The Football Including REfugee project (FIRE) is a 2-year initiative led by Sport and Citizenship Think Tank and funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. Migration has become a highly sensitive topic across the European continent, regardless of the cause. While migration has been brought under the spotlight in recent years, the social inclusion of refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers has unfortunately not attracted as much public interest. Founded on the belief that sport is a universal language that can harness to enable social progress, FIRE strives to foster local interlocutor openness through football. The project intends to...
