In the province of Turin, two 18-year-old boys from Darfur, hosted by separate families, are pursuing a vocational education after successfully passing their third year middle school exams. A milestone celebrated by their foster families. [...] 

The brief, Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for refugees’ transition out of sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, highlights common obstacles to a smooth transition. [...] 

STEP (Skills, Talent and Empowerment through Pathways) will focus over the next three years on developing labour mobility programmes in Italy, Spain and Ireland. [...] 

FCEI is delighted to announce that the long-awaited protocol needed to facilitate the arrival of 85 COMET beneficiaries to Italy was signed at the end of December 2023. [...] 

Two of COMET's partners (FCEI and Forum Réfugiés) are also involved in the AMIF-funded SAFE project which is about to hold a conference in Rome on the topic of community sponsorship.[...]

The Global Gathering for Sponsorship, held in Lisbon from 7 to 9 November, brought together 130 experts from 4 continents and 23 different countries.

MPI Europe partners recently produced and released a report exploring challenges and innovative strategies for the recruitment and retention of sponsors in sponsorship programs.

The "Conference on Resettlement, Humanitarian Admission, and Complementary Pathways to Refugee Protection" will take place in Berlin from 23-24 November 2023.

Despite increased discussions and activities on complementary pathways into protection into the EU in recent years, one issue has emerged but rarely been discussed: the secondary movement of beneficiaries of complementary pathways.