The FAMIMOVE project ends today – A summary of its achievements

Right now (31-December 2024), FAMIMOVE 2.0. is coming to an finish after having completed all of its objectives and created a strong community of specialists. The mission’s full title is Households on the Transfer: The Coordination between worldwide household regulation and migration regulation and is a global mission co-funded by the European Fee underneath the JUST-2022-JCOO program. For extra data, click on right here.

The mission aimed to enhance the safety of migrant kids and households by bringing precise follow extra according to EU objectives and values, such because the safety of elementary rights and finest pursuits of the kid. It sought to supply extra effectiveness to EU targets by way of a greater coordination of devices in overlapping fields, reminiscent of Laws in non-public worldwide regulation in household regulation issues and migration regulation guidelines.

The mission’s length was 24 months, beginning on 1 January 2023. Whole Challenge Prices: €863,584.70, of which an EU contribution of €777,226.23. The consortium comprised the next universities: Maastricht College (the Netherlands – coordinator), College of Münster (Germany), College of Milano-Bicocca (Italy), College of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France), Lund College (Sweden), Eotvos Lorand College (Hungary) and Ghent College (Belgium).

The achievements of the mission are the next (a few of that are publicly obtainable):

Seven consciousness elevating seminars have been held in every of the companions’ nations (of their official languages). These seminars introduced collectively migration and little one safety authorities, in addition to non-public worldwide regulation specialists;
Three transnational pilot initiatives / roundtables regarding key problems with worldwide little one safety in a migration context: cross border recognition of guardianship, kafala and little one marriage. These roundtables have been held in Milan, Paris and Münster and gathered specialists from at the very least three nations every. See additionally the leaflets beneath for extra data:
The ultimate convention befell in Brussels: among the displays are publicly obtainable right here. See additionally the weblog publish The function of choose: from compassion to rights
A ebook: Youngsters in Migration and Worldwide Household Legislation: The Youngster’s Greatest Pursuits Precept on the Interface of Migration Legislation and Household Legislation – open entry obtainable right here. We have now beforehand introduced it on this weblog right here. The ebook has twenty chapters which have been divided into the next: Introduction, Basic Subjects, Guardianship for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees, Early Marriage, Kafala and Further Subjects;
Leaflets on the mission and pointers – Leaflets obtainable in 6 languages might be downloaded right here
A FAMIMOVE web site was created: https://famimove.unimib.it/. This web site contains a weblog, which has roughly 40 entries, starting from actions performed underneath the mission to the newest information on migration/refugee regulation in addition to non-public worldwide regulation. I wish to spotlight the next entries:

Undoubtedly, FAMIMOVE 2.0 has contributed to a greater alignment of migration regulation and personal worldwide regulation. This mission’s legacy is effectively documented within the publications referred to above. It’s to be hoped (at the very least in my opinion) that related initiatives will emerge sooner or later, particularly now that the applying of the brand new Pact on Migration and Asylum is looming within the distance (scheduled for 2026), and which will definitely current new challenges and alternatives.

FAMIMOVE 2.0 is a continuation of an earlier requested grant to the European Fee. As a part of FAMIMOVE 1.0, two paperwork have been issued:

Youngsters on the transfer: A non-public Worldwide Legislation Perspective

Non-public Worldwide Legislation in a Context of Growing Worldwide Mobility

Views and opinions expressed on this mission are nevertheless these of the authors solely and don’t essentially mirror these of the European Union or the European Fee. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority might be held accountable for them.