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International Congress on Welcoming Newcomers

Date:
24.Oct.2007
Time:
09:30 hrs
Place:
Conference centre of the World Trade Center. Moll de Barcelona, s/n, East building, first floor. 08039 Barcelona.
Organised by:
Department of Immigration, Generalitat of Catalonia, with the support of the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs. Also participating: Barcelona City Council, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the CIDOB Foundation

24, 25 and 26 October 2007

Within the framework of the drafting of the law on welcoming people immigrating into and returning to Catalonia, the Department of Immigration has organised this conference, the objective of which is to promote the policies on welcoming newcomers that have been introduced in different countries, and the resulting experiences in the areas of linguistic, educational, health and labour welcoming, both by Catalan governments and social agents. Once this law has been passed, Catalonia will be the first country in the south of Europe to regulate by law the significant area of the basic mechanisms that have to be set in motion at the very beginning of the process of integrating immigrants.

Attendance free. Registration compulsory .

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