- Project title: MigrantsGo to Migrants Project website
- Places: Tunisia, Italy, Spain, UK
- Direct beneficiaries of the project: 25 Postgraduate students from Tunisia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe every year, 20 members of the academic staff and 6 doctoral students from the Tunisian universities that are partner of the project
- Principal investigator: University of Palermo - UNIPA
- University of Westminster Scientific Coordinator: Dr Federica Mazzara
- Partners: University of Tunis El Manar, University of Tunis, University of Al Manouba, University of Granada, University of Westminster, UNIMED - Union of Mediterranean Universities, COSPE, CLEDU - Legal Clinic for Human Rights
- Funding body: Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education
- Duration: November 15, 2019 - November 14, 2022
Context
The Central Mediterranean Route is traditionally one of the main sea routes to Europe. The area from which the migratory flow originates is characterized by many factors of instability including the presence of armed conflicts, weak state structures, extreme violations of human rights and poverty. The closure of almost all legal channels of entry risks increasing irregular immigration and human trafficking but, despite the urgency of the problem, we are still a long way from developing a holistic approach to migration issues. On the contrary, they still constitute a place of great division and conflictual confrontation between countries.
The project
The MIGRANTS project intends to overturn the common narrative on migration with the aim of addressing the phenomenon outside the logic of emergency, improving cooperation on international migration. The cornerstone of the project is the Master in Migration Studies, open to 25 students from Tunisia, the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Through the Master and other training and research activities, the project intends to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Tunisian higher education system, which is essential for developing the role of the country and for guaranteeing a multidimensional approach to the migratory phenomenon in the Mediterranean.
