A second group of persons, who have already received a refugee status or an alternative status, has started classes of an integration course within the project “Support Measures for Persons Under International Protection III”. The group includes persons from Afghanistan and Belarus, who are accommodated in CAS “Mucenieki” and who live in Riga.
During the first meeting, the class on residence permits and housing was led by Alvis Šķenders, a lawyer of Society “Shelter “Safe House””. The vital matters for the target group were clarified during this class, thus guiding the lecture into practical matters from the very beginning and the possibility to help with practical information on starting life in Latvia. The most topical matters for the target group were housing, employment, education opportunities for children, state benefits. Taking into account that representatives of this group have obtained the status of international protection quite recently, then, as the participants themselves have recognised, the meeting was valuable.
The course was planned for the persons to better delve into and understand topics like business, social assistance system, healthcare system, education, employment, residence permits, housing, Latvia and its history, etc.
It should be noted that several practical activities are planned within this group, that is, to attend companies SIA “Livonia Print”, textile workshop “Daces meistardarbi”, training centre “Buts” to get acquainted with education and employment matters in a practical environment.
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Support Actions for Persons Under International Protection III project is implemented with the support of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and is co-financed by the European Union. Grant agreement No. PMIF/9/2020/3/02