Welcoming migrants into our homes – Regina Catrambone
Very often, when we analyse the migration phenomenon outside the emergency rhetoric, we continue to focus on the phase of disembarkation and on the first flow management. Anything that is subsequent to the arrivals and that is placed in the reception phase receives less attention. This is why I feel that a personal reflection on the importance of initiatives and gestures aimed at inclusion within the host society is necessary. Being included means feeling part of a group and having access to fundamental rights in a dimension of openness and sharing. On the contrary, failure to participate in the life of the community generates exclusion. Migrants living in a state other than their country of origin are too often imprisoned in marginal situations that make inclusion very complicated. For this reason, it is important to analyse and put into practice tools and initiatives that can create a better, pluralistic, welcoming and open society. With this in mind, MOAS has created the Family Hosting Project in Malta, a reception project that allows families to welcome migrants into their homes, offering support and assistance to help them integrate into Maltese society. The first family...