Germany has a particular experience in receiving refugees: the country registered 441 805 asylum seekers on its territory in 2015, and 148 175 in 2021 (source: eurostat). However, the issues of getting used to a new culture and the...

This morning of the 12 of October started early, at 8:30 on the RBFA facilities in Tubize. The members of the consortium put on their football boots for an unforgettable moment: experiencing the FIRE+ project on the field. One...

The conference, entitled “More than a Game, Football including Refugees”, brought together the FIRE+ partners and a variety of participants: representatives from sport clubs, associations, civil society and public bodies. This was a good reflection of the cross-cutting nature...

Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented migratory crisis with nearly 2.6 million refugees and 471 thousand asylum seekers. These are complex life paths in which obtaining the European Union’s protection status is not the only obstacle. These...

By Lilia Douihech-Slim, Journalist In northern Cameroon, where separatists, terrorists and government forces are fighting one another, my family life was unstable which led me to the migratory routes. But I don’t want to talk about these traumas anymore. Today...

par Lilia Douihech-Slim, Journaliste Dans le nord du Cameroun où s’affrontent séparatistes, terroristes et forces gouvernementales, j’avais une vie familiale instable qui m’a menée sur les routes migratoires. Mais je n’ai plus envie de parler de ces traumatismes. Aujourd’hui j’ai...

The ‘Football Including REfugees+’ (FIRE+) project promotes football as a means of inclusion, participation, socialisation and access to sport for asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants. The main objective of the project is to support grassroots football organisations and foster cross-sector...

Since January, the European FIRE+ project (Further Football Including Refugees) has been promoting the welcome and social inclusion of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants through football. Its objective is to support sporting organisations involved in this area, partly by...