Together and equal: the rights of asylum seekers and protection

2022.10.20

14:00


A press conference for the presentation of the project “Together and equal: the rights of asylum seekers and protection”, aimed at Ukrainians fleeing the war, which foundation “Stoina Krastanova” is starting to implement was held at gallery “Dimi

The head of the foundation, Krasimira Krastanova, explained that the aim of the project is to help the institutions in order to help the integration and peaceful life of the refugees in our country.

The need for the proposed project is justified by the team’s preliminary study of the situation caused by the wave of refugees – a consequence of the war in Ukraine. The information from the data portal shows that in just a few months the number of Ukrainian refugees in Plovdiv and the Plovdiv region has grown dramatically. Although the Refugee Convention indicates norms and rules for finding durable solutions to rebuild a life in dignity and peace, people are not always well acquainted with the legal framework and the rights they have in the country of asylum.

An interdisciplinary team of ethnologists, anthropologists, sociologists and lawyers are prepared for research with the methods of emergency anthropology in five selected control villages with different types of characteristics from the Plovdiv region. The research will contribute to gathering information from the environment of the refugees, including the organizations they created, the institutions that work with them, the people and companies that help them build their lives here (employers, landlords, volunteers).

“Together and equal: the rights of asylum seekers and protection” is implemented with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the Active Citizens Bulgaria Fund within the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. www.activecitizensfund.bg