IOM - Let’s Talk: Social Mediation for Refugee Communities in Europe

The overall objective of the project was to facilitate the integration of refugees, to decrease crimes and disputes in which refugees are involved as well as to strengthen the environment for reduced racism, discrimination and social tension by developing social mediation practices for settling of criminal cases and disputes in situations where the parties come from refugee communities or disputes occurring between refugees and the local communities. Within the framework of this project, information was distributed through brochures, leaflets, and a website to increase knowledge and raise awareness on social mediation in Member States. In addition, publications based on European seminar presentations were produced and disseminated.