Policy Briefs

The policy briefs that make up this report are based on a consensus on the need for more inclusive local governance in the field of migration. Governance based on a rights-based and participatory approach. It is also noted that social inclusion is a complex and non-linear process and that it is particularly relevant at the local level, in cities and communities. European and national policy establishes a framework for action, but cities are at the frontline of migration management, places where daily life is built and where social cohesion takes on its full meaning, so policy needs to be contextualised and adapted to the municipal level in order to be effective.

This Policy Brief is oriented around two dimensions of analysis. First, it identifies the systemic deficiencies that impede the full social inclusion of migrants and applicants
for international protection. Secondly, improvement strategies are designed, in the form of recommendations to public authorities, as viable solutions to the "structural invisibility" of certain populations, the "systemic failures" in the provision of services and the "non-perception" of rights by the migrant population. A methodology based
on the review of documentary sources and research carried out by members of the Global-ANSWER Network has been used for this purpose. Mainly, in the case studies
that have been developed in the cities of Palermo and Granada, with a participatory approach, which has allowed the integration of the voices of migrants and applicants
for international protection, as well as those of professionals in social work and other social professions, academics and experts, for the generation of knowledge and the
development of practical tools.

The adoption of these methodologies makes it possible to recommend on the need to transform existing relationships between migrant communities and institutions -
from a passive model, of only beneficiaries of services, to an active model, as rightsholding subjects, collaborating in the design and implementation of policies - which not only improves the effectiveness of management but also reinforces the democratic legitimacy of institutions and processes, in increasingly diverse European societies.