental crises increase.
