The Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS) a university-based social organisation created in 1999 that collaborates in applying social, solidarity-based and cooperative policies for the development and equality of opportunities at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 

In a context of global inequalities, armed conflicts, hate speech, and xenophobia, human rights violations against migrants, especially women, children, and LGBTQI+ individuals, are alarming. These issues are more evident in territories around European borders, currently considered zones of non-law. The social narrative on refugees and migration is influenced by media and partial readings, undermining the fight for their rights. Exclusion, xenophobia, and criminalization in fortified Europe make migrants and racialized individuals more vulnerable.

**Therefore, this course is a strategic opportunity for future professionals to be critical citizens addressing human rights violations and rising racist and xenophobic discourses.**

This course aims to strengthen university's community role in generating, appropriating, and promoting knowledge and critical analysis. It provides tools for a resounding, sustained, and efficient response to deactivate racist and xenophobic attitudes and discourses and defend the rights of refugees and migrants, especially women, children, and LGBTQI+ individuals.

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Fortress Europe: human rights violations against migrants and refugees at Europe's borders.

Understanding forced displacement and migration from a human rights perspective.

Resilient communities

Entrepreneurship, technology and innovation

Inter-personal skills

Intra-personal skills

Global citizenship

As part of international migrations, according to UNHCR, in 2022, disasters caused a record 32.6 million displacements. Remarkably, 98% of these were triggered by climate-related hazards as documented by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. 

In fact, 84% of refugees and asylum seekers in 2022 fled from countries highly vulnerable to climate change, marking a 61% increase compared to 2010. Most people forced to flee their homes move within their own countries, but international migrations are increasingly common. 

Currently, the right to asylum due to the effects of climate change is not yet recognized, unlike protection for those escaping war conflicts, as defined during the 1951 Geneva Convention.  This lack of recognition, coupled with the complex and multi-causal nature of migration reasons, makes it challenging to assess how much climate change is influencing new international migration trends and its role as a decisive factor. 

With this challenge, we aim to demonstrate/quantify the existence of forced displacements due to climate change, to provide consistency and contribute to the debate surrounding climate change migration.

Associate partner

Fundació Autònoma Solidària

Associate partner

Fundació Autònoma Solidària