ILA holds workshops during International Week at HAN University in Nijmegen, Netherlands on 6-8 February 2018

HAN University of Applied Sciences held the 6th International Week on 6-8 February 2018. The aim of the International Week was to share experiences, practices and knowledge between students and lecturers in the international context of health and social work. This year’s general theme was “Challenge your Borders, Health and social work in international perspective”. Activities hosted over 1.900 students and more than 125 lecturers from 18 different countries. ILA participated in an international week and implemented 2 interactive workshops on “Challenges and Opportunities of Migration” at the HAN campus in the Netherlands.

During workshops, participants used non-formal methods to:

Analyze the challenges and opportunities of migration
Define differences between the concept of immigration and emigration
Explore factors that cause to people migrate
Analyze the impacts of migration within destination and origin countries
Relations between xenophobic perception and integration issues
Describe social and economic conditions related to the labour market