1. Healthy and Wealthy Together 1st Steering Group Meeting Brussels 4-5 February 2010 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum

2. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum Focus of the presentation  Brief introduction to Roquetas de Mar  Immigrant population in Roquetas  Programmes linked to immigrants  Areas of intervention overview of main actions

3. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum INTRODUCTION TO ROQUETAS  Roquetas de Mar is a medium-sized town (82.665 inhabitants in 2009)  Region of Andalusia, province of Almeria  Area of 60 km2  Population in summer 200.000 people

4. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum  Roquetas de Mar has the most important tourism infrastructure of the whole province, the city receives 2/3 of tourism in Almeria.  Economic activity has always been realted to the sea in Roquetas (fishing )  Intensive Agriculture became in the 1950s one of the main pillars of the local economy

5. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum  Construction sector has an important role in the economy of Roquetas, following the pattern of many cities in Andalusia region  High proportion of young people living there: In 2006, more than 33% (33.07%) of the population is younger than 25 years old, and almost 50% (49,48%) were between 30 and 50 years old

6. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum  High number of immigrants, from Africa (especially Morocco), America (especially south-America) and East- Europe (especially Romania)  Numbers = 27.000 (32% of total population)  50% of immigrants are Third Country Nationals  Municipal Immigration Office IMMIGRATION IN ROQUETAS DE MAR

7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum Municipal Immigration Office  Attached to Social Services Department  Funded in 1997 and created to respond to a growing demand of specific interventions in relation to migrant populations increasing in the city  30% of the actions delivered by social services, the target group has been migrants.  60% of interventions of the team working on family support  15% of the municpal office for women policy  32% municipal office for employment

8. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum PROGRAMMES LINKED TO IMMIGRANTS 1. In cooperation with regional government In colaboration with the regional government social affairs department: programmes for the promotion and social integration of migrant women. 2. Local initiatives within the Municipality * Psico-social and educational intervention with children, teenagers and migrant families. * Intercultural mediation * Programme for information, orientation regarding the improve access to housing and registration (“empadronamiento”) in the municipal services

9. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum 3. In cooperation with regional government (other departments) * FAIREA (Funds for the hosting and integration of newcomer immigrants) * Programme for the development of capacities to access the labour market * Programme for awareness-raising through community and citizen participation (“Foro de la participación y la inmigración”) 4. In colaboration with national ministry for employment and migration * Programme to promote participation of migrant population in social- economic life of Roquetas de Mar

10. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum AREAS OF INTERVENTION- Overview of main actions - Information and advising services in terms of migrants' rights, residence permits, working permits, family gathering, visa, renewing documents... - Information and supporting actions in work-related issues, focus on the fight against irregular employment and against discrimination of migrants in the workplace.

11. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY Directorate B : Immigration and Asylum Unit B4 : Financial support - Immigration and Asylum - Development of vocational training programmes to allow a better access to employment, specially migrant women. - Development of educational and cultural programmes for adults, women specially. - Coordination with the Local Forum for immigration and citizenship in order to enhance participation of migrants through enhancing associanism, awareness-raising campaigns...etc. - Intercultural mediation targeted to all municipal services areas, specially social welfare and women departments.