The significance of migration as a social, political and broader public concern has intensified significantly. Migration is increasingly seen as a high-priority policy issue by many governments, politicians and throughout the world. As well as migration projections and scenarios that are essential for appropriate planning and effective policymaking, a deeper understanding of the root causes and drivers of migration and of their interrelation with people’s propensity to migrate is needed. Enhancing migration data is a crucial step to advance migration governance since better data is needed in order to accomplish sustainable social and economic development and national migrant data strategies are required to inform good policies. The project’s overall objective is to improve understandings of changing nature of migration flows and the drivers of migration, to analyse patterns, motivations and new geographies. Moreover, HumMingBird aims to calculate population estimates and determine emerging trends and future trends and accordingly to identify possible future implications of today’s policy decisions. Correspondingly, migration scenarios will be developed in a more forward looking manner that takes into account both quantitative and qualitative perspectives of different migration actors that might have an impact people’s decisions to migrate and consequent trends that will have an impact on our societies. Global scenarios will base on not only a realistic understanding of the drivers and dynamics of migration but also on the effects and effectiveness of past migration policies. Projects ambitions are to identify the uncertainties and reappraise, to explore the reasons why migration predictions may not hold and to demonstrate non-traditional data sources for migration research.

The project was elaborated starting from the current issue that integration of refugees is a challenging process that involve not only refugees but also the host societies from Europe. The project addressed several problems, among which the delivery of insufficient support from well-skilled social/legal/health professionals that should play an important role in guiding refugees through the complex process of integration. The project’s objectives consisted in: -To equip social/legal/health professionals with knowledge on how to provide support, assistance to refugees, in a cultural sensitive manner. -To transfer / exchange information on practices that are used in Romania, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Sweden, to implement integration programs for refugees.- To develop cooperation, dialogue among professionals from the countries involved in the project. The project involved 5 organizations that have expertise in refugees’ issues (assistance services, training for professionals, monitoring the migration phenomenon and developing studies on such topics). The organizations involved were: Association Pro Refugiu Romania (applicant), Passage Germany (partner), Association Trabe Iniciativas para la Economia Social y Solidaria Spain (partner), Caritas International Belgium (partner), Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers Sweden (partner). The main activities consisted in: -Management and coordination of the project. -Develop project’s website and used it as dissemination tool for relevant information, materials obtained as result of project’s implementation. -Develop publications (intellectual outputs): Study report on the integration of refugees in Romania, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Handbook for social/legal/health professionals supporting the refugees’ integration.- Implement Joint staff training events in Hamburg Germany and in Brussels Belgium at which attended professionals from 5 countries (Romania, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Sweden). - Organize seminars (as multiplier events) in Romania, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Sweden. Events at which attended social, legal, health professionals that learned more about the project’s results and received information on the right approaches to be used when assisting refugees. The project results / achievements consisted in: A consolidation of legal/social/health knowledge, skills of professionals using a refugee centered-approach, based on their cultural background. An upgrading of skills (social, communication ones) in order to provide better assistance to refugees. A transnational exchange of information on each country practices to integrate refugees in the countries where they obtained an international form of protection. A better awareness on the needs to improve the integration process of refugees on EU territory. Professionals improved their understanding upon the causes and barriers the refugees have to overpass, avoid misconceptions when assisting refugees. The project increased also the partners’ organizations capacity to work in a transnational manner as result of project preparation, implementation, management.